Football hipsters around the world mourn Dortmund's loss to the evil Reich.
That´s the way it is, I guess this makes me a hipster now..
Seriously, this game showed all the strength and limitations of german football at it´s best. Endless discipline, organisation and power together with an outstanding goalkeeper. But at the end, it was the individual class of three foreign star players which made the difference: Robben, Ribery and Martinez.
My heart was in the Dortmund camp, to me they were the better team, but on the top level it´s always the indivual quality making the difference between winning and losing. Reus was good but he was on his own in this one. Lewandowski tried hard to not damage his next club, pathetic performance really.
Klopp is a mental nutter but probably on his way to become the best manager in the world.
Overall great game but still a suprise to me how MUCH the individual class of a single player stood out in this storm of power and organisation. At the end it´s still a game and to me creativity the most important spirit in all this.
On the other hand, Dante should have been sent off so it was probably the refs again deciding, who knows..
After all, I am absolutely sure that Bayern overplayed their desire to dominate german football on all costs, the transfers of Goetze and Lewandowski, together with the upcoming court hearing could turn the overall mood towards Bayern in a way they won´t expect.