Bayern Munich won the Soccer Betting German Cup final 2-1 over Borussia Dortmund as Luca Toni scored twice. Toni scored the opener just 11 minutes in taking a cross from Franck Ribery and putting it home. Dortmund shocked everyone as they scored two minutes into stoppage time to tie it on a goal by Mladen Petric. Near the end of the first extra period, Toni took a Lukas Podolski cross-shot and turned it into his 35th goal of the season. Dortmund finished with 10 men as Jakub Blaszczykowski was sent off for a second yellow card. Bayern Munich coach Ottmar Hitzfeld was extremely pleased with the win. “It was a great send-off here in Berlin,” he said. “We had to win it because, for me, there would be no chance to repeat it again next year. Dortmund fought well and would have deserved the win themselves, but we were the lucky winners.”

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The win in the German Cup could be just the start of things for Bayern. They are solid favorites to win the UEFA Cup. They are in the semifinals and are heavily favored to turn away Zenit St Petersburg. They also have a big 10 point lead in the Bundesliga.

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Bayern Munich advanced to the semifinals of the Soccer Betting German Cup by beating second-division rival 1860 Munich 1-0 on Wednesday as they scored on a penalty in extra time. Bayern was already down to ten men when the penalty was called. The penalty was disputed and very controversial. Franck Ribery scored on the penalty and Bayern advanced. The replays showed that Bayern’s Miroslav Klose was brought down outside the penalty area.

It was not a pretty game but Bayern advanced. “They made life very difficult for us,” Bayern coach Ottmar Hitzfeld said. Bayern had lost their top striker Luca Toni when he was sent off in the 84th minute with his second yellow card of the game. Benjamin Schwarz was sent off for Munich in the 111th minute. Bayern totally outplayed Munich and had the far better chances in the game. Tony Kroos shot high in the 36th minute and Mark van Bommel’s shot was stopped by Munich’s goalkeeper Philipp Tschauner. They also had a chance in extra time but Philipp Lahm was wide with his shot. It appeared the game was headed to a penalty shootout when Klose was brought down and the penalty called. Ribery easily put the ball in the net after a great fake. In the last couple of minutes Thorandt was sent off and Bayern finished with nine players.

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Other German Cup results had Wolfsburg winning in extra time as midfielder Marcelinho scored in to give Wolfsburg the 2-1 win over Hamburger SV. Grafite scored from a penalty kick in the 17th minute to put the home team ahead.

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German Bundesliga club Bayern Munich has hired Juergen Klinsmann to become its new head coach. Juergen Klinsmann will be replacing former Bayern Munich head coach Omar Hitzfeld. Omar Hitzfeld has currently led Bayern Munich to a great season so far in the 2007-08 German Bundesliga season. In fact, Bayern Munich is on top of the leaderboard in a tie with Werder Bremen. Both Bayern Munich and Werder Bremen lead the German Bundesliga with 36 points each. The current defending champions of the German Bundesliga are VfB Stuttgart. However, Stuttgart are not having much success in the German Bundesliga, and are only in 8th position with 25 points.Bayern Munich’s new head coach Juergen Klinsmann will hope to continue on the success of Omar Hitzfeld, but his work as head coach doesn’t begin until July 1. The last coaching assignment of Juergen Klinsmann was as head coach of the German National Team that played in the 2006 World Cup held in Germany. The German national team earned a 3rd place finish during the 2006 World Cup with key players like Lukas Podolski, Miroslav Klose and Michael Ballack in the squad. After the 2006 World Cup, Juergen Klinsmann immediately resigned as head coach and he hasn’t had a coaching job since.

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German Bundesliga club Werder Bremen were eliminated last week from the UEFA Champions League group stages after failing to score a win against Greece Super League champions Olympiacos. It must’ve been disheartening for Werder Bremen, but now they have to focus on winning the German Bundesliga if they hope to capture any kind of important silverware this football season.

The 5-2 victory by Werder Bremen over Bayer Leverkusen may be the first step in helping Werder Bremen win the German Bundesliga championship, as the win brings their point standings 36 points after 17 games played, tying them at the top of the Bundesliga standings with Bayern Munich, who also share 36 points.

Bayer Leverkusen were the first to open the scoring with a goal ont he 7th minute by Leverkusen’s Tranquillo Barnetta. However, Werder Bremen were able to equalise on the 30th minute with a goal from Ivan Klasnic. In the second half, Werder Bremen applied pressure to the Bayer Leverkusen home side, and eventually Werder Bremen’s Diego was able to score a goal on the 50th minute to give Werder Bremen a 2-1 advantage.

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The group stage qualifiers have ended, and the first knockout round will kick off on February 2008 with the top 16 teams who advanced through the group stages by being among the top 2 of their respective group. Among the top 16 football clubs who qualified are: Portuguese Liga champions FC Porto, English Premiership club Liverpool, English Premier League club Chelsea, German Bundesliga club FC Schalke 04, Spanish La Liga champions Real Madrid, Super League Greece champions Olympiacos FC, UEFA Champions League title holders AC Milan, Scottish Premier League champions Celtic FC, Spanish La Liga club FC Barcelona, French Ligue 1 champions Olympique Lyon, English Premiership champions Manchester United, Italian Serie A team AS Roma, Italian Serie A champions Inter Milan, Turkish Super Lig champions Fenerbahce SK, UEFA Cup champions and Spanish Super Cup champions Sevilla FC and English Premier League club Arsenal FC.

