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FC Bayern will again be German soccer champions this season.
Everything points to this after the end of the first half of the season.
It would be the ninth championship title in a row.
No team has ever done that.
The conclusion of the first half of the season is very bitter for the Bundesliga: They still lack tension.
She is not as strong at the top as the fans hope it will be, as she would like to be.
The weakness of the Bundesliga reveals the fact that Bayern are back in first place by a good margin.
Bayern midfielder Joshua Kimmich was one of the critics of his own team after the tremendous victory against Augsburg
Source: AFP / ANDREAS GEBERT
This time it's four points ahead of the runner-up.
In the previous season, Munich were four points behind Ersten RB Leipzig after 17 games, and six behind leaders Borussia Dortmund in the previous season.
They still managed to win the title.
Given this history, who believes that Bayern will not come first again?
What if they are already ahead, even though they are in a crisis and seem outplayed?
Dortmund does not live up to the claim
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The other teams are simply not in a position to pose a permanent threat to Bayern.
They always emphasize that you have to be there when Munich's weak.
Dortmund in particular must have this claim and has it.
But then the competitors are not there - especially BVB.
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The team of coach Hans-Dieter "Hansi" Flick is more vulnerable than it has been for a long time.
In the league, she has already conceded 24 goals.
And yet BVB is already ten points behind her.
The Dortmunders have way too much to do with their own problems, the Leipzigers - who have developed impressively - don't seem (yet) ripe for the title.
And Bayer Leverkusen can only make it into the top group once.
Up until the 1-0 win at FC Augsburg on Wednesday evening, Bayern had not conceded eleven games in a row.
Your additions to the player of choice Leroy Sané are not yet working as hoped, the substitutes put little pressure on the team, the brutal game plan in the packed Corona season is troubling the Munich.
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Again and again they have injured and weak players - and yet none of that is enough to see another team permanently on top.
They only played well against Augsburg for one half, they still lack dominance and self-image.
But that's enough.
The Champions League will be decisive
In terms of title chances in the national competition, this sobering realization for the league can please the Munich team.
But whether the situation is good for them will only be seen in the Champions League.
It is likely that they will be confirmed as champions again quite early in the league.
This could save strength for the premier class.
On the other hand, they would then be faced with the challenge of having to shift up from second directly to fifth gear: Little challenged in the league, but then challenged against the big teams in Europe in the Champions League - that can be difficult.
The Champions League is the decisive competition for Bayern, both athletically and financially.
Title ambitions?
Edin Terzic reacts evasively
Edin Terzic criticizes the attitude of his team after conceding the goal.
When asked about BVB's title ambitions after the defeat in Leverkusen, the BVB coach reacted evasively.
Source: Stats Perform News
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Bayern are of course not invincible.
Borussia Mönchengladbach recently won against them, in the DFB Cup even the second division club Holstein Kiel.
But as long as BVB leaves points with relegation-threatened 1. FSV Mainz 05 (1: 1) and loses with newly promoted 1. FC Union Berlin and against Leverkusen (1: 2 each), Bayern will continue to draw their circles lonely.
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This is a pity.
Many fans want more excitement.
And it's also dangerous for the Bundesliga.
During the corona pandemic, there is a lot of talk about disaffection with football and dwindling interest in the sport.
German football needs a top (!) Exciting Bundesliga.
No thrilling relegation battle can replace a championship battle until the last game day.
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