As part of our Champions League Final coverage, we turned to some football writers for their opinion. ———– Red Robbery – A Bayern Munich Blog Winning the Champions League is special, even if it’s for the fifth time. When you have the rare chance to do that in your own stadium, it’s a one-in-a-lifetime opportunity. This Saturday, Bayern will try [...]
Having conquered Real Madrid in the last four Bayern Munich are looking to win their fifth European Cup by winning the famous trophy on their home patch – a feat not repeated since Internazionale achieved it in Milan in 1965. Saturday’s Champions League final against Chelsea will be staged at the 70,000-seater Allianz Arena and Bayern will be excited at [...]
AccuScore is the premier sports simulation engine. AccuScore simulated the Champions League final 10,000 times based on projected lineups using historical individual and team statistics to arrive at Champions League predictions . For more sports predictions, visit AccuScore.com With the Champions League final taking place in Bayern Munich’s home stadium, the AccuScore computer projects Bayern Munich to hold a decisive 70% probability of [...]
The Champions League Final takes place in Munich this weekend between the two teams who were meant to be the underdogs in their respective Semi-Finals. Real Madrid and Barcelona were supposed to advance to add another chapter to the battle they have been having all season in La Liga. However, Chelsea’s dogged defensive display in both legs was enough to [...]
Chelsea Virtually no Chelsea fans would have predicted a Champions League Final berth when Andre Villas-Boas left the club at the beginning of March. It’s been a remarkable run since Di Matteo took the reigns on a temporary basis. The story so far Chelsea were shell shocked. Andre Villas-Boas had selected a side that many pundits deemed ‘suicidal’; Lampard, Torres, [...]
In eager anticipation of this week’s Champions League semi-finals, we spoke to The Score’s James Sharman. He shared his thoughts on the big midweek fixtures, and Chelsea’s future amongst Europe’s best clubs. Chelsea host 2010/11 Champions League winners, Barcelona, and Bayern host Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid. Would you have expected Chelsea to have reached the last-four of the Champions [...]
The countdown to Wednesday night has already begun in Germany and across the footballing world in anticipation of Borussia Dortmund’s home clash with Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga. Dortmund were in the group stages of the Champions League this season, but the campaign arrived too soon for their young squad as they finished bottom of a group consisting of Arsenal, [...]
The dust has settled, and the men have been separated from the boys. Two intriguing semi-finals await the top four clubs in Europe’s premier cup competition. Barcelona vs Chelsea Chelsea may have defied the odds and beaten Napoli in their round of 16 first leg, but the remarkable fact is they did so under the watchful eye of a [...]
First Leg: Marseille 0-2 Bayern The story so far - Bayern have virtually guaranteed passage into the Champions League semi-finals, after managing two away-goals in the first leg. Barring an absolute disaster, the German side will progress. Team news - Bayern are unlikely to make any changes from the XI that beat Marseille in the first leg. Marseille’s Alou Diarra misses out [...]
Real Madrid and Bayern Munich virtually confirmed their places in the semi-finals of the Champions League as they won by three and two goals respectively away from home. Chelsea produced a superb away performance at Benfica to come away with a 1-0 win, whilst giants AC Milan and Barcelona played out an entertaining 0-0 draw in Italy to set up [...]
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