After Bayern Munich’s dropping 1-1 draw towards TSG Hoffenheim, hopes had been barely dampened that the membership would end the season with two cups (sure, the German Tremendous Cup). Nevertheless, Bayern alum Lothar Matthaus nonetheless supported his former workforce to win their eleventh consecutive Bundesliga title.

Nevertheless, there’s a twist: Matthews doesn’t reward Bayern for his efficiency, however moderately demolishes the efficiency of their direct rivals, Borussia Dortmund. Dortmund wasted a golden alternative to equalize on factors with Bayern by stunningly smashing it in two results in relegation-threatened Stuttgart, 10 gamers, in stoppage time, simply minutes after it supposedly gained the match.

“You possibly can’t change into a champion like that, so it will likely be Bayern once more,” Matthaus instructed Sky. “Dortmund do not settle for the issues supplied to them and that is unbelievable. Dortmund merely should undergo a sport like this with expertise.”

Fellow Sky knowledgeable Dede Hamann hasn’t minced phrases in criticizing the collapse. “If one factor is proven right now, it’s that they actually have a head drawback,” mentioned the previous Bayern Munich midfielder. “It was an ideal missed alternative.”

The race for the title just isn’t over but. Bayern nonetheless should go to Mainz, their hardest away sport of the season, and face RB Leipzig at house within the penultimate matchday. Dortmund’s schedule, in the meantime, is a bit simpler, with simply two away video games left in comparison with Bayern’s three, however they nonetheless want to go to Augsburg, a workforce with a penchant for surprising bomb-dropping, whereas their subsequent opponent Eintracht Frankfurt isn’t any picnic.

It stays to be seen how vital these dropped factors can be within the title race.