Bayern Munich reach their "goal" of securing third

Yes they have the possibility to play champions league next year, which is great, even if it was not the season you would wish for in Munich. A beautiful 8-1 victory away from home showed that the side can indeed play football, even if it came a little too late.

Mario Gomez completed a hat-trick yesterday and with that now holds Bayern's club record for most goals scored in one season, previously held by no other than Rummenigge. It was Bayerns biggest away win in the Bundesliga and St.Pauli's biggest loss in the Bundesliga. While as a Bayern fan I was cheering and am definitely happy that at least the champions league qualification is secured it does sting a little bit that it had to happen against st.Pauli, an overall lovable team with heart, which will be playing 2nd league again next year.

It does make you wonder though, if we would have played football like this all year, we would have won the league 5 rounds ago, and begs the question why we didn't. My favorite moment was after the game when the German media interviewed Jonker to ask if he was "eying the second place a little" to which he replied "why a little?" showing true spirit, because it really is still possible, and I know that I wont be the only Bayern fan that will also be cheering for Freiburg next week. so Stuttgart to come, 3 points that could potentially bring us the direct qualification to the champions league next year. Mia san Mia.

Match Report Bayern Munich vs Bayer Leverkusen

Clash of the titans in Germany, 2nd spot vs 3rd, Bayern vs Leverkusen, the record league champions vs the "forever seconds" (Leverkusen having failed to ever winning the Bundesliga after coming ohhh soo close nearly every year). Enough Hype? Because I can keep going. Leverkusen is currently 5 points behind Dortmund (Dortmund not having played by the time I finished this post) and Bayern is looking to at least secure 3rd spot for the Champions League qualification, it's also the first game after the Van Gaal era with Andries Jonker on the bench for his first.

All that being said, Bayern certainly turned on the heat and showed that they actually know how to play decent football in the first half, almost taunting Leverkusen as Mueller ran circles around their defense. 1-0 was a Schweinsteiger Header that hit Rolfes in the face and went in, "In your face" just became oddly appropriate. the 2-0 after an error from Vidal, that in all honesty you and I in your Saturday leagues would have been subbed off for straight away, but I guess as a professional it seems reasonable to attempt a back heel (instead of letting the ball run out for a goal kick, mind you) straight to Mueller who sets up Gomez, who then also went on to score the 3-0 and the 4-0 just before halftime, giving him 22 goals scored this season and completing a hat-trick by Halftime!

Erin Derdiyok made it 4-1 in the 62th after a mistake by the Bayern Defense, which looked a little shaky after Kiesling got subbed on as another striker for Leverkusen. Ribery answered with a nice solo through the Leverkusen defense to make it 5-1, before being picked up by Gomez like a child in the arms of a father, which the commentator called a unorthodox celebration, wouldnt agree with that necessarily. Just before you could hear the Munich fans chanting "Uli" the name of the clubs president, who had to face some criticism this season for spending to much money, wanting to buy Neuer when we have 2 great goalies and worst of all for giving the blues (city rivals 1860 Muenchen) "mates rates" to rent out the stadium which in the Ultra fans eyes is the worst kind of betrayal and I have to agree with them somehow although from a business point of view it is probably for the best and lets face it a football club can't just live from Love & Hate, even though it should.

Interesting also that Leverkusens coach Jupp Heynkes will be Bayerns new coach next season, so whether he was just trying to help Bayern play champions league and get more money or if Leverkusen just had a horrible day, we will never know. It was definitely refreshing to see a Bayern side that had that much energy without Robben and played football that was fun to watch and also effective.