The Bundesliga itself is tight as could be

Warning of the Ministries of Health, Sport and Culture to all Spanish fans:

Because the syndrome which is experiencing double-headed Spanish football, see the table with the current classification of the Bundesliga can produce severe attacks of envy and indignation

The RFEF do not want to think about it. The LFP much less. The four main sports newspapers barely discussed in passing, rather dark in places of their publications. And the two big clubs in our league would prefer that no one noticed it. But so: the Bundesliga is, today, the league more attractive in Europe.

The top four finishers of the German League are deeply involved in the fight for the title. The first three, Bayern Munich, Dortmund and Schalke 04 Borrusia, added 40 points, and the fourth, Borussia Mönchengladbach, just one less, 39. Four teams at one point!

Does not take much to blush League of Germanic speaking Spanish. Enough a few numbers. The leader of the League BBVA Real Madrid, he points out 7 seconds, FC Barcelona, ​​which in turn is away in another 7 the third, Valencia CF, who adds 5 points higher than four, the Levante UD. In short, when only the second round has started on 1 pulls him to the 4th to the tune of 21 points.

However, this is the most illuminating data: the 21 points he takes the first classified fourth in Spain are the fourth Bayern distance themselves by the tail! in Germany. One down, in fact: Hertha Berlin, 15 th in a league of 18, has 20 points, two ahead of Kaiserslautern, 16 º.

The other two major European leagues have some numbers intermediate between those two extremes represent the Spanish and German. In England, the distance between the first and fourth ranked is 13 points, and to find a difference equal to or greater than 21 points have to descend to the 8 th position. In Italy, the first four are involved in just 8 points and 21 of the leader are the 13 º, 14 º and 15 º.

Returning to the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich in the first place position thanks to the balance of goals. He is always there because it enforces its economic power every summer. The latter, without going any further, Schalke 04 took its captain, Manuel Neuer, goalkeeper undisputed Selection. Moreover, were classified as first in the so-called Group of Death (Napoli, City, Villarreal) of the Champions League and after the fall of the English are the leading candidate to dispute the throne to the two great continental favorites, Barcelona and Madrid. They meet in the quarter to Basel Switzerland, who beat United.

After being champion of the latest edition of the Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund faced many changes to his squad this summer, seven high and eight low, most notably the sale of its biggest star, Nuri Sahin, Real Madrid. The year began with great hesitation, which earned him be last of his group of Champions and be removed from all international competition, but once and focus on the domestic championship, have picked up the pace and are already well ahead.

Schalke 04 was the champion of the German Cup last season and this has been the challenge of getting into the fight for the league title. By enlarging his legend Raul and Huntelaar as a reference in the attack (16 goals is the second leading scorer behind only Mario Gomez, Bayern) are deeply involved in the race for the throne. Not forgetting that still very much alive in the UEFA Europa League knockout cross at Viktoria Plzen in Czech.

The fourth-placed Borussia Mönchengladbach is a classic football Germans who put his head back on top. In the 70's, plus several leagues and cups, twice won the Cup UEFA , To which we must add two second places in the same competition and a final European Cup. Twice descended in the first decade of the millennium, in 2008 he returned to the First Division. This year, with vermilion former star Juan Arango and equipment, Gladbach apply for the title.

And finally, we can not forget other German teams that are stuck in European competitions: Bayer Leverkusen, 6th in the Bundesliga, 10 points behind the leaders, finished second in their group of Champions, ahead of Valencia, so that will play the second round with Barcelona. And the Hannover 96 is in sixteenths of the Europa League.