"As Saturday afternoon morphed into evening Bayern Munich showed themselves to be currently inhabiting their role as Big Bad Bayern, all but untouchable and provoked into their top gear by proper competition, as they were in the later game at rising Eintracht Frankfurt. This framed what had happened further north immediately before even more succinctly. Even if Borussia Dortmund's meeting with RB Leipzig had the"
"On Friday morning large displays on billboards in Dortmund city centre pictured two portions of fries, one plain and one with ketchup and mayo (for the red and white of RB), annotated with the legend Yellow alone doesn't make you happy, with the pun of gelb (yellow) rather than geld (money) making light of the image of Leipzig as a purely corporate project."
Bayern Munich asserted dominance, appearing untouchable and spurred into top gear by genuine competition against Eintracht Frankfurt. Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig played a 1-1 draw that felt fair on the pitch, leaving both teams partially satisfied and partially frustrated. Niko Kovac cited Giovanni Trapattoni's remark and Ole Werner referenced a developing Dortmund side. RB Leipzig face sustained hostility from many supporters and have leaned into a villain persona. The club used provocative billboards in Dortmund mocking local colours with a gelb/geld pun, signing the notices Die Roten Bullen.
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