Bayern Munich have had such an impressive start to the season that Borussia Dortmund or any other challenger are expected to be able to keep up.
The two rivals are the only team remaining with a 100% record after two matches in the Bundesliga, where they have already held their places at the end of last season – first and second.
Bayern leads on a better goal difference, winning six in their opening win at Eintracht Frankfurt and two more in last weekend’s comfortable win over Wolfsburg. The Bavarian powerhouse visits Bochum next Sunday, where it expects more goal practice against a team that has lost both of its games.
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Dortmund, who are banking on a mix of youth and experience for the new season, outclassed tough rivals Bayer Leverkusen and Freiburg. Edin Terzik’s team promoted Werder Bremen to the next host Saturday.
Bayern and Dortmund do not play each other until the ninth round on the weekend of 8 October.
Dortmund last won it in 2012, with Bayern going on for a record holding their 11th consecutive league title since then.
Former Bayern great Lothar Matthaus is not expected to change after sporting director Hassan Salihamidic paid tribute to a busy summer of transfer activity.
Matthaus says the team is strong enough to challenge for the Champions League.
“Based on the performance we’ve seen so far and my gut feeling, I think Bayern, with this team and this spirit, can once again talk about winning the important European club trophy,” said Mathos. In a column for Germany’s Sky Sport.
Bayern saw top scorer Robert Lewandowski depart for Barcelona, but brought in Senegalese star Sadio Mane, Dutch defender Matthijs de Ligt, Ajax stars Nausser Mazrouei and Ryan Gravenberch, and high-class French talent Mathis Tell.
Franz Beckenbauer, another former Bayern great, was struggling to control his enthusiasm after watching Bayern’s opening game in Frankfurt.
“I’ll stop congratulating for the title. But I hadn’t seen such desire, such performance in a long time,” Beckenbauer told Bild tabloid.
Dortmund are focusing on their team and results. Sporting director Sebastian Kehl said he had watched Bayern’s first match in Frankfurt but it had created “little excitement” in his home.
Kehl, who took over from predecessor Michael Zork after last season, has overseen another summer of rebuilding at Dortmund. Top-scorer Erling Haaland is gone, replaced first by Sebastian Haller from Ajax, then Anthony Modest of Cologne after Haller was found to have a testicular tumor.
Dortmund also signed Germany attacker Karim Ademi and his national teammates Nico Schlotterbeck and Niklas Sule for defense.
But current players like Marco Reus, Jude Bellingham and youngsters Yusuf Moukoko and Jamie Buyno-Gittens are just as important. Moukoko and Bynoe-Gittens both scored in a win from Dortmund’s return to Freiburg last week, and Dortmund extended the contract of 18-year-old Bynoe-Gittens on Tuesday.
Edin Terzik is back as the team’s coach after an inconsistent spell in charge of Marco Rose last season. Terzik led Dortmund to the German Cup title in his first stint in 2021. He is also the first Dortmund coach to win nine games in a row, following last Friday’s win at Freiburg.
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