Goal.com picks out the best talent from across Germany’s top flight after Bayern clinched their title at long last
Bayern Munich’s Bundesliga title was finally confirmed on Saturday as they cruised to a 1-0 win over Eintracht Frankfurt, but there was plenty of action across Germany worthy of recognition in Goal.com‘s Team of the Week over the weekend.
Timo Hildebrand sees off competition from the likes of Manuel Neuer to claim the No.1 shirt after Schalke kept a rare clean sheet in a 2-0 win over Werder Bremen to give their Champions League hopes a real boost.
His team-mate Joel Matip joins him in our XI at the heart of defence, with Per Nilsson, Nurnberg’s unlikely two-goal hero against Mainz and Pavel Krmas, who was as good as ever for Freiburg during their 1-0 win over Hamburg at the Imtech Arena.
Hoffenheim fans haven’t had much to cheer this season, but Roberto Firmino’s performance against Fortuna Dusseldorf was a sight to behold. Javi Martinez benefited for a rest in midweek to dominate the midfield for Bayern, while Bastian Schweinsteiger scored the winner at the Commerzbank Arena to clinch the title. Finally, Nuri Sahin showed signs of his old self as Dortmund beat Augsburg 4-2.
Julian Schieber got two of the depose champions’ goals against the Bavarians and makes the cut up front alongside team-mate Robert Lewandowski, who netted for the 10th league game in a row and Ruhr rival Jefferson Farfan a constant threat for Schalke at the Weserstadion.