I know there are lots of sentiments in a final game/title clinching game and with players leaving, but this Munchen squad just looks like one big happy family. Ribery and Robben (and Rafinha) will be missed plenty, both on but especially off the pitch. Nothing but for respect for Bayern, who I think have kept their identity in the mids of this big spending, modern football age.
Both Robben and Ribery score; Ribery's one was a nice one, especially.
I know there are lots of sentiments in a final game/title clinching game and with players leaving, but this Munchen squad just looks like one big happy family. Ribery and Robben (and Rafinha) will be missed plenty, both on but especially off the pitch. Nothing but for respect for Bayern, who I think have kept their identity in the mids of this big spending, modern football age.
Also, Weghorst with another hattrick. He just scores in bunches or not at all. He has 17 goals and 5 assists playing for Wolfsburg. Should get some recognition for Oranje in the near future.
It's much easier to keep an "identity" in the form of key players as one of the handful of clubs that doesn't have to sell its best players after they have one good year..
I'm talking about their attacking DNA, the occasional, but quality youth injections from within, how they strive to have as many Germans within the squad and how they always prefer to have a coach with a history of playing for Bayern München. Yes they spend some, and being so ridiculously dominant in Germany it only makes it easier for them to attract Bundesliga talent, but up until the Hernandez transfer just recently, Bayern has never spent more than 41M on a player. I feel much different towards them than I do vs a PSG, City, Real, Chelsea, etc.
And Coman for his 8th straight championship title at age 22...Btw. Congrats to Ribeiry to your 9th championship with Bayern. IIRC he's has the most now.
I'm hopeful Stuttgart can do enough to stay up, but knowing their luck, they're going down.
I have no symphathy for Stuttgart at this point. They got promoted, bought and dealt, got the Daimler money and had 5year CL plan. And only because H96 and Nürnberg were worse they didn't got relegated again (Schalke is in the same situation).
Id rather see a 2nd Berlin club just to troll Hertha.
And I was a fan of the magic triangle back in the day. For those who don't know: Bobic, Balakhov, Elber.