Two of the world's soccer heavyweights collide today in the Allianz Arena, as Bayern Munich play host to FC Barcelona in the first leg of the Champions League semifinals (2:45pm, Fox Soccer Channel).
Barcelona will be led by Lionel Messi, who has recovered from his hamstring injury and will start today.
Juventus have their work cut out for them in the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League as they face off against a high flying Bayern Munich on Apr. 2, 2013, in Bavaria at the Allianz Arena.
The Turin giants will be looked at by many as potential champions and as a club that have what it takes to final stop Bayern in their quest for a second straight trip to the Final of the competition.
After 10 days of inactivity from Arsenal in a competitive match (and so did I on here), we find ourselves on the cusp of the 2nd leg match between us and Bayern Munich. I say match but for the rational, it is just a matter of concluding what is already known. That by Thursday morning, we would find ourselves knocked out of the Champions League.
The above definition doesn't even begin to describe what Borussia Dortmund fans did to one of their biggest rivals last week. Bold, brave, and bright-eyed, several Dortmund fans apparently broke into Bayern Munich's stadium, vandalized a box with their beloved club's logo, then executed the unthinkable.
And filmed it, of course. Because it didn't happen unless it's on YouTube.
One would suppose the easiest retribution would be Bayern fans sneaking into the Weserstadion which it shall always be and tagging a picture of the current Bundesliga table. Or projecting a giant image of their trophy cabinet onto the stadium walls.
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Bayern Munich have announced the signing of highly rated Spain midfielder Javi Martinez in
controversial circumstances, with the player's former club Athletic Bilbao claiming that they never
allowed the player to enter transfer discussions.
Martinez, once a top target for English champions Manchester City, arrived in Munich on Tuesday
to begin talks with the Bundesliga giants amid reports that his La Liga club were still unwilling
to offload him.
It was a penalty shoot-out like no other. In the intensity of the moment, perhaps the longer
term significance of Chelseas Champions League victory against Bayern Munich was forgotten, but its
ramifications have been felt throughout the Premier League this summer, with the stop-start nature
of Chelseas season being swept to one side in those few tumultuous minutes.
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This article titled "Euro 2012: Young, talented Germany must guard against mental fatigue" was
written by Kevin McCarra in Warsaw, for guardian.co.uk on Friday 8th June 2012 13.14 UTC
The European Championship is as severe as it is enthralling. Few sides get the opportunity to
use inadequate opponents for confidence building and target practice.
Didier Drogba had initially kept matters serious when asked about Bayern Munich manager Jupp
Heynckes' accusations of him as a player who 'acts' too much on the pitch. However, the departing
Chelsea striker has now comically turned the tables such that the joke is on Heynckes.
It was widely assumed across the English media that Heynckes' comments ahead of the UEFA
Champions League final between the two sides were intended to derail Drogba's focus.
Bayern Munich have just opened their snazzy new 'FC Bayern Erlebniswelt' ('The Bayern Munich
Experience) museum at the Allianz Arena for the first time, which has over 400 exhibits
representing the entire history of the club including vintage tickets, matchballs, a scale cutaway
model of the stadium, replicas of every trophy the club have ever won and this corking display of
every shirt the club has ever worn in one huge glass case (click thumb for brilliant full-size
image).
La vida como el deporte es de momentos , muchos de ellos no podemos evitar a que lleguen
,momentos que nos harán sacar lo mejor o lo peor de nosotros como deportistas, cuando esos
momentos aparezcan debemos de estar preparados.
Este post no pretende hacer leña del árbol caÃdo, pero es que cuando te dedicas a una sola
actividad y pretendes ser de los mejores debes de saber que hay momentos que no se presentan tan a
menudo.
Netherlands stars Wesley Sneijder and Mark Van Bommel have hit out at Bayern fans for jeering
Arjen Robben during an exhibition match at the Allianz Arena last night while manager Bert van
Marwijk will understand if the winger now chooses to walk out on the club despite recently signing
a new contract.
Chelsea defender Gary Cahill has expressed his sympathy for a dominant Bayern Munich side that
the Blues overcame against all odds to win Saturday's Champions League final at the Allianz
Arena.
Cahill, 26, recovered from injury to make it to the final to provide cover for the suspended
John Terry and Branislav Ivanovic.
Just three days after Arjen Robben missed a penalty kick that might have won the Champions
League final for Bayern Munich, his club hosted his national team -- the Netherlands -- for a
friendly in the same stadium that housed his nightmare. And though some of the 33,000 fans in
attendance at the Allianz Arena were forgiving, others booed Robben's every touch of the ball after
he entered the match as a second half substitute for the Netherlands, who lost 3-2.
Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer has rued his side's inability to finish off Chelsea as the
German giants lost Saturday's Champions League final on penalties despite a dominant
performance.
There were several chances for Bayern to put the Blues away but the defiant Premier League side
managed to hang on until the very end, when Didier Drogba converted the decisive penalty kick to
shock the Allianz Arena.
It is no secret that most of Bayern Munich's squad endured a sleepless night following the
penalty shoot-out defeat to Chelsea in Saturday's UEFA Champions League final. But after hours of
reflection, at least some are able to put it all into perspective.
Bayern had 43 shots to the Blues' nine, while also delivering 20 corners to the Premier League
outfit's one.
Bayern Munich CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has insisted that his side's penalty shoot-out defeat to
Chelsea at the Allianz Arena on Saturday evening was a more bitter pill to swallow than the
nightmare 2-1 defeat at the hands of Manchester United in 1999.
