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The Tuesday meeting of titans FC Bayern Munich and FC Barcelona created an atmosphere of anticipation worldwide, pitting two clubs that had only lost a combined three matches in domestic play this year, both loaded with talent and intention.  But Bayern Munich proved themselves, at least on this day, the much superior side, as they [...]

Tuesday’s first-leg quarterfinal Champions League match between Bayern Munich and Juventus ended in near-perfect fashion for the Bavarians, with Bayern dominating the match and coming away with a 2-0 win over the Italian side.  Only the wasteful finishing of the Germans and the injury to midfielder Toni Kroos negated an otherwise brilliant performance and result [...]

Germany extended their lead at the top of World Cup Qualifying Group C with a comfortable 3-0 win in Kazakhstan on Friday evening – the very same scoreline achieved on their previous visit in 2010. The trickiest part of the trip to the former Soviet republic may have been actually getting to the world’s ninth [...]

World Cup qualifying resumes for Germany this week with back to back fixtures against Kazakhstan.  Alongside resuming their journey to Brazil, the next couple of games may also signal a significant tactical shift in the team’s development.  For the first time in over a 100 years, Germany could line up without a recognized striker in [...]

Bayern Munich took took a big step in sealing qualification to the quarterfinals with an impressive away win against Arsenal.  It was Bayern’s first ever win in London and thoroughly deserved on the run of play. Germany’s record champions dominated the majority of the match and again showed why they are one of the favorites [...]

In an effort to raise the spirits as well as the decibel levels in the impressive Mercedes Benz Arena, VfB Stuttgart and Bayern Munich entered the fray to the sound of heavy metal legends AC/DC. A sell-out crowd of 60,441 braved the wintery conditions and treacherous roads to see if Stuttgart could avoid slipping to an eighth [...]

“We have a common goal,” barked a steely eyed Jupp Heynckes. “We need discipline,” he continued, “…and it has to begin with everyone at the club wearing the same socks.” Heynckes was speaking after just fining two of his club’s star players, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Toni Kroos, for wearing the wrong colored socks during their [...]

For many football supporters the contract extension of some of their clubs’ best players is probably the best Christmas gift they could have hoped for and there were plenty of those all around the league this week.  The seemingly endless transfer saga over Schalke striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar may finally have come to an end while [...]

A physical and intense match rightfully ended in a draw on a hot day in Spain.  A man down for most of the match, the hosts went ahead surprisingly through Feghouli in the second half before Thomas Müller salvaged a point for Bayern eight minutes from time.  Both sides wanted the three points to secure [...]

As is often said, football is a results-oriented business, and Tuesday evening at the Grand Stade Lille Metropole, Bayern München took care of business, winning 1-0 over Lille OSC after losing away from home three weeks ago in Minsk.  The win put the Bavarians in a three-way tie atop Group F, as Valencia defeated BATE Borisov [...]