Bundesliga week 34 – Los Grandos Finalos

Yes, yes, it is done. Wolfsburg is the new Bundesliga title holder, Wolfsburg claimed the Meisterschaft, hitting every traditionalist in the crotch which we are of course not. Hence we compliment Volkswagen, I’m sorry, Wolfsburg on the deserved championship. A post on Wolfsburg later on but first, let’s have a look at the games from thi season’s last week of Bundesliga (boo hoo!):

VfL Wolfsburg- Werder Bremen 5-1

The neutral fans hoped for a tense and thrilling season finale but the green goal machine denied us this wish by scoring two early goals. Grafite is with his 27 goals the goalgetter of the season. Remarkably, he played only in games which gives him a goal average below 75minutes. Way to go!!!

Eh, well, in the standings’ no man’s land, a lost UEFA-Cup final a few days ago why should they make an effort. The last opportunity to win something besides dignity is the DFB-Pokal final on Saturday against Bayer Leverkusen.

Bayern Munich – VfB Stuttgart 2-1

Bayern reached their minimal goal by defeating their main rival for the 2nd place and thus the immediate qualification for the Champions League in an appalling game 2-1. Anyway, suddenly everything what Jürgen Klinsmann did was wrong and Jupp Heynckes was the holy savior. Let’s keep it that way.

Some VfB players will tell later that seeing on the scoreboard how their competitor for the 3rd place, Berlin, went down early, the motivation flew out of the window. One advice: Don’t tell that to the management. It becomes harder for them now to plan and to calculate for the new season as the Champions League qualifier will not start before mid-August when the season already began and the transfer window soon closes. Fools.

Karlsruher SC – Hertha BSC Berlin 4-0

4 goals! In one game! But apart from a decent farewell and some sort of regained dignity this victory means nothing but relegation. Bye bye Karlsruhe.

Wow, that was one hell of a loss. Receiving four goals against Karlsruhe which is pretty much illegal, throwing the Champions League spot in the garbage can, hence losing millions of Euros and thus key players like Pantelic and Voronin, this defeat was preety much the worst case scenario. Pretty much gone in 90 minutes.

Arminia Bielefeld – Hannover 96 2-2

Talking about relegation, Bielefeld joins the yellow-footers from Karlsruhe after a ridiculous week and an unnecessary draw against the worst defense of the Bundesliga. Having their coach sacked only one game from finish, the club falls more and more apart. I hope they will pick up courage and promote again next year.

The season was over a couple of games ago and thus this game provided Hannover to screw Bielefeld and to end some unfinished business. After 39-year-old veteran Michael Tarnat wasn’t probably saw off during the last home game (he even didn’t get a bouquet of flowers), Sergio Pinto attended to that in a great way.

Energie Cottbus – Bayer Leverkusen 3-0

A tough fight for the only Bundesliga club from the former GDR but they showed character and sent the once again disappointing team from Leverkusen back to the Rhine. Whether or not they’ll stay in the Bundesliga will be decided in two games against the third of the 2nd Bundesliga, Nuremburg, later this week. Fingers are crossed.

The game meant nothing for the Bayer-eleven, it’ll all come down on Saturday when they’ll face Werder Bremen in the DFB-Pokal final. A victory will provide the only chance to play international after a brilliant season’s first half was ditched by a following horrible second half.

Borussia Mönchengladbach – Borussia Dortmund 1-1

After two important wins in the last two games, Mönchengladbach rescued themselves pretty much last week. After a few moments of worrying, it was clear that relegation shouldn’t be an issue anymore. Congratulations!

Dortmund failed to crest their glorious comeback with a spot in the new Euro League after an unnecessary draw. It was a successful season though. Dortmund recovered from serious financial problems and fights within the team. The new coach Jürgen Klopp brought success and integrity back to the black and yellow.

Eintracht Frankfurt – Hamburger SV 2-3

The season is over, the not really beloved coach Friedhelm Funkel agreed to resign after the pressure from the management and the fans, all in all a usual theatrical season for United (Eintracht) Frankfurt.

Boooy, with a late winner and stunning goal Piotr Trochowski saved the season for Hamburg by kicking Dortmund from the 5th place and securing the Redpants a spot in the new established Euro League. And of course, he was offside.

FC Schalke 04 – 1899 Hoffenheim 2-3

Schalke is in the waiting for the savior and champion-maker Felix Magath to come and rescue the Königsblauen as their new coach and manager. And that’s how they played.

Although the game meant nothing for both clubs in the standings, the victory was a delayed gratification for Hoffenheim’s coach Ralf Rangnick who was sacked as Schalke coach in an ugly kind of way a few years ago.

FC Cologne – VfL Bochum 1-1

A not really eventful season is finally over and thus the waiting for Lukas Podolski comes to an end. All said.

Bochum had nothing to worry about in the last game as they managed to stay in the Bundesliga already last week. Therefore they scored a pretty great own goal…