Freiburg beat Dortmund Bayern to the top
In recent years, it is not Bayern Munich or Dortmund who have dominated the Bundesliga standings. It is difficult to have a third party, but after the end of the second match day of the fifth round of the Bundesliga yesterday, such a miracle appeared. Due to Bayern’s 1-1 draw with Union Berlin, Dortmund’s 1-0 victory over Hoffenheim at home, and a 3-2 reversal of Leverkusen by Freiburg, Dortmund and Freiburg are both 4 wins and 1. The loss has 12 points, but Freiburg temporarily ranks first with one more goal difference, Dortmund ranks second, and Bayern, the Bundesliga overlord with 3 wins and 2 draws with 11 points, ranks third.
In the previous four rounds, Freiburg beat Augsburg 4-0, lost to Dortmund 1-3, and beat Stuttgart and Bochum 1-0 with the same score. Second time at the top of the Bundesliga. This is very difficult for this small club with only 4 players worth over 10 million euros.
In fact, under the leadership of head coach Streich, Freiburg has been doing well in recent seasons. They finished sixth in the Bundesliga last season and qualified for the Europa League this season. At present, Freiburg’s Gregglitz and Grief rank seventh and eighth in the Bundesliga scorer list with 3 goals. Austrian striker Gregglitz is worth only 4.5 million euros. Fred is also worth only 12 million euros.
Freiburg’s ability to occupy the top spot is also due to Bayern’s failure to win this round. Union Berlin is currently ranked fourth in the standings and is also a strong team, and it is not easy to deal with. Moreover, Muller did not start this campaign for Bayern, Kimmich, Mushala, and Koeman were replaced in the middle and later stages of the game. This is obviously to save strength for the tough Champions League challenge to Inter Milan 4 days later, so Bayern head coach. Nagelsman would not care about that.
“We didn’t have enough energy levels, but it happened from time to time. Union Berlin defended very well, we had two great chances in the first half and two in the second, but we didn’t take them. The result was fair, although We may be closer to winning. It’s only the fifth round, so I don’t care about being third!” Nagelsman said after the game.
