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Former Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich player Torsten Frings believes it was the latter’s experience that led to them winning this season’s Bundesliga title, their 10th in a row.
The Bavarians secured the championship after a 3-1 win against Dortmund at the Allianz Arena on Saturday.
Frings played for Dortmund between 2002 and 2004, before spending the 2004-05 season with Bayern, winning a Bundesliga and DFP-Pokal double.
Speaking to Stats Perform, Frings pointed to Bayern’s key experienced players, while suggesting that Dortmund suffered too many “slip-ups” to challenge.
“The paths both teams are taking are different,” the former Germany international said. “Bayern have a lot of experienced players in the team, a real axis with [Manuel] Neuer, [Thomas] Muller, [Robert] Lewandowski and [Joshua] Kimmich.
“They have leading players in the national team, they have the Best FIFA Men’s Player, a striker who scores 40 goals every year [Lewandowski].
“On the other hand, Dortmund are a club where [sporting directors] Sebastian Kehl and Michael Zorc have to be praised for the players they bring in and the profit they make by selling them on.
“But that is the difference. Bayern have a team of experienced players who are always on the spot. And Dortmund have a very talented team that certainly has what it takes to play for championships.
“But every now and then there is a slip-up, where perhaps the experience is missing a bit. And when you make three or four slip-ups in the Bundesliga, it can be too much.”
