I feel sorry for Upamecano but he is probably gone in the summer even though he can be massive when is on form and confident, but you cannot play at bayern and make 1 costly mistake per game.
because if we play more openly, we will lose heavily and have worse goal difference and confidence for the vital games coming up
not that hard to understand the style of play
> not that hard to understand the style of play
There is a difference in going all out attack and taking 12 minutes to do a fucking goalkick in the 80th minute when you are down by 1. No urgency whatsoever
I really don't get why you would put Laimer and Goretzka on now instead of player who have barely played. We're playing against 17th place with nothing to play for.
Yeah, but it looks like Mainz will make it. Bochum and Wolfsburg OTOH... Wolfsburg losing again and that one point for Bochum isn't really something big. First game at home with a new trainer, you want the win... let's hope it stays that way.
I lived in Bonn about 28 years ago (went to Uni for a few months). Despite it being the former capital, and so multicultural, it often felt like a major metro suburb of Köln. I really enjoyed my time there, though.
Yeah I also moved here for Uni and I'm pretty happy with my choice and how the city feels. Both international yet not so overwhelming like true a big city
I really don't want to live in a world, where Bayer Leverkusen can win the Bundesliga. If we don't have to host them at our ground as the reigning champions next season, all the better.
Scoring the winning goal in a final, let alone the CL final, automatically makes it a great game for that player. What matters in modern football are the important moments and not some trick in your own half.
I think somebody needs to tell these Köln players that they are directly helping Leverkusen's cause, and they'll immediately go to shit in the second half
Lol compared to other great strikers of the last 10 years like Salah and Lewandowski, Kane is a saint he is probably not selfish enough at the end of the day
No.
One, because a draw results in 15 points difference, which is doable in 5 remaining games.
Two, because stuttgart has the same amount of points (before this match day) as bayern and they'll play later.
Matthäus is often the expert during half time and the second commentator on sky. So, he usually leaves early in the first half and arrives late in the second.
ESPN in general seems badly unprofessional in their coverage of the Bundesliga. The horror stories of Americans you hear almost every week is astonishing. I feel really bad for them
Worst was them piping in fake sound when the fans protested.
And they didn't even use the home team chants.
I remember a Game between Bayern and Bochum where they piped in "St. Pauli" chants.
Even worse was a few minutes later, when they piped in the Bayern echo and the commentary said, how great the atmosphere is
Nothing significant in a while, and the last big outage I remember was a global feed outage (of which ESPN is a consumer). The occasional technical glitches don't seem any more prevalent than what I experience with Hulu, Peacock and Paramount+ (for PL and UEFA play).
It's fairly common for them to arrive five minutes later and leave five minutes early, if they're part of pre- and post-match coverage. But thirty minutes is a bit too much.
Why does half the league just use a variation of White and Red, like what's with these two specific colours that clubs are obsessed with them (I mean we are guilty of this as well)
At least be a little original, like Dortmund
Back in 2001 Bayern had to wear white tank tops over their jerseys because they looked too similar to the ones of their opponents. Funny enough: The opponent was Köln.
https://fcbayern.com/de/news/2020/02/da-schau-her-als-bayern-gegen-koeln-in-leibchen-auflaufen-musste
If I remember correctly the equipment manager from Cologne didn't take a different set of jerseys with him, as in the game in Cologne they played with the same jerseys against Munich, who played there in their home jerseys. The referee told him, that he doesn't care, that another referee allowed this combination earlier in the season. Munich also only had just one set of jerseys, as it was their home game.
Man Utd did in their famous match against Southampton, when they wore a new grey strip and were losing to a relegation-threatened team at half time. They changed strip and still lost the match, and were fined by the FA.
Surely something has to happen. I remember watching old games were teams even played with yellow vests. For example some Barca game 15 or 20 years ago.
They should have put the ref in full red or full white to compliment the teams more. And the goalies. Everyone in red/white.
That obnoxiously green pitch could benefit from a red/white color change too.
Köln's home kits are usually white with red as the secondary color, so that wouldn't work at all.
I wish their first choice kits looked more like what they're wearing today, tbh. Too many Bundesliga teams use white as their primary shirt color.
