Bayern Munich clinched the Bundesliga title© AFP
Bayern Munich are 2024/25 Bundesliga champions, reclaiming the title from Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen with two video games to spare. After being held to a dramatic 3-3 draw towards RB Leipzig on Saturday, the Bavarians sealed the deal when second-placed Leverkusen did not get the higher of Freiburg in what was a must-win match for the Werkself. After having gone 2-0 down simply minutes into the second-half, Leverkusen scored two late objectives to accept a draw. It all implies that Bayern now boast an unassailable lead on the high of the desk with two video games to go. The title marks their record-extending thirty third of the Bundesliga period.
Bayern endured their first trophyless season since 2011 final time period, ending third within the Bundesliga behind first-time champions Leverkusen and shock runners-up VfB Stuttgart.
However, they’ve been fast to reassert their home dominance below new head coach Vincent Kompany in 2024/25. The Bavarians have held first place since Matchday 3, while chalking up 23 wins from 32 video games – solely dropping twice – and scoring a league-high 93 objectives.
As properly as being a debut-season title for Kompany, the 2024/25 Meisterschale represents a primary piece of main profession silverware for England captain Harry Kane.
It can be Thomas Müller’s record-extending thirteenth – and certain – final German top-flight crown as a participant. The Bayern legend, who lately made his five hundredth Bundesliga look, will finish his 25-year affiliation together with his boyhood membership following this summer time’s FIFA Club World Cup.
Bayern face Borussia Mönchengladbach on Matchday 33, of their first sport as newly topped champions and remaining residence fixture of the 2024/25 season. They conclude the league marketing campaign at Hoffenheim on May 17, when they are going to be formally introduced with the title.
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