Thomas Muller made Bundesliga history as Bayern Munich capped off their triumphant campaign by defeating 10-man Wolfsburg 4-0 on Saturday.
Having clinched an eighth straight title 11 days earlier, Bayern finally got their hands on the trophy following a comfortable victory at the Volkswagen Arena on the final day of the season.
With the 1-0 victory, Greenville extends its lead at the top of the table to seven points. Only three shots on goal were recorded during the first half, two for Greenville and one for Chattanooga.
Muller laid on a record 21st assist of the season as Kingsley Coman got Bayern up and running, before Mickael Cuisance doubled their advantage on the stroke of half-time.
Josuha Guilavogui was shown a second yellow card for a foul on Cuisance and Robert Lewandowski scored the resultant penalty in the 72nd minute, with Muller adding Bayern's 100th Bundesliga goal of the season in the closing stages.
With second-placed Borussia Dortmund defeated at home by Hoffenheim, Bayern finished the season with a 13-point cushion and Wolfsburg slipped to seventh and missed out on automatic Europa League qualification.
Coman got the celebrations started in the fourth minute, latching onto a brilliant throughball from Muller and guiding a fine finish across Koen Casteels and into the bottom-left corner.
Manuel Neuer kept out Josip Brekalo, and Casteels made a good save from Serge Gnabry at the other end.
Lewandowski was denied by Casteels but there was nothing the Wolfsburg goalkeeper could do to stop Cuisance's left-footed, 20-yard curler from finding the top-left corner.
Casteels survived a VAR review of a potential handball outside the box, while the video assistant upheld the decision to rule out Daniel Ginczek's stoppage-time goal at the end of the first half for a foul on Alvaro Odriozola.
Gallery: Bundesliga records (dw.com)
After being denied by Casteels again, Lewandowski finally hit the target in the 72nd minute. The Poland international scored his 34th league goal of the season after Guilavogui felled the impressive Cuisance.
Bayern made the most of their numerical advantage by scoring a fourth seven minutes later, Muller drilling home at the back post and the celebrations stepped up a gear after the final whistle.
What does it mean? Bayern maintain momentum
A treble is well and truly on the cards for the Bavarian giants, who extended their club-record winning run to 16 games.
However, after the DFB-Pokal final next weekend they face a month off before continuing their Champions League campaign with the second leg of their last-16 tie against Chelsea.
Home design 3d 4 4. With teams from the Premier League, Serie A and LaLiga having far less time to rest before Europe's premier club competition returns, Bayern will hope to continue riding this wave during their break.
History for Muller
Hansi Flick has brought the best out of Muller since taking over at Bayern. The World Cup-winning attacking midfielder surpassed Kevin De Bruyne's Bundesliga record of 20 assists in a single season by setting up Coman for the opener.
Gnabry not on form
There was nothing riding on the game for Bayern, but it would have been a far more comfortable finale had Gnabry been able to finish the chances that came his way. He missed a pair of great openings in the first 15 minutes of the second half.
What's next?
Bayern will aim to seal the second part of a prospective treble when they face Bayer Leverkusen in the DFB-Pokal final next Saturday. Ulysses 2 1 – creative writing text editor.
The 2020 Triumph Rocket 3 R has smashed the Hinckley firm’s internal 0-60mph production bike record, reaching the definitive pub-bragging speed in just 2.73 seconds during a track event in Cartagena, Spain, on October 6 last year.
Piloted by a Triumph test rider, a pre-production version of the 2500cc muscle cruiser took the accolade along the circuit’s start-finish straight, under the direction of Chief Engineer Stuart Wood.
Before the run, the team worked with Avon tyres (who supply specially developed Cobra Chrome rubber to the production machine) to harness optimum traction. Weight saving was also considered, with the mirrors and number plate unit removed in preparation.
After achieving the record, the Triumph pilot said: 'The Rocket 3 R was well prepared and I felt very confident – even in this racetrack set-up.'
At this time, it is unclear exactly what preparation went into the run, or whether an alternative tyre was used for the project, or if there were any alterations elsewhere; including the suspension. MCN have asked Triumph for confirmation and await a response.
'As early as the first attempt we made, I felt that the acceleration was so strong and that we would be successful,' the rider continued. 'The Rocket 3 R ran perfectly and the track and weather conditions were ideal. The whole team did a fantastic job.'
Speaking about Triumph’s relationship with Avon, Stuart Wood added: 'Their expertise fed directly into the project. The record would not have been possible without [them].'
MCN recently tested the Rocket on a dyno, recording a whopping-great torque number of 146.53ftlb at 3800rpm and power figure of 145.42bhp at 5800rpm (as shown in the graph below).
What’s more, on a brisk early February outing to Bruntingthorpe proving ground, in Leicestershire, resident speed tester, Bruce Dunn, achieved aI was pleased for them to do that,' he continued. 'Sportsbikes won’t do that sort of time and the architecture of that bike lends itself to that sort of time. A sportsbike would just flip over.
'One of the bikes that was always king of sub-0-60mph times is the Suzuki Hayabusa because that lends itself to it. It’s quite heavy and it’s not a sportsbike. It’s also got tonnes of grunt, so would manage 2.8s – showing how good the new Rocket is.'
After obtaining the record, Triumph’s test rider then went on to enjoy some laps of the 2.16-mile circuit - backing the bike into corners and dragging knee sliders like an upright roadster, rather than a road-biased cruiser. This can be seen in the video below.
Speaking about the bike’s capabilities on track, the so far anonymous test rider added: 'It is remarkable how easy it is to take the new Rocket through corners. This bike handles more like a Speed Triple rather than a muscle roadster.' Capto: screen capture & record 1 2 16.
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