Bayern Munich kicked off the new season like they ended the last won; winning while Laurent Blanc’s first Ligue 1 match in charge of Paris Saint-Germain ended in a disappointing 1-1 draw at Montpellier. Early goals from Arjen Robben and Mario Mandžukić set Bayern Munich on their to a 3-1 victory against VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach […]
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Lionel Messi, Franck Ribéry and Cristiano Ronaldo have been shortlisted for the 2012/13 UEFA Best Player in Europe Award. The three came top in a poll of journalists from each of UEFA’s member national associations, with the overall winner to be announced on 29 August. Ribéry, who has to be the favorite, helped Bayern Munich […]
Bayern Munich have lost one pre-season match this summer, and have beaten both Manchester City and Barcelona. But you would think they had yet to win a game under Pep Guardiola with the amount of criticism the former Barcelona manager has received. Guardilola has tested several different systems out, from playing with only one holding […]
Borussia Dortmund got some revenge for losing in the Champions League Final at Wembley in May as they beat Bayern Munich 4-2 to win the German Sup Cup on Saturday, handing Pep Guardiola his first defeat in charge of the European Champions. Bayern has been dominate leading up to this game, scoring 61 goals and […]
New coaches but same result as Bayern Munich beat Barcelona 2-0 tonight in one of the high profile friendlies of the summer. Philipp Lahm opened the scoring in the 14th minute, and despite dominating for much of the game, Bayern had to wait until the 87th minute before Mario Mandzukic added a second. The result […]
Bayern Munich have confirmed the signing of Thiago Alcantara from Barcelona. The European Champions nnounced the news on their official Twitter account on Sunday evening. #FCBayern signs Thiago #Alcantara from FC Barcelona. pic.twitter.com/R77nw0hMSd — FC Bayern München (@FCBayern) July 14, 2013 Bayern reportedly paid €25m for Thaigo, which is €7m more than his release […]
One of the fascinating things that Guillem Balague wrote about in his fascinating biography of Pep Guardiola called “Pep Guardiola: Another Way of Winning” was the politics at Barcelona. In the background, the club was split between those who supported current Barca president Sandro Rosell and those that supported former president Joan Laporta. Guardiola, and […]
Tottenham Hotspur forward Gareth Bale finds himself in a very select group as he is part of the 10-man shortlist for the 2012/13 UEFA Best Player in Europe Award. Bale was brilliant for Spurs last season, scoring 21 goals in 33 Premier League appearances on his way to being named the Barclays Player of the […]