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Bayern Munich – The Cost of Building the Current Squad
Building a dominant side such as Bayern Munich have been in 2013 takes more than just an excellent youth system, which is apparent in this squad, but also making quite a few expensive signings over the years, unlike other Bundesliga sides, bringing players like Franck Ribery, Javi Martinez and Arjen Robben for huge sums, totaling at €235.3 million.
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Bayern Munich – Javi Martinez in the Center of a Demolition
Every single player for Bayern Munich did his part, while Manuel Neuer never had to do anything. At the center of everything was Javi Martinez, who completely destroyed the passing game of his opponents, allowing Arjen Robben, Franck Ribery, Thomas Muller and Bastian Schweinsteiger to roam free and create counter attack at a relentless pace.
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4 Reasons Why Bayern Munich Will Win the Champions League
After losing in two Champions League finals over the last three seasons, it looks like Bayern Munich are finally reaching the final stage of the season as the best team in Europe, and the one everyone should be afraid of, partially because they’re no longer a side reliant on the individual abilities of selfish players like Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben.
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PSG – The 2014 Shopping List
While people may expect Paris Saint-Germain to make moves for the most expensive players possible, like Wayne Rooney from Manchester United or Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid, it seems their plans of improvements of involve a lot of money being spent, but mostly on French players, and investing in the likes of Samir Nasri, Franck Ribery, Yohan Cabaye and possibly even Karim Benzema.
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Bayern Munich – Thomas Muller Unexpected Shift Brings Perfection
Except for more goals, Bayern Munich played the perfect match, with everything going for them. An early, lucky goal by David Alaba, and 90 more minutes of constant pressure and fantastic football, that should be enough to pull them through the quarterfinals. A lot of this was enabled by Toni Kroos leaving the match so soon, and the introduction of Arjen Robben to the right wing, while Thomas Muller was shifted to the middle.
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Bayern Munich – The Destructive Power of Arjen Robben
There’s the Midas touch, and there’s the Robben touch, both blessed and cursed at the same time, although at this stage of his career, Robben often seems to be more of bad seed on a Bayern Munich side that is everything Robben isn’t in the way he plays football.
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Bayern Munich – Arjen Robben Showing Off for Next Team
It was only fitting Arjen Robben was the one who scored a brilliant goal for Bayern Munich in their 1-0 win against Dormund, finally putting the ‘curse of Dortmund’ behind them, which had a lot to do with Robben himself, who has hardly been given the chance to shrug off the ‘loser’ label off his forehead.
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Bayern Munich – Thomas Müller Ready for the Big Double
In a world of Barcelona’s, Bayern Munich will never be regarded as true favorites to win the Champions League, but it’s hard to argue with two finals in three seasons, while playing excellent football in both the Bundesliga and the UCL, having quite a few players having career-best seasons, with possibly no one better than Thomas Müller.
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Mario Gomez Comes Through With Typical Tap-in Goal (Bayern vs Real Madrid)
Mario Gomez wasn’t having the best of matches, but he’s one of those players that doesn’t do much but score. Eventually, after 89 frustrating minutes for the prolific striker, he came through with his usual perfectly timed half fluke of a goal, giving Bayern Munich a 2-1 win over Real Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League Semi Final clash.