Bundesliga 2016/17: Will Bayern Munich become the 'profitable fisherman'?

(Baonghean.vn) - This week, in round 19 of the Bundesliga, home team Dortmund, currently ranked 4th on the table, will host RB Leipzig, currently ranked 2nd on the table. If RB Leipzig fails to get 3 points at Signal Iduna Park, Bayern Munich, currently ranked 1st on the table, will finish alone.

The big match between Dortmund and RB Leipzig is of great interest to German fans and supporters at Signal Iduna Park. First, it is an opportunity for coach Thomas Tuchel and his students to pay back the debt of 0-1 in the first leg at RB Leipzig's Red Bull Arena. Midfielder Naby Keita's goal in the 89th minute made Dortmund fans feel hurt, they were humiliated by the Bundesliga rookie. Next, it indirectly answered the question: Can Bayern Munich soon win the Bundesliga championship for the 5th time in a row?

Failure from transfer policy

The decision to sell 3 stars Hummels, Guendogan and Mkhitaryan for 107 million euros to bring in 8 quality new players, people hope for Dortmund's transformation. Because Bartra was brought in from Barcelona to replace Hummels. Replacing Guendogan to Man City is Rode from Bayern. And to fill the void left by Mkhitaryan, coach Tuchel has Goetze and Schuerrle, German players brought in from Bayern and Wolfsburg with a record transfer fee for the Ruhr team.

RB Leipzig midfielder Naby Keita was the only goal scorer in the first leg between the two teams.

It was thought that with players who have a lot of experience in the Bundesliga and European football fields, along with young talents such as Julian Weigl, Ousmane Dembele, Christian Pulisic, Emre Mor or recently rookie Alexander Isak, Dortmund would be much stronger. Audiences at Signal Iduna Park believe that if they were in front of them, it would be the "gray tiger" Bayern Munich, not Frankfurt or RB Leipzig. But now, after 18 rounds, they are 11 points behind the "tiny" team RB Leipzig, something that is hard to accept. Knowing that it is a big gap, Dortmund fans still feel that a victory is needed to reclaim the honor of a team that is one of the most traditional in German football.

The Little Guy

Despite stumbling in the round of 16 against Bayern, RB Leipzig still asserted itself as a team with an annoying style of play against its seniors in the Bundesliga. The scientific and extremely annoying defensive counter-attacking style of play helps RB Leipzig to have good form in the Bundesliga. Leipzig ranks 2nd on the rankings, 10 points ahead of the 3rd place team, Frankfurt.

With midfielder Naby Keita, who is considered the best boss in the Bundesliga midfield, they have achieved a great record of 8 consecutive wins, becoming the first newly promoted team to go 13 matches unbeaten. With 36 goals scored and only 16 conceded, coach Ralph Hasenhuettl is doing a very good job on the coaching bench.

Recently, RB Leipzig also had an extremely important 2-1 victory over Hoffenheim. The goalscorers for this "tiny" team were Werner and Sabitzer respectively. Coach Ralph Hasenhuettl has the advantage of having many young players and RB Leipzig's squad has the depth to not run out of steam at the end of the race.

Dortmund have only won 1 Bundesliga match in their last 5 matches.

Epilogue

Obviously, Dortmund's recent form is not good, in the last 5 matches they have drawn 4 and won only 1. Meanwhile, RB Leipzig has recovered from the humiliating 0-3 loss to Bayern, they have had 2 convincing victories, so the match at Dortmund suddenly becomes more unpredictable than ever. In this round, Bayern welcomes Schalke, a team with fluctuating form with only 1 win in the last 5 matches, so 3 points are almost within reach.

So if RB Leipzig cannot get 3 points, coach Carlo Ancelotti can breathe a sigh of relief and start thinking about the 5th championship for the Gray Tigers. So it can be said that whether the second leg of this year's Bundesliga is still attractive or not depends a lot on coach Ralph Hasenhuettl and his team, in which the big match at Signal Iduna Park is the first test.

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