Despite a 4-0 defeat against the new Bundesliga Kings Bayern Munich in the pre-zero Arena, TSG Hoffenheim avoided the relegation play-off and retained their top status thanks to events elsewhere. In the meantime, the champions closed a dominant season 2024/25 in style, with 82 points after a sixth straight undefeated Bundesliga outing.
Hoffenheim organized Bayern on the last day for a second year and discussed this with a three -point lead and a +6 target difference compared to the 16th placed Heidenheim.
However, memories of their 5-0 Bonnnissen In the inverted fixture, microscopic seeds of doubt may have planted, and Bayern-all, despite being champions, they have been control from the start. Konrad Laimer and Serge Gnabry saw long -distance efforts whistle along the left post.
Although Hoffenheim at least avoided to add to their competition-strict count of 28 goals that were admitted in the opening host, it always seemed like a matter of when their resistance would break.
The answer turned out to be the 33rd minute, when Michael Olise de Kraichgauer -believers silenced a sublime immersing Freekick in the 33rd minute in the 33rd minute, which set his 12th goal this competition.
First behind for the fifth consecutive outing, the hosts were confronted with their most difficult task so far, so that a shortage was destroyed against the iron defense of the visitors-as they made in the corresponding collision of last season.
The second half led to life when Andrej Kramarić threatened to draw level with a stabbing effort, but Joshua Kimmich soon delivered the fool.
On Olise's cross from the right, shot cruel from Leo Østigård in the nearby post to bring the stand on 2-0-in imitation of that part of last season's dramatic encounter, where Hoffenheim scrought an iconic 4-2 comeback.
Because of the appearance of things, however, the men of Christian Ilzer were only ready to admit more.
Just after Harry Kane hit the woodwork, Gnabry brought the game to bed with a brilliant left shot from the edge of the area with 10 minutes to go.
Gearing Up For The Summer's Fifa Club World Cup in Fine Style, Kane Then Added A Cherry On Top-Die Roten's 99th Bundesliga goal this Term-With a Fourth, A Point-Blank Shot Into The Top Corner, ENSSURING Müller's Reasons, While Pushing Hoffenheim to End Their Second sausage Top-Flight Campaign with a Fifth Straight Winless Game.
It was a boring end for the hosts, but an unimportant, with Heidenheim instead limited to the Limbo of a play -off with the 2. Bundesliga's bronze medal winners, after their defeat against Werder Bremen.
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Flash score Man of the match: Michael Olise (Bayern Munich)