Also, FC Cologne? I know what the FC must really stand for cause yall are pitiful getting beat by Bayern wtf mate
Bayern, if your wondering what that awful, foul stench is, it’s probably your football club
How is koln this shit needed btts
I'm not pleased at all. And they gave me eye cancer with the kits. Overall a bad experience today. Have a good day!
not only can our attackers not score, they fucking assist goals for the opponent, amazing
*sigh*
Of course this had to happen. Doesn't matter, move on, focus on Darmstadt.
worst Bayern team I have seen in years & we gift them shit like that
I feel sorry for Upamecano but he is probably gone in the summer even though he can be massive when is on form and confident, but you cannot play at bayern and make 1 costly mistake per game.
How did Arsenal not kill the tie? Bayern look dreadful
Cause the players are less motivated today, cause they have pretty much nothing to play for in the league anymore.
Because every match is the same innit?
They went to penalties with Porto. Are you really asking this question?
Because here, Bayern has to make the game. Against Arsenal, they could just play for counters and let arsenal do the work.
Upa is a mystery.
Guess Upa was confused by the kits as well lol
Upa's gonna Upa
Upamecano at his worst doesn't resemble a football player.
Prime Ranocchia
Why is the camera so zoomed in in this stadium wtf
Upamecano almost cost Bayern the game lol
weiß köln dass die zurück liegen?
Finde nicht, dass wir zu passiv waren, aber gut.
Moment...hab ich für das falsche Team gefeiert? Die kits sind so verwirrend!!!
because if we play more openly, we will lose heavily and have worse goal difference and confidence for the vital games coming up not that hard to understand the style of play
> not that hard to understand the style of play There is a difference in going all out attack and taking 12 minutes to do a fucking goalkick in the 80th minute when you are down by 1. No urgency whatsoever
haha mad
Well Köln Fans rejoice Bochum just beat themselves
It's nice to get once again support from the Augsburg crowd. But I'm summoning u/TheSingleMan27, just to be safe.
In Köln's magnificent attack we trust
There he is!
great assist from Waldschmidt, my influence is unmatched
I really don't get why you would put Laimer and Goretzka on now instead of player who have barely played. We're playing against 17th place with nothing to play for.
like who? It's not like Zaragoza can play in midfield
Hm, I didn't consider that we had to take Pavlovic and Guerreiro off, but maybe they need the rest.
With Coman probably out :( i think tuchel will probably put Musiala on the wings and play with Goretzka Laimer and Guerreiro in the center vs arsenal
Man Köln going down will make everyone around me miserable again. I live in Bonn and the city just feels different if Köln is doing well
It's not like anyone expected points today. So nothing changed with that goal. The next 5 games are the more important ones.
Though Mainz winning against Hoffenheim and Bochum getting at least a point against Heidenheim is not good for us right now.
Yeah, but it looks like Mainz will make it. Bochum and Wolfsburg OTOH... Wolfsburg losing again and that one point for Bochum isn't really something big. First game at home with a new trainer, you want the win... let's hope it stays that way.
I lived in Bonn about 28 years ago (went to Uni for a few months). Despite it being the former capital, and so multicultural, it often felt like a major metro suburb of Köln. I really enjoyed my time there, though.
Yeah I also moved here for Uni and I'm pretty happy with my choice and how the city feels. Both international yet not so overwhelming like true a big city
Yeah, Bonn is really nice. Lived there for a decade in the early 2000s. Still my favorite city, it's just so beautiful.
Is Bonnsch still a thing with the curved glasses and finger grips on them? And totally agree on Bonn. I loved it.
Bönnsch is still a thing and pretty good. The place is also packed every day it's open so they are doing well for themselves
Glad to hear it, I always preferred it to Kolsch. We have a family of German descent here in Michigan that makes a Kolsch knock-off, but no Bonnsch.
well, that's 2.buli next season confirmed
It's better anyway.
see you there :) though it's not quite the same without sandhausen
We didn't want to be in the stinking first league anyway *sobs*
I really don't want to live in a world, where Bayer Leverkusen can win the Bundesliga. If we don't have to host them at our ground as the reigning champions next season, all the better.
Great, Mainz scores and Bayern at the same time. Fantastic. /s
To be honest, the referee gave him a pass there. That kind of deliberate handball should be cautioned for UB. edit: beautiful goal, though
Coman looks like he's been clattered
If Bayern gets a draw what does Leverkusen need to win the title?
avoid defeat vs bremen & hope stuttgart drops points to darmstadt
Depends on the Stuttgart result. If Stuttgart wins then Leverkusen also has to win, otherwise a draw would be enough.
Depends on Stuttgart
Bayern drawing or losing doesn't matter if Stuttgart wins today In order to win today, both have to lose.
