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As the Bundesliga returns from its winter break, there’s a distinct air of futility circulating around German football. For the second year in a row, Bayern Munich have all but wrapped up their league win before Christmas. They have always used their clout to strangle competition but it’s been taken to such an extent under Pep Guardiola that people start to question what the point of it all is. A clash between first and second can’t be all that interesting if they are separated by eleven points, can it? Unbeaten at home, this would be second-placed Wolfsburg’s greatest chance at playing catch-up with Bayern and adding some intrigue to the season. Needing more luck than getting free spins with our favourite slot game, Dieter Hecking set up his team in a 4-4-2 with Kevin de Bruyne playing high up alongside Bas Dost, while tinkerman Guardiola started with a 4-3-3. As expected, Bayern were on the front foot from the start, but within three minutes they had gone behind. Bastian Schweinsteiger slipped on the edge of Wolfsburg’s penalty box and ten seconds later the ball was in Bayern’s net – an utterly clinical counter-attack reminiscent of Real Madrid’s dismantling of them […]
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