The final edition of “Tactics Talk” arrives! A wild final matchday in the 2022/23 German Bundesliga wrapped a most unconventional and immensely entertaining season. For the first time in 23 years, the league title came down to goal differential. In a most uncommon occurrence, not a single match was without merit in the races for Europe and the quest to avoid relegation. A round so replete with meaning obviously necessitated proper treatment of all nine fixtures. The result is by far the largest installment of the three-year-history (and fourth overall) of this feature’s existence on Bulinews. Not one result escapes full analysis year. We conclude matters with a bang this week. Bayern, Stuttgart, Leverkusen, and Schalke receive draw ups in our final chapter. The “focus” section, naturally, belongs to the infamous Dortmund-Mainz match. There is history to chronicle and lessons to be drawn.
