Bayern and Dortmund already setting the tempo in Bundesliga

Bayern Munich has made such a powerful begin to the season that few if any count on Borussia Dortmund or some other challenger to have the ability to sustain.

The two rivals are the one groups remaining with 100% data after two video games of the Bundesliga, the place they already occupy the locations that they had on the finish of final season – first and second. Bayern leads as a result of a superior objective distinction after racking up six in its opening win at Eintracht Frankfurt and two extra in final weekend’s comfy victory over Wolfsburg. The Bavarian powerhouse subsequent visits Bochum on Sunday, the place it hopes for extra goal observe towards a group that misplaced each of its video games.

Dortmund, which is banking on a mixture of youth and expertise for the brand new season, overcame robust rivals Bayer Leverkusen and Freiburg. Edin Terzic’s group subsequent hosts promoted Werder Bremen on Saturday.

Bayern and Dortmund don’t play one another till the ninth spherical on the weekend of Oct. 8.Bayern goes for a-record extending eleventh consecutive league title since Dortmund final received it in 2012.Former Bayern nice Lothar Matthäus doesn’t anticipate a change after paying tribute to sporting director Hasan Salihamidžic for a busy summer season of switch exercise. Matthäus says the squad is robust sufficient to problem for the Champions League.

“Based on the performances we’ve seen so far and my gut feeling, I think that Bayern, with this team and this spirit, can once again have an important say when it comes to winning the most important European club trophy,” Matthäus mentioned in a column for Germany’s Sky Sport.

Bayern noticed top-scorer Robert Lewandowski depart for Barcelona, however introduced in Senegal star Sadio Mané, Dutch defender Matthijs de Ligt, Ajax stars Noussair Mazraoui and Ryan Gravenberch, and extremely rated French expertise Mathys Tel.

Franz Beckenbauer, one other former Bayern nice, struggled to include his pleasure after seeing Bayern’s opening recreation in Frankfurt.

“I’ll hold off congratulations for the title. But I hadn’t seen such desire, such a performance in a long time,” Beckenbauer instructed the Bild tabloid.

Dortmund is focusing by itself group and outcomes. Sporting director Sebastian Kehl mentioned he had watched Bayern’s opening recreation in Frankfurt however that it had triggered “little excitement” in his family. Kehl, who took over from predecessor Michael Zorc after final season, has overseen one other summer season of rebuilding in Dortmund. Top-scorer Erling Haaland is gone, changed first by Sébastien Haller from Ajax, then Anthony Modeste from Cologne after Haller was discovered to have a testicular tumor.

Dortmund additionally signed Germany attacker Karim Adeyemi and his nationwide group teammates Niko Schlotterbeck and Niklas Süle for the protection. But current gamers like Marco Reus, Jude Bellingham, and kids Youssoufa Moukoko and Jamie Bynoe-Gittens are simply as necessary. Moukoko and Bynoe-Gittens each scored in Dortmund’s come-from-behind win in Freiburg final week, and Dortmund prolonged the 18-year-old Bynoe-Gittens’ contract on Tuesday.

Edin Terzic is again to educate the group following Marco Rose’s inconsistent spell in cost final season. Terzic led Dortmund to the German Cup title in his first stint in 2021. After final Friday’s win in Freiburg, he’s additionally the primary Dortmund coach to win 9 video games in a row.