I was a huge Dragon Ball Z nerd growing up. With very little anime exposure in Scotland throughout the nineties, Goku & Co. felt like animation, action and storylines from another universe. And one of the fantastic tropes of the series was the constant twists and turns that left every episode hanging on a cliffhanger. Just when the hero looked completely broken and resigned to defeat, suddenly the plot was turned on its head and thanks to some clever ploy or miraculous second wind from the pointy-haired protagonists, this 12-year-old boy’s mind was blown until the next episode.
As we draw a line under 2025 and look back at the year that was, I spent the weekend pondering over which Bundesliga clubs had impressed me the most in 2025. It goes without saying that Bayern Munich have been the best team in German football. They’re head and shoulders above the rest. But I certainly struggled to think of which club took second place behind the Bavarian giants. That was until I watched Bayer Leverkusen annihilate RB Leipzig on Saturday evening with a 3-1 win at the Red Bull Arena, and propel themselves back into contention for second place before the winter break.
