Quote from: Raflesia on Today at 09:40:31 PM

Quote from: QueenVera on September 17, 2023, 09:45:51 PM

Quote from: Raflesia on September 17, 2023, 09:26:46 PM

It's difficult when the difference is so stark in terms of mentality and strength that even when there is an opportunity, it sometimes seems to be wasted.
For example, last season where it should have been easily obtained by Dortmund because of the determination they only had to win 3 points when they were quite favoured but in the end everything returned to belong to Bayern, which is irrefutable evidence that clubs other than Bayern in the Bundesliga seem to lose hope in the title race.

Leipzig in terms of performance I would not say they are stable but they can always be in the top 4 at the end of the season.
The start of this season they did better than before but I agree with you that it won't be a reference point for the title race because in the end all they're after is probably the top 4.

That's one opportunity that won't come to Dortmund again until after a while, if they had won their last game they would had been the defending champions and winning the league would had boosted their performance this season maybe that would had even encouraged them to try strengthening the team to a better standard of defending their trophy.

I think Leipzig are not bad this season and they're on the right track and you're not all wrong when you said they'll finish top four this season, they got a strong team capable of contending for the league they're currently third ín the table and has recorded just one lose and won theee games so far wgich is fair enough still classify them as title contenders this season hopefully in the future they'll be strong enough to challenge Bayern Munich and win the trophy

The last time the Bundesliga competition was like this was in the 2018-19 season where at that time Dortmund managed to suppress Bayern with a difference of 2 points until the end of the season and from that season until the 2021-22 season Dortmund was always far behind and last season was the closest but they also failed to maximize circumstances that should have been profitable for them.

I agree with you, if you look at the current performance, it is very likely that the competition will be full of tension and the difference will be a little difficult for them to achieve this season, especially since Dortmund's performance is still quite far from expectations.
But fortunately in this week's match they managed to win quite convincingly against Freiburg which made their position slightly better in the standings.

I don't think if that's a priority for Dortmund to win the Bundesliga title, Dortmund is a team that usually tries to earn money by selling young players and talents to other teams and we know even Bayern Munich is one possible destination for these talented palters. Dortmund got a good potential and they got usually have even more spectators which shows how great a team they are.
I think already got what they wanted to get and they are already earning a huge amount of money from the players they sell.

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