Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola has picked out Juventus as one of the teams to look out for in the Champions League next season. The former Barcelona coach will have high expectations to meet having taken over Jupp Heynckes at Bayern following their wildly successfuly treble-winning season. Defending the Champions League title will be a tough task and Guardiola picked out Juventus as a not...Full Story »

Miroslav Djukic is set to be confirmed as the new Valencia coach after meeting with club officials. The Serbian, who announced last week he was stepping down as Real Valladolid boss, will replace Ernesto Valverde who left Valencia after they narrowly missed out on Champions League football on the final day of the Spanish season. The 47-year-old will be formally presented on Wednesday, but to...Full Story »

Atletico de Madrid won't know what pot it will be in for the Champions League group phase draw in late August until roughly 24 hours before the event. A place in pot 1 would allow the Madrid outfit to steer clear of the strongest teams in the competition, while ending up in pot 2 means possibly facing the likes of Bayern Munich, Chelsea or Manchester United. Arsenal holds the key to Atlé...Full Story »

After coming out on top in the Champions League final against Borussia Dortmund, Jupp Heynckes' tenure at Bayern will come to an end after the upcoming German Cup final. The 68-year-old veteran seems to be eyeing up the possibility of a sensational return to 'Los Blancos', at least if his agent, Enrique Reyes, is to be believed. "Jupp would love to go back to Real. If Florentino Pérez ca...Full Story »

If Bayern should have been left with ten players for that foul, in the opinion of Andújar Oliver, Dortmund should also have lost a player when Lewandowski stamped on Boateng in an off the ball incident. The referee Rizzoli was right to give a penalty to Bayern defender Dante fouled Reus, but he should have sent the player off for what was clearly a yellow card offence after he already ha...Full Story »

So he broke his run of bad luck in finals. For, to go with his disappointments in the 2010 and 2012 Champions League finals, Robben had also experienced a heartbreaking defeat in the 2010 World Cup final in South Africa. Third time lucky. Arjen Robben has achieved, at the mythical Wembley Stadium, his first European trophy at club level, and he did it in the best way possible. Robben, who had...Full Story »

Jurgen Klopp was magnanimous in defeat after watching Bayern Munich condemn Borussia Dortmund to an agonising Champions League final loss at Wembley. The match looked to be heading to extra-time after Dortmund midfielder IIkay Gundogan's 67-minute penalty had cancelled out Mario Mandzukic's opener on the hour. But Arjen Robben latched on to Ribery's backheel in the 89th minute before cutely ...Full Story »

Jupp Heynckes has challenged his Bayern Munich side to win the treble after they were crowned champions of Europe with a 2-1 win over Borussia Dortmund at Wembley. Heading into Saturday's UEFA Champions League final having already won the Bundesliga this season, Bayern took the lead on the hour mark when Mario Mandzukic tapped home an Arjen Robben cross, only to be pegged back eight minutes l...Full Story »

BOUNCING BACK ... Muller says Bayern are even stronger this time THOMAS MULLER has vowed Bayern Munich’s Chelsea heartache will inspire them to Champions League glory at Wembley tonight. Bayern face German rivals Borussia Dortmund in the final — 12 months after their penalty shootout defeat by the Blues. And Muller declared: “Last year’s final won’t have a negati...Full Story »

Borussia Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp believes that the team that "makes the right decisions at the right moment" will come out on top in the Champions League final, claiming that on a one-off occasion such as this one, "it's not important which team is stronger". While adamant that his side is "obviously" not the favourite ahead of the match, Klopp added that "small details" will have a bigge...Full Story »