Vintage Bayern! How Do We Explain This Dortmund Team?! + Have Leverkusen Regressed?

Jan and Markus break down the latest Champions League action, touching on the inevitability of Real Madrid, the growth of PSG, and Arsenal’s push for European glory. But the real focus is on the German teams.Bayern delivered a vintage Champions League performance, dismantling Leverkusen in dominant fashion. With Harry Kane leading the charge, are they now strong enough to beat Inter? Meanwhile, Leverkusen looked a shadow of their Bundesliga-best selves. Was this a step backward, or just an off tie? They needed a miracle and Florian Wirtz. They got neither. And was it more about how they went out rather than the fact they did?Then there’s Dortmund. Tenth in the Bundesliga. A loss to Augsburg at the weekend. And yet, they managed to turn it around against Lille to reach the quarter-finals. How do we make sense of that?Plenty of questions, plenty of talking points—this is the Champions League through a Bundesliga lens.Subscribe on YouTube and all podcast platforms to stay on top of the latest news and insights from around the world.