Arjen Robben provided the perfect answer to the doubters by scoring an 88th-minute winner to settle a brilliant Champions League final as Bayern Munich beat Borussia Dortmund 2-1 at Wembley.The glory goal came 12 months after Robben's lowest point, when he missed the penalty that would have beaten Chelsea.Here that frustration was forgotten as Bayern joined Liverpool as five-times winners of Eu...Full Story »

The Dutch winger shook off the horrors of his penalty miss in last season's showpiece to give the Bundesliga champions European glory in the most dramatic of circumstances Arjen Robben buried the demons of finals past with a last-gasp goal to give Bayern Munich the 2012-13 Champions League title with a 2-1 victory over Borussia Dortmund in the final at Wembley on Saturday. Dortmund were the...Full Story »

Tens of thousands of Germans will descend on London's Wembley Stadium later on Saturday (1845 GMT) when four-times winners Bayern Munich take on domestic rivals Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League final. The world's most prestigious club soccer match pits unassuming 68-year-old Bayern coach Jupp Heynckes against excitable Dortmund boss Juergen Klopp, 45, in an intriguing clash of styles. ...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 »

Which position would you rather be in heading into the Champions League final? Would you side with Bayern Munich? They won the German league by a  distance, conquered all before them this season and go into this defining match as odds-on favourites. There aren’t too many people who can  envisage them being beaten. Or would you choose Borussia Dortmund? Jurgen Klopp’s side...Full Story »

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 »

Former Zenit St Petersburg captain Anatoliy Tymoshchuk is poised to rejoin the Russian club on a free transfer next season after spending four years at Bayern Munich. "I don't see any problem of Tymoshchuk coming back," Zenit's Italian coach Luciano Spalletti told the club's website  on Friday. The 34-year-old Ukraine midfielder, who captained Zenit to the Russian league title in 2007 and...Full Story »