Leaders Dortmund, on the other hand, could potentially be slowed down by Bayer Leverkusen.
For Bayern, the best possible outcome was for Bayer Leverkusen to upset Dortmund.
Why?
Because in Matchday 30, Bayern would be traveling to the BayArena to face Bayer Leverkusen away from home.
Rummenigge's meaning was clear: Bayern didn't consider Bayer Leverkusen a title rival.
It wasn't just the Bayern chairman who thought so. Sporting manager Nillinger also stated in a media interview that his biggest worry about playing Frankfurt was that the players would lack motivation.
Therefore, his exact words were, "I hope we give it our all against every opponent!"
After the Frankfurt match, Bayern was facing a grueling schedule.
Midweek, they had the DFB-Pokal semi-final against Magat's Schalke 04, which was bound to be a tough battle.
Then, it was back to the league for Matchday 28, a home game against Stuttgart.
That would be another tough battle.
