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It’s the Brassells 2023! The complete Bundesliga season review

14-Jun-2023 12:29:58 | The Guardian

Dortmund choked, Bayern prevailed, Union Berlin soared and Jude Bellingham stood head and shoulders above the rest

It was a thrilling season with a deflating ending, unless you are of a Bayern persuasion. In fact, the denouement was still a bit deflating if you were a Bayern fan, following the team’s tame exits from the Champions League and German Cup, and knowing that Borussia Dortmund’s last-minute slip was the real reason your team was left holding the Bundesliga trophy for an 11th straight season.

The final-day choke by Edin Terzic’s team, only managing a draw at home to nothing-to-play-for Mainz when a win would have guaranteed a first championship since 2012 (and a first non-Bayern champion since then), will forever be 2022-23’s punchline. It overshadowed the 46 points Dortmund collected in 2023 – not to mention Jamal Musiala’s stylish 89th-minute winner at Köln that finally brought the title back to Bavaria on goal difference.