Bayern Munich are through to the group stages of the Champions League after a 1-0 win at Swiss side FC Zurich gave them a 3-0 aggregate success in their play-off second leg.
German Bundesliga big-spenders Bayern Munich have suffered the worse possible start to the new season, going down to a shock 1-0 home defeat to Borussia Moechengladbach on Sunday.
Arjen Robben scored a hat-trick as Bayern Munich returned to top form in the Bundesliga with a 6-0 rout of Hamburg Saturday.
Bayern Munich kickstarted their Bundesliga campaign with a last-gasp victory at Hoffenheim as Daniel van Buyten scored an injury-time winner.
Thomas Mueller celebrated signing a new contract with Bayern Munich by helping the Bundesliga champions to win the pre-season German Supercup clash with runners-up Schalke on Saturday.
Never mind Mesut Ozil. Forget Thomas Mueller. And as for Keisuke Honda ... pah! The discovery of the World Cup was Danny Shittu.
Don't tell me about Super Bowl celebrations. I've seen them -- along with NBA parades and NHL parties and baseball lovefests.
Nearly 11 months of competition have come to this, a Champions League final to be duked out in king of rings, the Santiago Bernabeu. In the blue corner, the lip-curled sneer of Jose Mourinho, who actually seems to be enjoying his success at Internazionale -- this is a league and cup double-winning season -- about as much as a punch in the face. In the red corner, Louis van Gaal, whose Bayern Munich side thrashed Werder Bremen 4-0 to claim its own double last weekend.
Bundesliga champions Wolfsburg are up to fifth in the table after defeating struggling Borussia Moenchengladbach 2-1 on Sunday.
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