After his penalty miss on Saturday night, Bastian Schweinsteiger hasn't been in the best of moods. Naturally, the German tabloids decided to stalk the defender on Sunday morning as he walked his dog wearing the worst outfit ever assembled. Well, to be fair, after you've lost such a painful Champions League final 15 wasted corners and all the last thing you'll care about is your shirt or the fact you look like Eminem's hobo brother.

Borussia Dortmund continued their incredible unbeaten Bundesliga run since September but were held to a 4-4 draw by the visiting Stuttgart at Signa Iduna Park.

After a toughly contested opening half hour, Shinji Kagawa opened the scoring for the hosts and Jacob Blaszczykowski doubled their advantage four minutes after the interval.

Hannover 96's trip to Bavaria was all in vain as they fell short against Bayern Munich courtesy of goals on either side of the half by the hosts.

Just two of the weapons...

Addition by subtraction for Jose Mourinho?

It's a big moment today for Barca. The Nou campers just crested a double-digit deficit to Real Madrid in La Liga with Real Madrid's talent it's hard to see Mourinho's troops dropping that trophy. Gulp.

The Champion's League is where Barcelona must make their name this year.

With New Year's come and gone, all Bundesliga teams have ended their brief winter vacation and have traveled to training camps in much warmer climates than Germany. Many teams have already played warm-up test matches and have begun running out their newest winter signings. The second half of the season begins with match day 18 on January 20.

Bundesliga blog: Big match preview FC Bayern vs Borussia Dortmund

Welcome to our new German football blog, courtesy of BundesligaFussball's Ross Dunbar *** All eyes will be on the Allianz Arena on Saturday night as the Bundesliga resumes following the last international break of the year.

By Chris Wright

What with him still carrying a fair bit of sway down Naples way, it wasn't particularly far-fetched that Diego Maradona should turn out for Napoli's Champions League tie with Bayern Munich in Bavaria t'other night.

So, when a gaggle of fans spotted Maradona milling around the beer halls of Munich before the game they understandably got a little excited and started swarming around him, hoping to get a photo of the diminutive Argentinian legend.

Bayern home games have a fascination of their own. For the past couple of seasons I developed the habit of watching the first half of a FC Barcelona game to cap off a hectic and unpredictable day of Bundesliga action. I did it less for the uncertainty of the result, but the uncertainty of how many goals Barca could score before the break.

Force a transfer to a club like AC Milan, Barcelona or Manchester United, extend at Bayern Munich, or wait Arjen Robben's options are wide open

With recent news casting doubt over the Dutch winger's future in Bavaria, Goal.com assesses his options

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Bayern Munich youngster Thomas Muller has revealed that he turned down the opportunity to join then-Barclays Premier League champions Chelsea in the aftermath of Germany's impressive 2010 World Cup campaign.

Muller, who won the Golden Boot with his five goals as well as three assists in South Africa, contributed to the demolition of Argentina and England before the Germans exited the tournament with a 1-0 defeat to eventual champions Spain.

Clive Brunskill/Getty Images (Bleacher Report) Bayern Munich star Franck Ribery has become one of Chelsea's most recent surprise targets after Caughtoffside.com have broken speculation that the Frenchman is the subject of a £35 million bid.
The Frenchman could be brought in to start taking the place of Florent Malouda who is getting up in years at 31.

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On this week's main report, Hans, our German correspondent spotlights Bayern Munich, a team that has had a fantastic start to the season in the Bundesliga and the Champions League.

Following the latest development in the Cesc Fabregas transfer saga, which suggests that Arsenal are finally ready to negotiate the sale of their skipper to Barcelona, speculation is rife about the identity of a big-name replacement being targetted by manager Arsene Wenger.

In the past, Wenger has been known to prefer developing young players rather than buying immediate replacements for former stars such as Thierry Henry and Mathieu Flamini.

TSV 1860 München, commonly known as 1860 Munich is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. The club's soccer team plays in the second tier of German soccer, the 2. Bundesliga, following relegation from the Bundesliga at the end of the 2003/04 season. TSV finished the 2010/11 season in 9th position in the [.

One striker that should be interesting Newcastle is 6'4″ German international Stefan Kießling. Stefan Kiessling could be back up plan if bigger names don't arrive Kießling hails from Bavaria and turned 27 in January of this year. So he may be slightly too old as a possible target but seems to have blossomed as [.

It has come to pass, then, that German football sees its first Arab investor with last week's announcement that Hasan Ismaik bought a 49% ownership stake in 1860 Munich. The thirty-four year old Jordanian reportedly signed away €18 million in order for the Bavarian club to avoid a calamitous descent from the 2.

Liverpool had a January offer for Bayern Munich striker Mario Gomez rejected, it has emerged.
BBC Sport reports that Chelsea also made a move for the German, but Bayern resisted the temptation to sell Gomez, with the Blues then switching their attention Fernando Torres.
Gomez, 25, moved to Munich from Stuttgart in 2009 for a Bundesliga record fee - reportedly in the region of €35 million - but struggled to make a significant impact during his first season at the Allianz Arena.

Ahead of switching sides from Bayern Munich to AC Milan, Mark Van Bommel attended FC Bavaria's basketball game as the team's guest of honour this past Monday evening. We have no clue who the two giddy guys are in the middle, but far right Thomas Mueller seemed to be paying more attention to his cutie patootie wife, Lisa, than the game even when Mark Van Bommel was called on court for shooting practice.