4 teams compete for the last place in the Champions Cup.
The unexpected resignation of Nagelsmann became the reason for the ongoing fight for the championship
After the first half of November, when all club football went on a break due to the World Cup, the gap between Bayern Munich and their closest pursuer was 9 points. After 10 rounds, the leader of the Bundesliga changed: the Bavarians were replaced by Terzic’s Borussia, who just got into incredible shape in time, which made it possible to recover.
Nagelsmann failed to hang on as the club’s head coach despite eight wins in eight Champions League games, a 28-2 goal-concert difference, despite teams like Inter Milan, Barcelona and PSG.
The probable reason for the dismissal was also the fact that the young specialist could not cope with the dressing room. Bild writes that the Bayern management decided to change Nagelsmann because he would have given up on Mane: Sadio, according to the source, after the match with PSG he gave an angry speech in front of the coach and teammates due to short playing time, and Julian could not stop him. In the next round of the Bundesliga after that meeting in the European Cup, the Senegalese entered the field, and there were suspicions in the club that the sporting principle was lost in the locker room.
Now Thomas Tuchel will sit in the Bayern coaching chair, who in the shortest possible time managed to convince the German management that he was the right choice. Moreover, Tuchel has already managed to win, taking over the club during the season, which was important when making a decision:
Club president Herbert Heiner said:
We wanted to name him a few years ago, but then it didn’t work out. In recent years he has shown that he can achieve incredible success with big clubs outside of Germany. I think there can’t be two opinions: Tuchel is one of the strongest coaches in Europe.
In turn, Borussia have done better than ever in the past three months. Since the resumption of club football, the Bumblebees have only lost one win: a draw in the Ruhr derby against Schalke.
Ahead of the contestants is a face-to-face meeting in which a lot can be determined. If at least Dortmund don’t lose, the chances of a silver salad bowl will be quite high. Although their calendar is more complicated, but at the same time less demanding – Tuchel will have to distribute his strength even at the Champions League meetings.
In the fight for the Champions League there will clearly be an extra third
To get into the most prestigious tournament in the Old World in the German Bundesliga, three teams are fighting with each other at once: Union, Freiburg and Red Bull Leipzig. Each of the teams hasn’t been stable lately and is able to make a surprise in all the remaining matches.
Before the break for March’s international matches, Union held on to third position, although more recently the Berlin team have been in the heat of feuding with Borussia and Bayern. After the Munich giant left no stone unturned to the Berliners, beating 3-0, Union started to drop points, simultaneously flying out of the Europa League by Belgian Union. After 25 rounds the team has 48 points.
Freiburg, like Union, were flown out of the Europa League, but by a more eminent rival – Juventus. The club’s affairs in recent matches cannot please. Freiburg have won just once in their last four league rounds and the upcoming fixtures are one of the toughest of any Bundesliga side.
Red Bull gave no odds to their rivals, loading their calendar with European Cup playoff matches and lost in a two-legged tie-up with Manchester City. The international break came at just the right time for the Bulls who were clearly in need of a breather: they suffered 3 defeats in 4 games in all competitions and were knocked out of the top 4 in the league but remain in contention nonetheless. Not getting into the Champions League zone would be a real failure for Red Bull, given that this has been their goal for so many seasons.
The competition for the remaining place in the European competition will be very serious
Three points apart in the fight for sixth place in the Bundesliga, four clubs are at once: Eintracht, Wolfsburg, Bayer and Mainz. And, if the two favorites of the championship are not taken into consideration, the best football, at least for the public, is shown by Bayer.
At the start of the year, Leverkusen were among those languishing at the bottom of the table, but that all changed with the arrival of Xabi Alonso. Before the break in club football, Bayer defeated Bayern, which will naturally give them a morale boost ahead of the decisive part of the season. Now the “pharmacists” are vying for victory in the Europa League, and are also three points behind sixth-placed “Eintracht”.
The Eagles, by the way, are predictably flown out of the Champions League by the incredible Napoli, but things are not going well in the league either: the club does not have a single victory in the last four rounds. At the start of the calendar year, Eintracht were among the competitors for the area Champions Leagueand now, although they are in the sixth row, they look no better than the other teams.
You shouldn’t expect much from Mainz and Wolfsburg either. The teams in the current season lack stability, but it’s definitely not worth excluding them from getting into the top 6, they are still capable of surprising.
