Every Bayern Munich fan has that one Borussia Dortmund player who made their blood boil.
Maybe it was the guy who always seemed to score against us, the one who spent 90 minutes winding up our players, or the player whose face appearing on the television was enough to ruin your afternoon. With another Klassiker approaching, it is time to revisit some of those old grudges!
Depending on how far back you go, there are plenty of candidates. Was it Michael Zorc or Andreas Möller in the 1980s? Matthias Sammer,
Stefan Reuter, or Jürgen Kohler during the 1990s? Perhaps Jens Lehmann or Sebastian Kehl in the 2000s, when Dortmund was rebuilding their rivalry with Bayern Munich.
The 2010s gave us Marco Reus, while the modern era has brought us characters like Jude Bellingham, Erling Haaland, Karim Adeyemi, and Nico Schlotterbeck. Some got under our skin with their antics, others caused problems on the pitch, and a few seemed to make it their personal mission to spoil a Bayern Munich fan’s weekend.
Of course, this is not necessarily about who was the worst player. Sometimes, the best opponents are the ones you love to hate: the ones who celebrated a little too enthusiastically against us, talked a little too much before a game, or seemed to take particular pleasure in ruining a perfectly good Saturday.
So, Bayern Munich fans, who was your ultimate Dortmund nemesis? Who made you shout at the television, dread seeing their name on the team sheet, or celebrate just a little harder when Bayern Munich finally put them in their place?
Name your player, tell us why you could not stand them, and share those Klassiker grudges!
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