Bundesliga: Harry Kane, Tim Kleindienst, Pascal Groß - the 11 of the 32nd matchday
Harry Kane: He was only in the stands for the decisive match, then had his power pulled just before the pitch was invaded, and ultimately won the title in front of the television. It's almost a little disturbing that Harry Kane, on the day of his first title win, was treated to oversized bottles of champagne in a fancy Munich restaurant instead of beer showers. It's also not entirely true that this man, who is Spurs' biggest club icon despite having won no titles with Tottenham, has never truly celebrated a championship.
The late equalizer. For Harry Kane and co., he was naturally the villain for his late equalizer, but you have to understand Yussuf Poulsen's point: If you're only showered with foul-tasting, sticky soda even if you win the title, why should others get showered with beer? No beer for anyone!
Tim Kleindienst at least saved Gladbach's draw in a game that was unnecessarily thrown away. This was also important from a personal perspective, as he was on the verge of being officially renamed Tim Bärendienst after his quasi-own goal just minutes earlier.
Rocco Reitz first completed a fantastic solo lob to give Gladbach a temporary 2-0 lead, but shortly afterwards he headed the ball into his hand in his own penalty area, prompting fierce complaints from Hoffenheim. Ultimately, the incident was not penalized, but one thing is clear: the handball rule remains a Reitz issue.
Manuel Gräfe Deciphering unreadable hieroglyphs on stone tablets all day: archaeologists don't have an easy job. But that's nothing compared to the mammoth task some poor sports historian will have to tackle in a few hundred years when they have to decipher Manuel Gräfe's assessment of St. Pauli goalkeeper Nikola Vasilj's sending off against Stuttgart. We quote: "Hand not a supporting arm, but to extend the body -> not G/R -> red (100% chance/goal) G/R vs. goalkeeper, but a farce - complains about time-wasting -> G -> thumbs up -> G/R. Referee shouldn't act like that in Bundesliga..."
Nikola Vasilj For posterity, we'll explain the controversy here again. Vasilj received a yellow card in the 96th minute for a perfectly justified criticism of Stuttgart's time-wasting, acknowledged it with a (also somewhat justified) sneering thumbs-up, and then received a second yellow card and red card. What Gräfe was trying to say with his tweet: Referee Florian Exner had about the sensitivity of a sleeping grey seal in boxing gloves in this situation.
Niklas Stark Why a grey seal? Firstly, because grey seals don't have fingers, but mainly because we were completely asleep at the Gerhard Delling School of Elegant Transitions back then, but now we needed a cue to transition to Niklas Stark. He didn't really do much worth mentioning against Union on Saturday, but in the scene shown here, he bowled away three players (including teammate Friedl) so convincingly that nothing should stand in the way of a job as a bowling ball after his career.
Jonathan Tah. Since it became increasingly clear in recent weeks that the Laterkusen myth apparently doesn't contradict the Vizekusen myth, Leverkusen's last-minute goals have lost some of their magic. Jonathan Tah, who equalized against Freiburg in the third minute of stoppage time, is just another Tah.
Christopher Trimmel How did Benjamin Franklin so aptly put it in a letter to Jean-Baptiste Le Roy? Ah yes: "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death, taxes, and flanks by Christopher Trimmel."
Ralph Hasenhüttl A coaching slump like this is never pleasant, which is why we hope Ralph Hasenhüttl doesn't take his suspension from VfL Wolfsburg yesterday too seriously. After all, whenever the camera panned to the touchline during Saturday's 4-0 defeat in Dortmund, one always got the impression that Ralph had had enough.
Pascal Groß. Does anyone remember how our soon-to-be German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, then the CDU's financial expert, presented his reform plans for a simpler tax system in 2003? A standard income tax return should fit on a beer mat. Sounds great at first, but it's nothing compared to what Pascal Groß can do on a beer mat: He can pull off three Wolfsburg players with a Johan Cruyff turn and then calmly set up a Guirassy goal. Pascal Groß for Chancellor!
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