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Will this be the season that Willi Orbán finally gets his hands on the Bundesliga Trophy?
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Fans of German football could be forgiven for fearing another Groundhog Day moment during the 2023/24 season. Bayern Munich have now won the Bundesliga title for an unprecedented 12 consecutive years, maintaining their dominance of the beautiful game in Germany.
However, the 2022/23 campaign was the first in some time that Bayern really started to show some vulnerabilities, and with RB Leipzig – led by Hungarian defender Willi Orbán – finishing either second or third in five of the last seven seasons, they and Borussia Dortmund appear to be closing in.
Could Orbán be hoisting the Bundesliga trophy skyward come next May?
Pretenders to the Throne
According to the outright sports betting odds for the Bundesliga, it will be business as usual with Bayern the -333 favorite ahead of Dortmund (+500) and Leipzig (+700).
However, that does little to reflect the trials and tribulations that Bayern faced in 2022/23, with the sacking of Julian Nagelsmann and the nerve-shredding action of the final day of the campaign.
The title was, in theory, in Dortmund’s hands – they needed to defeat Mainz to end Bayern’s domination of the trophy. But the Yellow and Blacks went two goals down inside the opening half hour, and while they pulled it back to 2-2, there was nothing they could do to prevent the Munich outfit’s 2-1 victory against Koln.
As for Orbán’s Leipzig, they were well in the hunt too before three defeats in four games in March and April ultimately ended their hopes of a maiden Bundesliga crown. However, seven wins in their final eight games was a reminder of how close Marco Rose’s team is to finally getting their hands on the trophy.