Frank Ribery and Arjen Robben, said goodbye to Bayern Munich fans with another Bundesliga league title and scoring one goal each.
Frank Ribery and Arjen Robben played their last game with Bayern Munich after an era of success. Both players have been a great part of Bayern Munich success during the last decade. Both players score a goal to finish the 5-1 win of their team over Eintracht Frankfurt. This is the 29th league title for the German team, and it also makes Bayer beat a historic record with 7 consecutive titles
Ribery and Robben lifting the Bundesliga (Picture: ComuTricolor.com)
Great Careers full of titles
Ribery, who is now 36 years old, arrived in Munich in 2007. 12 seasons after, he leaves as the player with the most Bundesliga titles in the history of German football.
Robben is 35 years old. He arrived at Bayern in 2009. In 10 seasons he has won 8 Bundesligas, 4 German cups, 5 supercups, one Champions league, and one European supercup.
Before the game, Bayern decided to organize a small ceremony that allowed the fans to ovation these two legends and also Rafinha, who is also leaving the club after 8 seasons.
The game was very emotive
When the game was 3-1 for Bayern, Niko Kovac decided to put Ribery and Robben on the field in the minutes 61 and 67. The president Uli Hoeness couldn’t hide his tears when both substitutions were executed.
Both players wanted to make every minute count, and it did not take them long to make an impact on the field. In the 72 minute Ribery scored a magnificent goal after dribbling over two defenders and chip the ball over the keeper. The Frenchman ran to the stances and took his jersey of to show his number 7 to the crow. In the 78 minute, Robben scored a more simple goal after David Alaba made him a perfect pass that he only had to touch.
At the end of the game, Ribery, Robben and Rafinha lift the German cup, and celebrated the title with the rest of the team.
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