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Stronger Bundesliga Can Make Bayern Munich Better in the Champions League
- Updated: August 24, 2016
Bayern Munich kick off the 2016-17 Bundesliga season on Friday as they host Werder Bremen at the Allianz Arena. And although the season hasn’t even kicked off yet and the Bavarians are set to take their first steps under new coach Carlo Ancelotti, they are resounding favorites.
With the club having won an unprecedented four consecutive league titles, it’s just hard to see any other result.
Bayern have dominated the rest of the Bundesliga financially for a long time, but only in the last few years has the German league gained a reputation as a “one-team” division. But as the champions have become consistent and predictable, a one-team league is what the Bundesliga has become.
There are many schools of thought on how the level of competition in a domestic league can affect competition on the international stage.
To some, having less domestic-league competition means a club can focus on the Champions League. In the spring of 2012, Chelsea were hopelessly out of the Premier League title race but still alive in Europe.
The Stamford Bridge club stormed to the final and were crowned champions of Europe, despite finishing sixth in the Premier League and five points behind what would have been the English top flight’s fourth and final Champions League spot had the Blues not won the competition.
On the other hand, having weak domestic competition hasn’t exactly helped Paris Saint-Germain since their takeover by Qatar Sports Investments. Les Parisiens have won the last four Ligue 1 titles, yet they have been knocked out of the Champions League at the quarter-final stage in each of the last four seasons.
There are many other examples that can be cited, supporting both a correlation and an inverse correlation between the level of domestic competition and international performance. The only logical conclusion is that there is more to be considered than simply those two variables.
This article will attempt to explain how the level of competition among Bundesliga clubs will be greater this year than in the last, and that this will help Bayern in the Champions League.
Dortmund’s collection of young talents:Guerreiro (22)Merino (20)Dembele (19)Mor (18)Ginter (22)Weigl (20)Pulisic (17)Passlack (18)
— Cristian Nyari (@CrisNyari) June 16, 2016
The first point to address is that competition in the Bundesliga is greater now than it has been in recent years.
Firstly, let’s consider four-time Bundesliga runners-up Borussia Dortmund. Thomas Tuchel’s side may have lost their best attacking midfielder (Henrikh Mkhitaryan), holding midfielder (Ilkay Gundogan) and defender (Mats Hummels, to …
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