• Agent says Poland striker ‘needs a change’• Lewandowski has three years left on his contractRobert Lewandowski wants to leave Bayern Munich, according to his agent Pini Zahavi, who told Sport Bild magazine that the Bundesliga’s top scorer “feels that…
In an extract from Grant Wahl’s new book, the Germany and Bayern Munich captain reveals his goalkeeping philosophy and explains his sweeper-keeper roleModern football has a lot in common with the German autobahn. The speed of the game has no limits the…
• Game was Eintracht manager’s last before taking over at Bayern• Real Madrid finish third in La Liga after draw with VillarealNiko Kovac left Eintracht Frankfurt the perfect parting gift with victory against his future employers Bayern Munich in the D…
There has been plenty of entertainment but it has been an unusual and not always satisfying season in GermanyThe clock, since you asked, kept on ticking. As the curtain fell on Hamburger SV’s unbroken presence in top flight since the Bundesliga’s forma…
Bayern thrashed Zidane’s side 2-2 and there is plenty to suggest a knockout blow can be landed on their elegant glass jawReal Madrid tried so hard to lose this semi-final. Bayern Munich tried so hard to win it. That neither could achieve this apparentl…
• Manager hails refusal to give in after reaching European Cup final• Bayern Munich lament crucial errors after dominating semi-finalZinedine Zidane admitted it was not good for the heart and that Real Madrid had “suffered” to reach a third European Cu…
Real Madrid always find a way, they say, and somehow they did – all the way to a third consecutive European Cup final. For so long, they had the Bavarians at the gates, the Santiago Bernabéu gripped by fear, but when a wild, tense night was finally ove…
Champions League semi-final, second leg updatesSign up for The Fiver and get our daily football emailAny thoughts? Get in touch with Scott via email 6.57pm BST Real Madrid: Navas, Lucas Vazquez, Varane, Ramos, Marcelo, Modric, Kovacic, Kroos, Asensio,…
The German manager says he doesn’t fear the reigning champions, despite Franz Beckenbauer suggesting the Spaniards have a mental advantageAt the end of the final session at Bayern Munich’s Säbener Strasse training ground their players took penalties bu…
• German champions beaten 2-1 at home in first leg of semi-final• ‘We showed that we can hurt them, so we take hope from this’Jupp Heynckes said he did not know how his team had lost to Real Madrid but insisted that he does know how they can beat them …
Real Madrid did as Real Madrid tend to do, leaving Germany’s champions with a tall order in the second leg at the BernabéuIt was Thomas Müller, contorting himself to swipe at an open goal from a matter of feet midway through the second half before miss…
“The Champions League releases special powers in Real Madrid,” Toni Kroos had warned and there may be no power greater than the ability to survive, to always emerge, bruised perhaps but never beaten. Under pressure for so long, they left the Allianz Ar…
Champions League updates from the first leg in GermanySign up now for The Fiver, our daily football emailAnd feel free to email Barry or tweet @bglendenning 7.51pm BST 3 min: A brilliant, meandering 60-yard run by Cristiano Ronaldo pulls the entire Bay…
Champions League updates from the first leg in GermanySign up now for The Fiver, our daily football emailAnd feel free to email Barry or tweet @bglendenning 7.51pm BST 3 min: A brilliant, meandering 60-yard run by Cristiano Ronaldo pulls the entire Bay…
Heynckes came out of retirement six months ago and has steered Bayern to the semi-final as he looks for a record-equalling third Champions League“Nobody had any intention of me being here,” Jupp Heynckes said, sitting at a desk at the Allianz Arena, a …
Heynckes came out of retirement six months ago and has steered Bayern to the semi-final as he looks for a record-equalling third Champions League“Nobody had any intention of me being here,” Jupp Heynckes said, sitting at a desk at the Allianz Arena, a …
• Two sent off in first 15 minutes in Lazio’s 4-3 win at Fiorentina• Niko Kovac’s Eintracht Frankfurt reach German Cup finalNapoli twice came from behind to beat Udinese 4-2 and cut Juventus’s lead at the top of Serie A to four points after the Turin s…
• Jürgen Klopp’s side will play first leg at Anfield• Holders Real Madrid to play Bayern MunichLiverpool have been drawn against Roma in the semi-finals of the Champions League.Jürgen Klopp’s side came through an all-Premier League quarter-final agains…
It’s Bayern Munich v Real Madrid in other semiFootball Weekly looks back at the Champions League dramaAnd email Ben or tweet @benfisherj to get in touch 12.26pm BST First legs, Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25 AprilBayern Munich v Real MadridLiverpool v Rom…
• Eintracht Frankfurt manager to take up post in July• Kovac has agreed three-year deal to manage BayernBayern Munich have confirmed that Niko Kovac will take over as the club’s new manager in July.The 46-year-old former Croatia midfielder will succeed…
