‘BAYERN MIGHT HAVE WON THE TITLE, BUT IT WAS HARDLY A CONVINCING SHOWING’
he 2022-23 Bundesliga season will be one not to be forgotten. Although, much to the chagrin of Borussia Dortmund fans and footballing purists worldwide, the outcome in the title race was the same tired old song from years past, with Bayern managing to come out on top for the 11th consecutive time. Indeed, the last time die Roten didn’t win the league title was back in 2011; to put it into perspective, many children who were in primary school when Jurgen Klopp’s Dortmund were crowned champions of Germany are now finishing university and are searching for their first jobs. On matchday 34, the title was in Dortmund’s hands. All Edin Terzic’s side needed to do was avoid slipping up at home against a Mainz side who were going nowhere really - die Nullfünfer had long secured safety and had no shot of qualifying for European football. In short, the visiting team were simply at Signal Iduna Park to make up the numbers and wrap up the season.
