This is far from being the ideal preparation before such an appointment. Borussia Dortmund fell heavily on the turf of RB Leipzig (4-1), four days before hosting PSG in its Westfalenstadion in the semi-final first leg of the Champions League. RB Leipzig took an important step towards 4th place at the end of the season, synonymous with qualification for the next Champions League, now five points ahead of Dortmund three days before the end of the season. To play the C1 next season, Edin Terzic’s men will probably have to go through the additional ticket offered to one of the two best countries in the 2023/24 European season, which is reaching out to Germany, before the semi-finals. -finals Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Dominant at the start of the match, Borussia logically opened the scoring in Leipzig with a sumptuous curling shot from Jadon Sancho’s right foot at the edge of the area. But the BVB fell back into their ways, multiplying defensive errors, which are not reassuring four days before hosting Paris SG in the C1 semi-first leg. Starting on the edge of offside, Xavi Simons ideally served from the outside of the right foot Lois Openda, who scored his 25th goal in the Bundesliga and equalized. Just before and just after the break, Leipzig broke through Dortmund’s defense through Benjamin Sesko and Mohamed Simakan. Christoph Baumgartner added to the bill at the end of the match.
Lerverkusen never gives up
Unlike BvB, Bayern Munich won against Frankfurt (2-1) three days before its meeting with Real Madrid in the other semi-final of the Champions League. After 31 days of Bundesliga, Bayern has a total of 69 points, and is 12 points behind Bayer Leverkusen (80), already assured of its first German championship title and who snatched the sixth minute of added time. draw against Stuttgart (2-2).
Leverkusen remains unbeaten in 46 matches this season and can still become the first German club to end a Bundesliga season in defeat, to follow Perugia (30 matches in 1978/79, 2nd at the end of the season), AC Milan ( 34 in 1991/92), Juventus Turin (38 in 2011/12) and Arsenal (38 in 2003/04), the only clubs in the five major European championships (Germany, England, Spain, France and Italy) after 1945 to have achieved such a feat.
Kane as Gerd Müller, Ailton and Lewandowski
At the Allianz Arena, Harry Kane once again carried his team, with a double, his 34th and 35th goals this season in the league (9th and 61st minute). He has three matches left to tickle Robert Lewandowski’s record: 41 goals during the 2020/21 season. Kane has scored against 16 of the 17 Bundesliga teams faced this season, only the Friborg defense resisted the 30-year-old English striker in the double confrontation in the championship. In the history of the Bundesliga, only Gerd Müller (1966/67 and 1969/70 with Bayern), Ailton (2003/04 with Werder Bremen) and Robert Lewandowski (2019/20 and 2020/21 with Bayern) have achieved such a performance over a season.
Ahead of the match against Frankfurt, a skirmish between Tuchel, forced by his management to leave at the end of the season, and the honorary president of the club, Uli Hoeness. The latter criticized the Bavarian technician on Friday for not helping young players progress. “It’s light years from reality“, replied Tuchel at the microphone of the broadcaster Sky, considering himself “injured in his honor as coach“. Tuchel and Terzic, with a view to the Champions League, have preserved some of their players, like Jamal Musiala (absent from the match sheet) for Munich and Marcel Sabitzer (entered the game in second half) for Dortmund.