Dortmund best of the rest as Bundesliga clubs grasp at Bayern Munich’s coattails | Andy Brassell
BVB are re-energised while Leverkusen have stabilised but the question remains: can anyone stop the champions?The Franz Beckenbauer Supercup has a modicum more intensity than most of its European equivalents. There are many reasons for this. The Bundesliga’s traditional season curtain-raiser pitting league champions against cup winners is not played on neutral territory, giving it the feeling of a domestic game with proper stakes. German fans would also never accept it taking place on foreign soil, as the Borussia Dortmund…
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