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FC Bayern Munchen: A Cup Semifinal, a League Defeat And "The Dutchman"
The past week has been a bizarre one at FC Bayern. Even the most hopeful of Bayern fans might not have expected Bayern to rebound from a defeat in a few days. The team this season however hardly does what is expected of them...
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Bayern Munich: Focus Shifts to Trophies and Away from Manchester United
Bayern will play two difficult matches in the course of this week that could well define their season in terms of trophies. This is mainly because one thing is certain: Bayern will not be claiming the Champions League this season...
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Champions League and Europa League Quarter Final and Semi Final Draw
So, where do I start? CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: 1. Arsenal vs Barcelona This should be a good one. Barcelona are unbeatable on their day, but the opposition they are about to face enjoy smashing in four or five past their rivals...
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FC Bayern Munich: A Look Forward to a Testing Weekend
The aura around Bayern is strange. If they would be playing Schalke or Werder this week, the fans would be looking forward to an exciting game, knowing, somehow, that their beloved "Die Roten" would be the winners...
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Arsenal 5, Porto 0: Seven Conclusions From the Match
Arsenal overturned a first leg deficit to give Porto a thrashing to remember at the Emirates. The Conclusions: 1 . Nicklas Bendtner can be called overconfident and plenty of other things, but his talent and sense of positioning cannot be denied...
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Fiorentina vs. FC Bayern Munich: 11 Conclusions From The Match
Bayern sneaked in through the back door to the quarterfinals of the Champions League for the second year running. However, the style in which they did so was quite astonishing...
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Koln-Bayern: Munich Remain On Top Due to the "Neverkusen" Curse
Bayern must be scratching their heads and wondering how they got away with only a point after a 1-1 tie with Koln on Saturday. Nuremberg must be wondering whether their Bavarians rivals bribed Leverkusen...
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Champions League Preview: Fiorentina Vs Bayern- Second Leg
Date: 9th March 2010 Venue: Stadio Artemio Franchi (capacity- 47282) Fiorentina lost and Bayern drew in their respective league games. Fiorentina went down 2-1 to Juve while Bayern drew 1-1 with Koln...
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FC Bayern: Pauper Poldi, a Broken Jaw, Maradona's Confusion and More
Bayern have a fairly interesting weekend coming up. Koln vs Bayern The Rhein side come to play Bayern with a Prince who is now more of a Pauper. Lukas Podolski is a player with major potential and has always graced the international game...
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Bayern Go Top After More Than a Year in Exile; Welcome "Neverkusen"!
Leverkusen made a bit of history themselves during the weekend. However, Leverkusen will perhaps be ruing Per Mertesacker's last minute equalizer that denied them a two-point lead over Bayern ...
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Bayern: Oranje at The Allianz Arena, Diego Maradona, Ze Roberto and More
No fewer than ten Dutch men will be present at the Allianz Arena when Bayern take on Hamburg on Sunday in the Nord-Sud derby. Had Romeo Castelan of Hamburg and Edson Braafheid been present, the number would have been 12...
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Stuttgart vs. Barcelona: Five Points of Observation and Three Talking Points
This article is coming a few days after the game. For the first time in a while, a German team finally displayed their attacking potential on the big stage. Three talking points 1 ...
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Bayern Munich: The Tussle With Bayer; Transfer Rumours, Steven Pienaar
Bayern and the equally inept Bayer Leverkusen both drew against their opponents on Match day 23. Bayern was involved in a Bavarian derby and drew because of Louis Van Gaal's inexperience in these derbies...
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Bayern Vs Fiorentina: Five Talking Points; Six Observations and Ovrebo
Bayern beat Fiorentina 2-1 in a chilly night in Bavaria. The nature of the win was ugly to say the least. Most fans remember last season's Chelsea-Barcelona clash at the Bridge. Most Italian fans will remember this one...
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AC Milan-Manchester United: Five Points of Discussion, Five Observations
The Champions League Round of 16 clash between the Italian giants AC Milan and English giants Man United was one of the best televised European matches. It was a five-goal thriller which will live in the minds of the supporters of football for a while...
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Bayern Munich: One Goal, The Ruud Miracle, Transfer Rumours and More
Bayern won their ninth consecutive Bundesliga match against Dortmund and are on their way to tying the record set by Monchengladbach and Wolfsburg of 10 consecutive league wins. They have gone unbeaten in 15 games...
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Bayern Munich: Luck Shines On Bayern and the Curse of Neverkusen Returns
The best teams always need a bit of luck. Take Man United as an example. They had 10 own goals scored for them in their season. This tally is only behind Wayne Rooney's 21 goals. Bayern had plenty of luck going for them down the week...
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Champions League Preview: FC Bayern Munich Vs ACF Fiorentina
The draw results of the knockout stages of the Champions League pitted Bayern against Fiorentina in what might prove to be a "delicious" clash. Bayern and Fiorentina know each other by now. They played in the last edition of the Champions League...
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Wolfsburg and Greuther Furth vs Bayern: Who Would You Pick?
Grafite, the top scorer of the Bundesliga didn't win any awards at the 2009 FIFA World Player of the Year Gala. He was however nominated for one: "The Best Goal of the Year" award among ten other nominees...
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FC Bayern: Christian Lell's Dog, Thomas Muller's Contract and Much More
FC Bayern's test drive turned out to be successful to begin with. This is why: Bayern 3-0 Mainz Any chance of an upset there? Nah! Bayern started the game with a small contest of their own as ...
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Bayern Ready To Test Drive the Audi at the Allianz Arena
“Mainz are stronger than many people think.” This is what Louis Van Gaal had to say about his team's next opponents in the Bundesliga. Van Gaal is absolutely correct. The last time Bayern played Mainz, they beat the Bavarians by a 2-1 score...
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Franck Ribery Finally Returns; Bayern and Werder Provide a Thriller
Bayern beat Werder to top the table for a day on Saturday night at the Weser Stadion, 3-2 prior to Leverkusen's 3-0 win against Hoffenheim...
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Joachim Low, Werder Bremen: The Bundesliga Nord-Sud Derby and More.
Claudio Pizarro, Torsten Frings, Tim Borowski, Miro Klose. What do all these players have in common? All four are currently playing in the Bundesliga and three currently star for Bremen with the exception of Klose...
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FC Bayern Munich Special: Unruly Fans, Haiti, Wolfsburg, and Lots More.
I am calling this article a "special" edition as I have plenty to say about "Der Club" to everybody. The Bayern supporters and players are currently looking forward to the "Nord- Sud" (North-South) derby against Werder Bremen this Saturday...
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Bayern-Hoffenheim: Arjen Robben, Philipp Lahm Escape Punishment
Bayern Munich went to the summit of the Bundesliga, though only for a night, on Friday by beating Hoffenheim 2-0. Martin Demichelis opened the scoring with a good goal and Miro Klose added a second in the dying minutes of the second half to secure the win