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Bayern Munich’s French star Franck Ribery hit the winner in a 1-0 victory at Arminia Bielefeld on Sunday to put Ottmar Hitzfeld’s team back on top of the German league table.

Werder Bremen’s 2-1 victory against Hamburg the previous day meant Bayern were temporarily ousted from the lead, but bayern Munich’s Franck Ribery earned a 22nd-minute goal and restored their superiority. It was Franck Ribery’s fourth league goal for Bayern Munich.

Bayern Munich were happy to sit on their lead and contain Bielefeld, who lie in just 14th spot with one victory in their last 10 matches.

South African striker Sibusiso Zuma of nearly opened the scoring for Bielefeld just before the goal, but the ball hit the post of Bayern Munich goalkeeper and team captain Oliver Kahn.

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Spanish La Liga champions Real Madrid just needed 1 point to earn a qualification spot in the Final Round of 16, but a 3-2 loss to Werder Bremen at the Weser Stadium in Bremen, Germany, didn’t give them any points to advance. Instead, German Bundesliga club Werder Bremen improves their standing, and gives them a lifeline to fight for the 2 qualification slots from Group C of the Champions League.

Werder Bremen opened the scoring in the 5th minute with Markus Rosenberg turning a scrappy attempt into a goal after the Real Madrid defense was caught napping. On the 14th minute, Real Madrid found an equaliser with Robinho dribbling down the left side and given enough space to curl in a wonderful strike to find the far corner and beat Werder Bremen keeper Christian Vander.

Werder Bremen retook the lead 5 minutes before the first-half break when Werder striker Boubacar Sanogo made a fine volley-finish from a wonderful pass by team mate Marcus Rosenberg. On the 58th minute, Werder Bremen stretched their lead 3-1 when Aaron Hunt steered clear of Real Madrid keeper Iker Casillas and drove in the goal.

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The Stade de Gerland is the home pitch of French Ligue champions Olympique Lyonnais, and was the setting for a do-or-die Champions League group stage qualifying match against Spanish La Liga club Barcelona FC. Barcelona were on top of Group of the Champions League with 10 points while Lyon were struggling at the 3rd spot with 6 points, desperate for a positive result if they were to keep alive in the Champions League tournament.

Barcelona was without star strikers Thierry Henry and Samuel Eto’o, and star midfielder Ronaldinho was confined to the Barca bench. However, Barca head coach Frank Rijkaard still had 17-year old football phenom Bojan Krkic, Lionel Messi and Andres Iniseta to lead the Barca attack. Rijkaard’s decision was quickly rewarded on the 3rd minute when Barca forward Andres Iniesta stroked him a fine pass created by Bojan Krkic.

Lyon team captain Juninho Pernambucano scored with a free kick that curled to the far post past the reach of Barcelona keeper Victor Valdes to make the score 1-1.

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Spanish La Liga football club FC Barcelona move closer to qualifying for the First Knock-out round of the 2007-08 UEFA Champions League after posting a 2-0 victory over Scottish Premier League club Rangers FC at the Nou Camp in Barcelona, Spain just recently.

Barcelona established an early lead in the 6th minute of the match when Barac striker Thierry Henry was able to recover a rebound from a Lionel Messi header that bounced off the post. Thierry Henry slid to put the ball in the back of the net, and give Barcelona 1 -0 advantage.

On the 43rd minute, Barca midfielder Ronaldinho was able to dribble through the defense and make a shot on the Rangers goal. Rangers goalkeeper Allan McGregor blocked Ronaldinho’s shot, but wasn’t able to stop the rebound by Barcelona Argentinian forward Lionel Messi, who scored the second goal for the Blaugrana.

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FC Bayern Munich haven’t won in their last 3 Bundesliga matches.
FC Bayern Munich were held to its second consecutive 0-0 draw in the German Bundesliga. Last week, German Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund held the visiting Bayern Munich to a 0-0 draw. Just recently, it was Eintracht Frankfurt who kept Bayern Munich level at 0-0 in the Allianz Arena, FC Bayern’s home pitch.

Bayern Munich had several chances on goal, around 40 in fact, but then none of the attempts on goal could get past Eintracht Frankfurt’s goalkeeper Ola Nikolov. Bayern Munich;s scoring tandem of Luca Toni and Miroslav Klose, who are the top scorers of the German Bundesliga with 8 goals each, had several attempts on the Frankfurt goal, but without much success. At least, it gives a clean sheat to Bayern Munich goalkeeper and team captain Oliver Kahn.
Eventually, the match ended in a 0-0 draw, sharing 1 point each for Bayern Munich and Eintracht Frankfurt. Bayern Munich improve their record by one point for a total of 28 points to lead the German Bundesliga. However, a 2-1 win by Hamburg SV over Hertha BSC has improved Hamburg’s Bundesliga standings to 26 points, just 2 shy of Bayern Munich.

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