Bayern eye more records in league finale
Champions League finalists aim for 20 Bundesliga laurels on final day.
Bayern Munich's coach Jupp Heynckes to end his German league career at the club where he began in 1963. PHOTO: AFP
BERLIN:
Bayern Munich wrap up their record-breaking Bundesliga season today at Borussia Moenchengladbach with 20 records in their sights and with coach Jupp Heynckes to end his German league career at the club where he began in 1963.
While Bayern’s Champions League final against Borussia Dortmund at Wembley on May 25 looms ever larger, Heynckes’ side finish their league campaign having already lifted the Bundesliga shield with a massive party in Munich last Saturday.
Bayern can finish with 23 Bundesliga records, having already achieved the key landmarks for most league points in a season (88) and most wins (28). They are set to break the record of 21 goals conceded in a season with the current tally on 15.
Their 22-point lead over second-placed Dortmund in the league table is also a record, but while their fans finalise their Wembley plans, Heynckes is focused on claiming their 29th win from 34 league games at ‘Gladbach.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 18th, 2013.
Bayern Munich wrap up their record-breaking Bundesliga season today at Borussia Moenchengladbach with 20 records in their sights and with coach Jupp Heynckes to end his German league career at the club where he began in 1963.
While Bayern’s Champions League final against Borussia Dortmund at Wembley on May 25 looms ever larger, Heynckes’ side finish their league campaign having already lifted the Bundesliga shield with a massive party in Munich last Saturday.
Bayern can finish with 23 Bundesliga records, having already achieved the key landmarks for most league points in a season (88) and most wins (28). They are set to break the record of 21 goals conceded in a season with the current tally on 15.
Their 22-point lead over second-placed Dortmund in the league table is also a record, but while their fans finalise their Wembley plans, Heynckes is focused on claiming their 29th win from 34 league games at ‘Gladbach.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 18th, 2013.