The German supporters witnessed another scintillating football season as Borussia Dortmund lifted their second consecutive Bundesliga title, beating the likes of Bayern Munich and Schalke for the honour. The Black Yellows accumulated
a record 81 points from the 34 games played and won a staggering 25 times in the process.
On the other hand, Bayern Munich were also impressive with 23 wins throughout the course of the season, but perhaps Jurgen Klopp’s side was too strong to beat. Dortmund, Bayern Munich and Schalke all secured automatic qualification
for the UEFA Champions League whereas surprise finishers Borussia Monchengladbach will have to take part in the play-offs to qualify for the group stage.
With the new Bundesliga season close to its start in less than a week, Bettor.com will have a look at which teams have a realistic chance of winning the title.
Borussia Dortmund
The Bundesliga champions will be entering the new season with the aim of winning their third consecutive league title. The Signal Iduna Park outfit have developed into a real force in the last three years under manager Jurgen Klopp
and will certainly be one of the favourites to win the league.
There were certainly doubts at the start of the previous campaign as Bayern Munich started strongly and looked unbeatable, but the Borussians remained consistent throughout the campaign and ended as comprehensive winners.
Dortmund were struck with a huge blow earlier this summer when star midfielder http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Shinji-Kagawa-c33364 left for English giants Manchester United. The Japanese had been an integral part of the team’s success and finding his replacement would
have been very difficult.
However, the club showed that they are willing to splash the cash to remain competitive when they acquired http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Marco-Reus-c23733 from Monchengladbach for a staggering €17.5 million. The attacker has all the ingredients to succeed at the
Signal Iduna Park and his form last season is a proof of his ability. He will provide Dortmund with a new dimension in attack when the season starts.
All in all, the champions have a very good chance of completing a hat-trick of league titles. The side has a world-class striker in the form of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Robert-Lewandowski-c31255, a very talented youngster in Mario Gotze and some experienced campaigners
in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jakub-Blaszczykowski-c17616 and Kevin Grosskreutz.
Bayern Munich
The Bavarian giants will not be keen on taking any more chances after two trophyless seasons. Bayern witnessed another disappointing campaign last term when they ended up second in all the competitions they took part in- the most
frustrating one being the UEFA Champions League final, where they lost to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 on penalties.
Jupp Heynckes’ team will be determined to redeem themselves and will be motivated to perform right from the start to avoid any more disappointments. The European heavyweights have been busy in the transfer market to further strengthen
the team and are targeting to knock off Dortmund off their perch.
The acquisitions of experienced professionals in the form of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Dante-c10236 will certainly help the side in areas they faltered last season. Furthermore, the addition of talented youngsters such as Mitchell Weiser and
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Xherdan-Shaqiri-c37074 will add to the versatility of the squad.
Bayern certainly have the upper hand financially over all other teams in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904 and they are using that advantage to the fullest. It will be interesting to see whether the former European and German champions return to glory or
falter at the last stage again.
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