Decision to sack Nagelsmann and bring in the former Chelsea manager has failed – Dortmund are top with five games to go
There was a sense in which you could argue that this was to be expected. This was, after all, the third time in successive seasons that Mainz had sent Bayern Munich home with a defeat in late April. “Oops, I did it again,” was the caption on the club’s social media post, featuring the inevitable Britney Spears mid-dance with the Mainz club crest on her jumpsuit.
It was the only thing that was familiar about this scenario. More accurate was the later, second attempt from the wags doing the socials for Die Nullfünfer. It featured Homer Simpson coming home – Mainz crest imposed on his suit – joyously proclaiming “I got the job!” and greeted by a proud Lisa (wearing a Bundesliga badge) telling him she always knew he could do it. Bart, rocking the Borussia Dortmund logo, joins in while sneakily turfing a cake iced with the words ‘At Least You Tried’ into the bin.
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