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Borussia Dortmund on the brink of ending Bayern Munich's decade-long Bundesliga dominance

On the basis that earliest memories generally start at three-and-a-half years old, there are teenagers in Germany who will not recall a time when anyone other than Bayern Munich were Bundesliga champions.

For the first time since 2012, there is a chance of somebody else engraving their name on the champion’s shield. Fair to say, it is not just Borussia Dortmund fans who are hoping their side end Bayern’s monopoly on the title.

It has been the most dominant streak in the history of football in the country by a vast margin. Ten years, and still with a chance of extending it to more.

Dortmund have a two-point lead over the holders ahead of their home game against Mainz on Saturday. Bayern travel to Cologne, hoping their title rivals cut them a break by slipping up.

It is the only one of Europe’s big five leagues with a live title race going into the final weekend of the season. So, with everything on the line, surely the nerves will be racing for Dortmund?

“At home, we are never nervous,” Karim Adeyemi, the winger, said after their win against relegation-threatened Augsburg on Sunday left Dortmund on the brink of the title.

“If we play like we have in recent weeks, we have not lost one game, so why should we lose the last one?”

Most onlookers will find it hard to believe the players will be stress free, given the stakes. But Paul Lambert, the former Scotland midfielder who won the Champions League while a player with Dortmund, understands Adeyemi’s statement.

“I have never ever been to a Dortmund game and experienced any negativity in that stadium,” Lambert said.

“When I played there, and when I went to watch the guys [play], I never felt any negativity. If you give effort, the Dortmund crowd will love you until the day you

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