After the veteran's strike against Dortmund all-but-ended the Bundesliga title race, he now has his eyes set on the continent with his Bremen army
When Bayern Munich slipped nine points and four places behind Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga title race, they needed a hero.
That they would eventually recover and be back on course to retain their crown was not unexpected – but the man who eventually ended Dortmund’s challenge was as unprecedented as a HBO plot twist.
Claudio Pizarro left the champions all of four years ago, but they had the 40-year-old to thank last weekend as he dealt a blow to their title rivals as devastating as dragonglass to a White Walker – all just months after knocking them out of the DFB Pokal, too.