Union Berlin stopped Bayern’s winning streak in the simplest way. Wolfsburg is looking for another coach. And: Why, Julian Nagelsmann? All from match 10
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Berlin Association against Bayern. Previously, the question arose whether Bayern would always win and become champions with 102 points. Now we know: It won’t be enough for more than 100 points. The historic winning streak ended in the seventeenth game. Luis Díaz and Harry Kane’s wonder goals in stoppage time only saved Munich from a draw. Suggestion for Union fans shop: “European early record winners, almost a siege” T-shirt. Who knows when someone will come close to beating Bayern again?
How does Union do it? In a simple way. It becomes dangerous with every standard cross. Union boosters Leopold Querfeld and Danilho Doekhi pushed Konrad Laimer from Munich and Sergeant Gnabry as if it were a Biedermeier sofa in the Bavarian National Museum. Doekhi scored twice, partly because Manuel Neuer, wearing a commemorative pink Tim Wiese jersey, let the ball slip as Tim Wiese did against Juve in 2006. The third goal was disallowed because Ilyas Ansah was offside with the top of his boot. What happens when AI calibrates lines with the help of high-performance cameras (Baumgart: “Some paint is drunk”). If Bayern continue to maintain this kind of standard in the future, they will be knocked out in the quarter-finals of the Champions League against corner kings Arsenal.
