Hamburg visit Bayern as one of Germany's biggest rivalries returns | Sports

BERLIN, Sept 12, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Newly-promoted Hamburg travel to Bayern Munich on Saturday as the Bundesliga sees the return of one of its most storied clashes -- seven years on from the last 'North-South Summit'. The last meeting between the two in March 2018 was a testament to the vastly diverging paths of the northerners and the southern giants as Bayern rampaged to a 6-0 win at their Allianz Arena home ground. That year Hamburg fell out of the top flight for the first time in their history, only to return this campaign following a seven-season stretch in the second division -- a situation that belied their status as one of German football's traditional powerhouses. Hamburg are the only...