
Bayern deserve to be celebrated after Bundesliga title win
Bayern Munich successfully defended their Bundesliga crown thanks to a merciless attack and impressive solidarity.
You don't necessarily expect a taxi driver or anyone else to be full of the spring joys at 4:57 a.m. in Schwabing. But on this Monday morning, the gentleman who took me to Munich Airport was brimming with Bavarian buoyance. "I really like this Kompany-Bayern team," he told me in German, his love for the local club enhanced by its current coach. Vincent Kompany's outpouring of joy in front of the Südkurve, after Bayern Munich 's 34th Bundesliga title (their 35th German league title) was secured Sunday with a 4-2 win over Stuttgart , was a beautiful human moment. As part of my commentary duties at the Allianz Arena, I interviewed the coach pitchside before the game. Though the Belgian was as pleasant as usual, there was an inner steeliness and determination to look at the bigger picture in a season that offers a potential treble. He wasn't particularly interested in talking about a meist
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