{"id":30779,"date":"2026-04-19T21:21:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T21:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/19\/why-bayern-players-are-wearing-parrot-t-shirts-during-bundesliga-celebrations\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T21:21:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T21:21:32","slug":"why-bayern-players-are-wearing-parrot-t-shirts-during-bundesliga-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/19\/why-bayern-players-are-wearing-parrot-t-shirts-during-bundesliga-celebrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Bayern players are wearing parrot T-shirts during Bundesliga celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>MUNICH (AP) &#8211; Bayern Munich players lined up Sunday wearing T-shirts depicting white parrots to celebrate winning the Bundesliga title.<\/p>\n<p>bavarian <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">Won against Stuttgart 4-2 and clinched the championship.<\/span> They now have an absolute 15-point difference over second-place Borussia Dortmund with four matches remaining.<\/p>\n<p>But few expected to see the parrot again, as it played a central role in the celebrations when Bayern won the Bundesliga title last season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We had to wait a long time to let him out of the cage again,&#8221; Bayern midfielder Leon Goretzka joked after celebrating with the parrot statue that made his first appearance last season.<\/p>\n<p>Last year&#8217;s title was won when Bayern were not playing. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">Freiburg draw with 2nd place Bayer Leverkusen<\/span> Bayern broke through the eight-point gap with two matches remaining.<\/p>\n<p>Bayern players were watching the Freiburg-Leverkusen match on TV in a Munich restaurant when they noticed a statue of a parrot there. 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