In this edition of his weekly column, ESPN’s lead Bundesliga commentator Derek Rae writes that while Borussia Dortmund are technically in with a shout in the league title race, no one at the club wants to speak boldly about catching all-conquering Bayern Munich. Squad plans for the future are intriguing, but have several question marks hovering over them. All in all, it’s an uncertain time.
Admit it: some of you were waiting for Borussia Dortmund to live up to all the cliches about them last Sunday. With Bayern having suffered a hair-raising and chaotic 4-2 reverse at VfL Bochum the day before (stream the replay on ESPN+ in the U.S.), the stage seemed set for the Schwarzgelben to squander their chance to reduce the deficit at the top of the Bundesliga table to six points. After all, it’s happened before.
Instead, Marco Rose’s team delivered one of their most assured performances of the…