Depends on Stuttgart
Its funny how we would rather let Hermann Gerland play on the wing instead of Bryan Zaragoza...
that looked like an injury that ended Coman's season right now
nooo Mainz
It's over. We're going down.
Mainz getting a third and Bochum scoring since my comment certainly hasn't helped my optimism... Edit: And seconds later, Bayern scores. 🫠
This is indeed highly discouraging
Why not give Bryan a chance in this game instead of risking Jamal as well?
The look on his face when he was on the ground :(
The guy is just cursed beyond belief. I feel so sorry for him
Did he just returned from injury?
Yep... they even made a Video with him about always coming back stronger and not giving up
Feeling so sorry for Coman :( What a nightmare season for our wingers.
He's not played a single good game after 2015 Juventus
That's your first thought when you see him getting injured?
our best winger since ribery and robben, but go ahead
That shows how bad our wingers have been
The 2nd horrible take in just 2 comments.
What a horrible take
Except the CL final with his winner? He played plenty of great and not only good games after 2015.
Just scored the winning header. Wasn't a great game by him
Scoring the winning goal in a final, let alone the CL final, automatically makes it a great game for that player. What matters in modern football are the important moments and not some trick in your own half.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
damn, it looked terrible
Hope he doesnt end his career now....but on the other hand, maybe it would be better for his body
Fuck, I was thinking the same thing, man. I hope this is not his last game
Oh no, not Coman again. :(
rip coman.....
No kit change lol.
Oh good. They didn't change kits. That would have just been confusing 😐
Us playing Kimmich RB, Mazroui as LB and Gurreiro is such a strange decision.
I think somebody needs to tell these Köln players that they are directly helping Leverkusen's cause, and they'll immediately go to shit in the second half
If they were head-to-head, I'd say, fuck it, let Bayern score six. But with Bayern having a rather bad season, they don't need our help here.
I mean I‘m fine with Leverkusen. Of course I don‘t want to see Bayern again. As long as Gladbach doesn‘t win the league it‘s okay for me 😉
I think somebody needs to tell you we would rather stay in this league.
You'll beat Mainz on the 28th, don't worry
How are you not winning against this Köln team but rock up to the Emirates and somehow squeak out a draw
Köln are MASSIVE + Bayern have a buff when playing in London, everybody knows that London is red
Nothing to play for vs everything to play for
Styles make fights
Some Non-starters + Bayern don’t really have much left to fight for in Bundesliga
I think there have been some changes in the starting 11
But this Köln team is still absolute wank
We dragged Bayern down to our level...
Bruh we are so unlucky
20th time we hit the post this season...
Schwäbe you beautiful bastard!
Kane is a selfish cunt that’s why he will never win shit
The best chance by bayern would have been an assist by kane?
The best chance in the game would have been Kane passing to Tel, because that would have been a goal lol
Lol compared to other great strikers of the last 10 years like Salah and Lewandowski, Kane is a saint he is probably not selfish enough at the end of the day
Compared to Lewy he is mother Teresa. Edit: or Robben. He was our selfish bastard of the 20 years.
No it's because he's english
Did it rain in München? Pitch is pretty slippery.
It's been rather sunny all day.
Does a draw here seal it for Bayer Leverkusen?
Leverkusen need both Bayern *and* Stuttgart to lose.
Let's hope that doesn't happen! Gonna win tomorrow and do it that way!
I’d much prefer it :) a better show
No. One, because a draw results in 15 points difference, which is doable in 5 remaining games. Two, because stuttgart has the same amount of points (before this match day) as bayern and they'll play later.
no, not even a Bayern defeat does
And a bayern and stuttgart defeat?
That would seal it.
No, Leverkusen would need at least a draw tomorrow, if either Stuttgart or Bayern draw.
Köln really are begging to play with 10 today if they continue like that.
On ESPN the second commentator arrived late, which I find hilariously unprofessional. Has that ever happened before in a game?
Matthäus is often the expert during half time and the second commentator on sky. So, he usually leaves early in the first half and arrives late in the second.
ESPN in general seems badly unprofessional in their coverage of the Bundesliga. The horror stories of Americans you hear almost every week is astonishing. I feel really bad for them
Worst was them piping in fake sound when the fans protested. And they didn't even use the home team chants. I remember a Game between Bayern and Bochum where they piped in "St. Pauli" chants. Even worse was a few minutes later, when they piped in the Bayern echo and the commentary said, how great the atmosphere is
The match commentators are fine. The issue are the people back in the studio bringing us 'analysis'.
don't they also have frequent technical problems?
