Who played against whom and how?
Which game couldn’t you miss?
Hamburg versus Bremen. The first northern derby in the Bundesliga in seven and a half years went to HSV. It was an emotional Sunday afternoon that once again reminded you how much HSV was missing from the league. 56,000 fans in the Volksparkstadion, great atmosphere, lots of pyrotechnics – the second half couldn’t be kicked off for several minutes because of the smoke; then the events on the square also caught fire. 18-year-old Luka Vušković, on loan from Tottenham Hotspur, cleaned up the central defense and gave HSV a 2-1 lead with the goal of the year: He steered a free kick into it with his heel while standing with his back to the goal. His celebration in front of the north stand was also iconic. Werder briefly shocked the home fans with the equalizer. But in the 84th minute, Yussuf Poulsen, who had been injured for a long time, scored his first goal for HSV and thus his team to victory. The most important thing of the season for the fans. They sang: “We are number one in the north.” It’s a little easier in the north than in the south, but congratulations anyway.
Which game could you have missed with a clear conscience?
Leipzig against Frankfurt. It was supposed to be the top game – but that would have required two top teams. There is currently no unity. She got the crowd once again, with the six goals conceded in Leipzig she now has a total of 29 in the Bundesliga. Nobody is worse. Also in the Champions League There were already several claps (twice 1:5, once 0:3). Dribbling past Eintracht defenders is easier than buying banned substances at Frankfurt train station. Dino Toppmöller has to come up with something to combat this systemic defensive problem. Meanwhile, RB consolidated its status as best of the rest behind Bayern. Yan Diomande scored three times. Did Julian Nagelsmann get nervous while watching? In June he will face Diomande and Ivory Coast at the World Cup.
Who was in the spotlight?
Harry Kane. The Englishman sat on the bench for an hour at the away game in Stuttgart. When he came on, Bayern were anything but confidently leading 1-0. Then Kane came along and scored his tenth hat-trick in the Bundesliga. Bayern won 5-0, goalkeeper Alexander Nübel, who is still under contract in Munich, looked nothing like a future Bayern goalkeeper on several occasions. And maybe it’s time for a certain sports editor to apologize to Harry Kane. I thought he would score fewer than 20 goals hot take before the season. The point of a steep thesis is that it probably won’t come true, but mine does take it’s really freezing cold now. Kane has already scored 17 Bundesliga goals, and if he continues like this he will have 44 at the end of the season. I have to admit, I underestimated the 32-year-old striker and overestimated the Bundesliga defenses. So: Sorry, Harry!
