Bayer Leverkusen vs Barcelona, Bay Arena @ 2:45 PM EST

Robin Dutt, the coach of Bayer Leverkusen has his work cut out for him. He faces Barca today in their Champions League first leg after a series of disappointing results in the Bundesliga has left his side in 6th place. They have managed only one win in seven matches in all competitions.

[Photo: Kicker]As I promised would be the case, David Yelldell is officially the #2 keeper at Bayer Leverkusen, and thus - with starter René Adler sidelined for a couple few months - will soon be starting Bundesliga and Champions League matches for the Aspirin Boys.As it turns out, the fans do not like this decision, but that can't stop him from proving them wrong.

Beim Blick auf die Tabelle geht es im Keller noch relativ eng zu, an der Spitze dominiert dagegen eine Mannschaft ganz klar: Borussia Dortmund marschiert einsam und allein vorne weg und hat derzeit einen Vorsprung von zehn Punkten auf den Tabellenzweiten Bayer Leverkusen. Nochmal drei Zähler mehr sind es auf den amtierenden Meister Bayern München.

Mario Gomez has been pulled from the friendly with Italy due to a strained knee ligament suffered in Bayern's game against Köln this weekend. (He scored, but Bayern lost. Let's not talk about it.) No replacement will be named, so this means that we have a 21-person squad... with only one real striker.

Manchester United: The search for a new number one begins is a post from: Just Football

With news of Edwin van der Sar's impending end of season retirement, Manchester United and Sir Alex Ferguson now have the huge task of replacing the big Dutchman. Of course at the age of 40, the news has come as no shock, but there were no doubt many, including Sir Alex himself, hoping that Van der Sar would stick around for just one more season.

New Man City signing, Dzeko is settling in with his new team and has obviously been trained on the finer points of trash talking. According to him, "I hear a lot about the fans — that most of the people from Manchester are Manchester City fans" which elicited a laugh at the news conference. He hasn't even played a game for them and he's already immersing himself full on into the local rivalry.

New Man City signing, Dzeko is settling in with his new team and has obviously been trained on the finer points of trash talking. According to him, "I hear a lot about the fans — that most of the people from Manchester are Manchester City fans" which elicited a laugh at the news conference. He hasn't even played a game for them and he's already immersing himself full on into the local rivalry.