Valencia's Aritz Aduriz articulates far more succinctly that we ever could why base layers are bad. Bad, we say! Image: JOSE JORDAN/AFP/Getty Images.

Sometimes, it's the little things that make life worth living, isn't it?

Alright. And maybe some slightly larger things.

Serie A

Catania 1-1 Roma

There were only twenty-five minutes to play in Catania and Roma's rescheduled match from January, but this was long enough for Erik Lamela to show off his assets to the fullest.

DFB Pokal (German Cup) holders Schalke 04 were dumped out of this season's competition by Borussia Mönchengladbach following the latter's 3-1 home win in Wednesday's Round of 16 tie.

Borussia Mönchengladbach ensured that there would be no repeat triumph for Schalke 04 in this year's DFB Pokal.

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Es ist immer schön, wenn man über Winter auf Platz eins ist. Da gehört Bayern hin.

Toni Kroos, Mittelfeldspieler des FC Bayern München, will nach dem Sieg über den Werder Bremen und dem Sprund auf Tabellenplatz 1 jetzt auch die Herbstmeisterschaft. (Quelle: TZ Online)

Es ist immer schön, wenn man über Winter auf Platz eins ist. Da gehört Bayern hin.

Toni Kroos, Mittelfeldspieler des FC Bayern München, will nach dem Sieg über den Werder Bremen und dem Sprund auf Tabellenplatz 1 jetzt auch die Herbstmeisterschaft. (Quelle: TZ Online)

Bayern signing Jupp Heynckes was the best thing to happen to Toni Kroos. The prototypical wunderkind to come out of Germany's reformed youth system, needed Heynckes to pop up at Leverkusen, to finally play his long awaited breakthrough season in the Bundesliga. Now that the two are reunited at Bayern, he could well establish himself at the top of German football, both at Bayern and the German national team.

Bayern signing Jupp Heynckes was the best thing to happen to Toni Kroos. The prototypical wunderkind to come out of Germany's reformed youth system, needed Heynckes to pop up at Leverkusen, to finally play his long awaited breakthrough season in the Bundesliga. Now that the two are reunited at Bayern, he could well establish himself at the top of German football, both at Bayern and the German national team.

Real Madrid are on the verge of the Champions League knockout phase after opening up a five-point lead in Group D on a night when a poor Bayern Munich display saw them miss a chance to open up a gap on Napoli. Elsewhere Inter Milan and Benfica moved to the top of their respective groups.

Madrid have yet to drop a point this season in the Champions League and they comfortably beat Lyon 4-0 at the Bernabéu tonight.

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It will be raining stars at the Allianz Arena this evening as the visiting Manchester City have unleashed a strong starting XI against the powerful Bundesliga leaders, FC Bayern Munchen.

The back line of the Bavarian side includes former City defender Jerome Boateng while the front line of the Premier League's joint leaders includes Edin Dzeko, who rose to prominence with his sublime performances as a Wolfsburg player.

By Chris Wright

Around this time every year, the Bayern Munich squad celebrate the onset of Oktoberfest by talcing up and slithering into their lederhosen for a traditional Paulaner photo shoot here are the best snaps from this year's, which took place at the club's training ground yesterday.

Winners in 2010, Inter Milan were shocked at home by Trabzonspor, but there was better news for fellow former champions Bayern Munich and Real Madrid.

Bayern Munich and Real Madrid opened their Champions League group stage campaigns with away victories, but 2010 winners Inter MIlan suffered a shock home defeat by Trabzonspor AÅž in the second set of matchday one games.

By JOHN BOSCHINI

It seemed like an easy three points for Inter Milan as they opened UEFA Champions League play against Turkish replacements Trabzonspor, but the 2010 European champions were shocked with a 1-0 defeat at home.

Inter couldn't convert a plethora of chances and were eventually made to pay with a well-taken goal from Ondrej Celustka with 15 minutes to play.

The opening round of group matches in the UEFA Champions League were completed on Wednesday with a shock in Milan, predicted wins for the likes of FC Bayern and Real Madrid proving true whereas the Manchester duo of City and United had to be content with a point in two difficult matches.

Ondřej Čelůstka proved to be the hero in the San Siro stadium as his 76th minute goal proved to be the winner in a 1-0 victory over 2009-10 Champions League winners Internazionale.

Manchester United and Manchester City started their UEFA Champions League campaigns with 1-1 draws against Benfica and Napoli, respectively.

Both Manchester sides have maintained a perfect record in the Barclays Premier League so far this season but unfamiliar opposition had them trailing before they equalized and settled for a point each.

Eigentlich ja kein Interview, aber die Szene ist so legendär, dass wir sie in dieser Reihe auch unbedingt zeigen müssen. Uli Hoeness, Mehmet Scholl und Hasan SalihamidžiÄ� treffen sich nach einer gewonnen Meisterschaft mit anschließender kleiner Meisterfeier und vielen Bierduschen bei der Interviewrunde eines TV-Senders wieder.

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Toni Kroos of Bayern Munich and Ben Hatira of Hamburg are two different players who employ two very different training tactics. Both seem like stand-up gentlemen, the kind of guys who stockpile Dove soap at their flats. We take comfort in the fact that, at some point, their grass stains will be addressed.

If there was any doubt that some of the stars of tomorrow will be found on the fields in Mexico during the next three weeks, this article from FIFA.com will remove it.
Focusing especially on Landon Donovan - who, of course, was one of the stars of the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Cup - the story takes a glimpse at some of today's stand out players who got their first taste of the world stage at this event.

Mostly unchanged, but some notable absences and reappearances:
Keeper: Manuel Neuer (Schalke), René Adler (Leverkusen), Tim Wiese (Werder Bremen)
Defense: Denis Aogo (Hamburg), Philipp Lahm (Bayern), Jerôme Boateng (Manchester City), Holger Badstuber (Bayern), Mats Hummels (Dortmund), Per Mertesacker (Werder Bremen), Arne Friedrich (Wolfsburg), Marcel Schmelzer (Dortmund)
Midfield: Sven Bender (Dortmund), Mario Götze (Dortmund), André Schürrle (Mainz 05), Lukas Podolski (Köln), Mesut Özil (Real Madrid), Thomas Müller (Bayern), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern), Sami Khedira (Real Madrid), Toni Kroos (Bayern), Christian Träsch (Stuttgart)
Forward: Miroslav Klose (Bayern), Mario Gomez (Bayern) [read more]