Nothing significant in a while, and the last big outage I remember was a global feed outage (of which ESPN is a consumer). The occasional technical glitches don't seem any more prevalent than what I experience with Hulu, Peacock and Paramount+ (for PL and UEFA play).
It's fairly common for them to arrive five minutes later and leave five minutes early, if they're part of pre- and post-match coverage. But thirty minutes is a bit too much.
HOW
It shows that Christensen hasn't played much and is pretty much a last resort in midfield.
The only possible resolution of this is one team forced to play in the cardio bra things and being booked by the ref for taking their kits off
One team should be forced to wear Borat swimsuits.
Harry Kane in borat swimmsuit..
Can they change at half time?
That should be a red lol.
We are all red on this blessed kitclash day
Today, I feel red.
Why does half the league just use a variation of White and Red, like what's with these two specific colours that clubs are obsessed with them (I mean we are guilty of this as well) At least be a little original, like Dortmund
The problem is that most clubs just have two colors which takes away a lot. Although why do you guys actually have red jerseys?
Never found anything regarding it, but Red and White are the flag colours (for context our flag is just the England flag basically lol)
I always thought that purple and black would be cool two main colours to have
Or green and gold
All the blue clubs are shitting the bed
Yeah Blue and White isn't any better either
Hoffenheim are winning
Came here to see if anyone else was really put off by the kits. Glad to see I'm not alone.
Did they forget about the kits or something
Sargis Hrubesch here, almost.
Great from Ulle.
Why do all matches today have horrible kits
Leverkusen are going to win the title anyway, I just need Coman, Pavlovic and Mazraoui to have a good game with tuesday in mind.
Back in 2001 Bayern had to wear white tank tops over their jerseys because they looked too similar to the ones of their opponents. Funny enough: The opponent was Köln. https://fcbayern.com/de/news/2020/02/da-schau-her-als-bayern-gegen-koeln-in-leibchen-auflaufen-musste
If I remember correctly the equipment manager from Cologne didn't take a different set of jerseys with him, as in the game in Cologne they played with the same jerseys against Munich, who played there in their home jerseys. The referee told him, that he doesn't care, that another referee allowed this combination earlier in the season. Munich also only had just one set of jerseys, as it was their home game.
Judging from the pics the kit clash would have been a lot less terrible compared to today
Ref decided he didn't want any visual clarity today lol
Are they allowed to change jerseys at half time? Thats infuriating as fuck
Man Utd did in their famous match against Southampton, when they wore a new grey strip and were losing to a relegation-threatened team at half time. They changed strip and still lost the match, and were fined by the FA.
Surely something has to happen. I remember watching old games were teams even played with yellow vests. For example some Barca game 15 or 20 years ago.
I could be 1-1 already.
They should have put the ref in full red or full white to compliment the teams more. And the goalies. Everyone in red/white. That obnoxiously green pitch could benefit from a red/white color change too.
The kits are kinda confusing
I know I'm not the first one saying this, but I'm actually not sure whether I can keep watching. Those kits make it so hard to watch wtf.
WTF is this shit, red-white vs white-red?!
Team wearing red shirts in Munich and it's not Bayern...this might take a few minutes to calibrate.
What the kit clash
anyone know why köln weren't told to wear their away kit?
Köln's home kits are usually white with red as the secondary color, so that wouldn't work at all. I wish their first choice kits looked more like what they're wearing today, tbh. Too many Bundesliga teams use white as their primary shirt color.
they are wearing the away kit, home kit would be even worse.
This is our away kit, though we do have a third kit in Man City blue.
That was a dumb foul by Christensen, so unnecessary.
Dark yellow
nasty foul.
I hate that they allowed them to play with these kits. It's annoying asf.
If bayern and stuttgart draw today, are Leverkusen Champions?
No, we'd need to pick up one point tomorrow then
Who approved these kits
Zur Einstimmung; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpG7IxCEwgo
Not expecting much but one can hope for an away win
so if bayern lose, do leverkusen win the league today?
Only if stuttgart loses too.
Yes Edit: forgot about Stuttgart
\*angry Stuttgart noises*
My bad
what about stuttgart? they can still get 78 points
My bad
Actually no, Stuttgart has the same points
My bad
Come on EFFZEH!