8 teams participated, but all failed to enter the semi-finals! What happened to the Bundesliga?

The new round of European matches is filled with smoke. The champion teams of Serie A and Ligue 1 are in the finals of the Champions League, and the Premier League has won the UEFA Cup in advance. The hope of winning the cup is Real Betis, who has entered the European finals for the first time. The Bundesliga teams are excluded from the Carnival. Not only do they not get tickets to the finals, they are even blocked from the semi-finals.

The "middle class" collapsed. This time, Bayern cannot be blamed for being the top bully of the Bundesliga. Bayern Munich dragged the remnants of the formation to fight Inter Milan to the last moment. It is not easy to be able to finish the final score in the quarterfinals. Dortmund is also worthy of respect. Gilasi's hat trick almost forced Barcelona into a desperate situation, and the main reason for the overall "lagging" of the Bundesliga is that the second group team is sluggish.

This season, 8 teams in the Bundesliga participated in the European competition, occupying 5 seats in the top 36 of the Champions League, 2 teams participated in the UEFA Cup, and 1 team participated in the UEFA Champions League. Among them, Hoffenheim, RB Leipzig and Stuttgart all stopped in the group stage. Heidenheim, who experienced the feeling of European games for the first time, was eliminated in the play-off stage. Before the knockout stage, half of the Bundesliga teams had already failed.

Leverkusen has maintained a record of unbeaten against Bayern in the Bundesliga in the past two years, but after coming to Europe, he was beaten by his opponents. Frankfurt once won the UEFA Cup in the 2021/22 season, but unfortunately they met Tottenham Hotspur who was desperate in the quarterfinals this season. Postkoglu's curled-up tactics made the Eagles, which advocated offense, unexpectedly.

There were two peaks, and the Bundesliga also had glorious moments

In the foreign battle history of Bundesliga teams, they had blossomed in full swing in the 1979/80 season, and 7 teams shone in the three major cup stages. In the 1996/97 season, the Ruhr doubles (Bortmond & Schalke 04) won the Champions League and the League Cup doubles. These are the past events that Bundesliga fans enjoyed. In the 2014/15 season, before the European knockout rounds started, the teams with the highest odds to win the Champions League and Europa League were in the Bundesliga, namely Bayern Munich coached by Guardiola and Wolfsburg under Black Gold. Unfortunately, both teams failed to enter the finals in the end.

There is no change, no future

Due to the 50+1 bill, Bundesliga teams generally care about financial health and "fair competition". Even RB Leipzig, which is backed by a big tree, cannot be avoided. In recent years, they have completely become suppliers to the Premier League and La Liga, and the ups and downs in the European competition are almost inevitable. As two teams that once topped the Champions League, Bayern Munich and Dortmund both view the league as a fundamentals of competition, which has a significant impact on their signing investment and energy allocation. Fortunately, Frankfurt has become one of the teams in Europe that attaches the most importance to the UEFA Cup, and has stabilized in the quarterfinals/finals every season, thus reaching the championship and becoming their target.