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The season before – his first in German soccer – he had led the storied club to league and Cup glory while Bayern reached the final of the the Champions League, pipped to the crown by Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan. Bayern were in fifth place in the Bundesliga table and though there was a halfhearted attempt to placate him and keep him until the end of the campaign, it didn't last long. After a 1-1 draw against lowly Nurnberg, Bayern took decisive action.