Have Bayern Munich got worse or is the Bundesliga getting better?
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
4.0 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 2 March 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Mark Chapman is joined by The Athletic's r Rafa Honigstein & also Seb Stafford-Bloor to discuss the German Bundelsiga - perhaps the most exciting league in Europe this season.
11 years since a team other than Bayern Munich were champions, this year the top four teams are separated by four points & four German teams in the last 16 of The Champions League..
So why is the Bundesliga so strong at the moment & will it last?
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic |
| 0:02.7 | Well across Europe's major leagues |
| 0:06.5 | Germany's top flight is perhaps the most exciting |
| 0:09.9 | this season. It is 11 years since the team other than |
| 0:13.5 | Bayern Munich were champions but this year at the moment |
| 0:17.1 | the top four teams are separated by four points |
| 0:19.8 | and four German teams are in the last 16 |
| 0:22.1 | of the Champions League. Why is the Bundesliga so competitive at the moment? And more importantly, |
| 0:29.4 | will it last? I'm Mark Chapman. This is the Athletic Football podcast. I'm tired of the Bundesliga. |
| 0:36.7 | Truly. For real. I'm tired of it.liga. Truly, for real. |
| 0:37.9 | I'm tired of it. |
| 0:38.7 | I know Byron or better. |
| 0:39.9 | I know that. |
| 0:40.6 | And I know they know that, right? |
| 0:42.1 | I know that it's always going to be an uphill battle when you're playing a team like |
| 0:45.9 | Byron, but it's like, come on. |
| 0:50.0 | You'll go down. |
| 0:52.0 | And there's the breakthrough for Augsburg. Berisha! |
| 0:56.0 | A loss against Augsburg, our first in the season. |
| 1:00.0 | Four games, zero wins in the Bundesliga, that's not good. |
| 1:05.0 | Bainugtens on Guerrero, in the center to Brandt. |
| 1:09.0 | The Freiburgers are open. |
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