Sometimes reputations don't match reality. And this is the case with German football and in particular the German club sides, who might have won a lot, but have also lost many decisive games. Lineker's well-known quip about football being a "simple game" where "22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end the Germans always win" isn't necessarily true, especially when it comes to finals. ...Full Story »

The match at Wembley will be played without a player who would have been wandering between the extremes of good and evil from the moment he stepped onto the turf. Mario Götze, soon to be a Bayern Munich player, will not have the chance to face his upcoming teammates wearing the opposition's shirt. From idol to enemy at Dortmund, the German footballer will miss out on the most important ma...Full Story »

Bayern Munich boss Jupp Heynckes has claimed that the Champions League final in London likely represents his last chance to secure European silverware. "Last Saturday was my last Bundesliga match as a coach and tomorrow will probably be my last opportunity to hold one of these trophies in my hands", Heynckes told reporters at Wembley. The Champions League final represents the 67-year-old's B...Full Story »

THOMAS MULLER fears defeat to Borussia Dortmund tomorrow will see this Bayern Munich side forever branded as ‘losers’. For if they fail to beat their fellow Germans at Wembley, it will be Bayern’s third Champions League final heartache in four years. This season’s runaway Bundesliga champions lost to Jose Mourinho’s Inter in the 2010 final in Madrid and last seaso...Full Story »

The Bayern Munich star insists that he bears no scars from last season's miss from the spot to hand Chelsea the Champions League and would happily take responsibility again Bayern Munich midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger insists that he is mentally prepared to take a penalty in this season's Champions League final despite suffering spot-kick heartbreak last term. The 28-year-old failed to co...Full Story »

Antonio Conte believes Juventus would not benefit from signing the likes of Luis Suarez, Gonzalo Higuain or Zlatan Ibrahimovic in a bid to do better in the Champions League. Juventus won the Serie A title last week but have not seen their dominance in Italy be replicated on the continental front as they were comprehensively beaten by Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals stage. Conte has been...Full Story »

He believes a change of coach to be on the cards: "Madrid still has an extraordinary squad. With that in mind, I don't see Mourinho's leaving as anything major". In his weekly appearance on Spanish Radio football show 'El Larguero', Jorge Valdano praised the achievements made by the German teams in the Champions League: "German football and Bayern know where they want to go, they are copying th...Full Story »

Following the revelation Mario Gotze is destined to join die Roten, Dortmund's general manager says relations between the clubs have soured because of a "couple of irritations" Borussia Dortmund general manager Hans-Joachim Watzke has revealed they will not be having lunch with Bayern chiefs when the two teams meet this weekend as relations between the sides have deteriorated. Dortmund welco...Full Story »

Franck Ribery: Keen to put last year's Champions League final pain behind him Franck Ribery feels that Bayern Munich's togetherness could finally help him to a UEFA Champions League winners' medal. The Frenchman was suspended when Bayern lost to Real Madrid in 2010, and an injury late in the match meant he could do nothing as the Bavarian giants lost season's final penalty shoot-out to Chelsea...Full Story »

Barcelona president Sandro Rosell admitted the better team won in the second Champions League semi-final: "Bayern was clearly superior to us and deserves to go to Wembley". "The 7-0 scoreline flatters them, but that should take nothing away from recognising that they deserved to go through. Now we have to see out the season and then we'll see what we do and what decisions we make", Rosell con...Full Story »