Domestic bliss for Real and Bayern, but what about Europe?
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| The Run of Play found this 5/5/2008 on blogs.reuters.com [flag] |
Two giants of European football, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich wrapped up their respective league titles with plenty of room to spare this weekend.
Real, the nine-times European champions, snatched a dramatic 2-1 win away to Osasuna in the teeming rain to clinch their 31st Spanish title .
Things were also getting soggy in Wolfsburg, after Bayern secured their 21st German league title ...
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Published 5/5/2008 by Brian at The Run of Play
... for the first time in 23 years. Elsewhere in Europe, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich were clinching top-flight league championships by commanding margins, but feeling a bit poignant, on the whole, that they didn’t win their European tournaments. Oh, there were celebrations, songs, and dousings with Weißbier in the gray continental rain, but a faint philosophical melancholy ran through both teams. Together they’ve won 52 league championships, so it takes something special to keep ennui from creeping into the experience. ...