Thirteen years ago in Barcelona, Bayern led 1-0 heading into stoppage time before two quick
goals from the Red Devils led to a collapse of massive proportions for the Munich outfit.
TweetChelsea fans have come out in force to celebrate the club's UEFA Champions League triumph over
Bayern Munich on Saturday. Roberto Di Matteo's men lifted their first ever European Cup after a 4-3
penalty shootout victory over Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena to banish memories of 2008 as they
became the first London club [.
TweetChelsea fans came out in force to celebrate the club's UEFA Champions League triumph over
Bayern Munich with an open top bus parade through South West London Roberto Di Matteo's men lifted
their first ever European Cup after a 4-3 penalty shootout victory over Bayern Munich at the
Allianz Arena to banish memories of 2008 [.
Drogba Completes Roman's dream - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
Chelsea found redemption for the misery of Moscow and ended their long quest to win the
Champions League by beating Bayern Munich on penalties in the Allianz Arena.
Di Matteo delivered a surprise in his starting line-up, with youngster Ryan Bertrand handed a
role on the left flank in front of Cole in an attempt to stifle the threat of former Chelsea winger
Arjen Robben.
TweetChelsea beat Bayern Munich 4-3 on penalties to lift their first ever Champions League crown in
a dramatic night at the Allianz Arena. Didier Drogba was the hero as he headed home an equaliser
two minutes from time before sweeping home the deciding penalty during a tense shootout. After
squandering a host of chances in [.
When Bayern Munich's Tomas Mueller headed home the first goal of a tightly-contested UEFA
Champions League final, Chelsea chances of lifting the trophy looked doomed.
Didier Drogba had other plans though, delivering a vital late equalizer to set up extra time and
a dramatic penalty shootout for the ages.
Mikel Arteta says that he and his Arsenal teammates gave their all in the second leg against Bayern Munich and their performance on Wednesday night was nothing to be ashamed of.
The Gunners defeated the Bavarians 2-0 at Allianz Arena but crashed out of the competition as Bayern had scored more away goals than them in the tie.
While Tottenham threw Arsenal a lifeline in the Premier League, they still have a sizable mountain to climb on Wednesday when they visit the Allianz Arena in Germany for a match with Bayern Munich. Of course everybody remembers the Gunners last go round with the Bundesliga squad as it resulted in a disappointing 3-1 home loss at the Emirates in the first leg of their Champions League tie.
We're with Buffy. Sometimes, just sometimes, we can't quite believewhat happened in the Allianz Arena last May either.Images:Mike Hewitt/Getty Images Europe. If last night's excitement wasn't enough for you, there's another eight games to wrap your remote around tonight. Will Chelsea get their defence of the trophy off to a flying start, or will Signore [.
Dall'azzurro del City di Mancini al blu del Chelsea di Di Matteo che la spunta contro il Bayern ai
rigori e conquista la Champions League 2012: mai come in questi giorni l'Inghilterra del pallone
proclama il suo peana in italiano. La regina quindi è in grazia in virtù delle sapienti cure made
in Italy.
Supercoppa al Bayern, domati i campioni di Germania del Borussia Dortmund per 2 a 1. Nel proprio
stadio, l'Allianz Arena, impianto che lo scorso maggio aveva riservato la profonda amarezza della
sconfitta in finale di Champions contro il Chelsea, il Bayern ritrova il sorriso e si aggiudica il
primo trofeo ufficiale della stagione in Germania.
Last night Bayern Munich played Holland in an unfortunately timed and largely meaningless
friendly at the Allianz Arena which was set up in order to compensate the German side for the
hamstring twang that Arjen Robben aggravated at the 2010 World Cup an injury which forced him to
miss the first two months of the following season, despite Bayern pleading with the KNVB not to
play him in South Africa.
On Saturday night, a chap by the name of Robin Cooper made it onto BBC Five Live's 606 phone-in
and claimed that he had in his possession the Champions League Final matchball after smuggling out
of the Allianz Arena after the game and that he was going to get it home through German customs by
labelling it as 'seismology equipment' a yarn that had host Alan Green appearing to believe every
word.
Munich rocked; the Allianz Arena shaking in anticipation of the final whistle. It would come, as
it always does, but brought with it a fresh burden. Drogba rose to meet the corner; Drogba fell
back to earth, and sent millions into raptures.
Following their epic penalty shootout win over FC Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena on Saturday,
the Chelsea FC adidas 2012 UEFA Champions League Winners Range has been released. It...
Wer zu spät kommt, den bestraft die Allianz Arena! Das leicht abgewandelte Zitat beschreibt vermutlich am besten, wie es mir letzten Samstag ergangen ist. Eigentlich hatte ich geplant, die Adidas Präsentation des neuen offiziellen Spielballs für die Saison 2013/2014 zu besuchen, aber das hat nur bedingt geklappt.
Heute findet ja das bekanntermaßen etwas unwichtige Testländerspiel zwischen Deutschland und der Niederlande statt. Und auch in der Bundesliga scheint die Messe ja schon gelesen zu sein. Was bleibt uns da noch? Richtig: Die Champions League! Und da ist es noch sehr sehr spannend. Die Bayern zum Beispiel sind in ihrer Gruppe F punktgleich mit Valencia und BATE Borisov befindet sich auch nur drei Punkte hinter dem FCB.
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G8 Summit. David Luiz conducting an interview for Italian TV half-cut. Michael Essien and Salomon
Kalou making the female physio the filling in their grind sandwich. John Terry wearing shin pads
even though he took no [.
