Today 8 years ago: BVB suffer Bundesliga debacle | OneFootball

On March 31, 2018, Borussia Dortmund traveled to an away Bundesliga match in which success had not really been expected anyway. But what then unfolded on the pitch, especially in the first half, was a debacle of such proportions that it resulted in BVB’s heaviest defeat of this century.

Reviersport draws attention to this dreadful match, in which BVB faced FC Bayern Munich.

In the 2017/18 season, Borussia Dortmund no longer had any title hopes in the league anyway, sitting on 48 points, a full 18 behind serial champions FC Bayern Munich. In between them was FC Schalke 04, with one point more than Dortmund. So the Black and Yellows traveled to the Allianz Arena only in third place — and were thoroughly crushed there.

As so often in that period, one of the main men responsible was Robert Lewandowski. The former Dortmund striker was almost unstoppable at FC Bayern Munich at the time and opened the floodgates in the first half as early as the 5th minute with the 1–0. He added another goal himself before the break. James Rodriguez, Thomas Müller, and Franck Ribéry also got on the scoresheet, with Ribéry striking in first-half stoppage time.

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Lewandowski scores three against BVB, Bayern score six

It was 0–5 at halftime, making it clear that there was very little left for BVB to salvage. At least they managed that to some extent, as the BVB side then coached by Peter Stöger conceded only one more goal in the second 45 minutes. That one also came from Robert Lewandowski, who beat BVB goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller once again in the 87th minute to complete Bayern’s half-dozen goals.

Since the turn of the century, Borussia Dortmund have not suffered a heavier defeat than they did on that Saturday evening in March 2018. This record defeat was only narrowly avoided the next time they appeared in Munich. The next time, BVB lost 0–5 in Munich.

Borussia did not even finish third overall in 2017/18, but only fourth. Coach Peter Stöger was subsequently replaced by Lucien Favre, and he too — as mentioned above — later suffered heavily with BVB in Munich. This time they did at least stay in the title race until the very end, but ultimately had to give way to FC Bayern after finishing two points behind.

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