Breaking News: Van Buyten out of Cup Match with Flu
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FC Bayern reported on its official website that central defender Daniel van Buyten will miss Wednesday’s DFB Pokal match because of the stomach flu. The team’s site went on to speculate that Holger Badstuber would shift inside to replace Van Buyten and Danijel Pranjic would get the start at left back. The unhappy implication of a player with stomach flu is that we could all wake up tomorrow to hear that 2 or 3 more players caught it overnight. Such a situation plagued Hannover 96 at one point last year.
It was further revealed that both Bastian Schweinsteiger and Jörg Butt are nursing injuries. Butt, who is said to have a calf contusion is now rated doubtful for Saturday’s league match against Dortmund. The only bright side appears to be that Franck Ribery was confirmed as a starter for Wednesday.
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FC Bayern Munich vs SpVgg Greuther Fürth: DFB Pokal Quarterfinal Preview
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Wednesday brings 2nd division Greuther Fürth to the Allianz Arena to contest the DFB-Pokal quarterfinal against FC Bayern Munich. The match will air live on ESPN 360 beginning at 1 p.m. Eastern time. The Bayern Offside will be here with a liveblog for the match.
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Arrogant or Not, World’s Hottest Team Keeps on Winning
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Louis van Gaal’s distaste for his team’s “arrogant” attitude in Saturday’s victory brought a certain word association to my mind. It went something like pot—kettle—black. The team’s collective “let’s play out the clock” attitude for the last 30 minutes was no more of a mortal sin than Van Gaal pointing emphatically at his own gray matter after Daniel van Buyten’s striker-goal against Nürnberg.
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Dynamo Dresden 2:0 FC Bayern II: Video Highlights
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“Highlights” probably isn’t the right word, because there weren’t a whole lot of positives for Bayern II in their trip to Dresden. It’s certainly a tough atmosphere for young players; Dynamo does have some of the biggest fan support and plays in one of the largest stadia in the 3. Liga. But, as Bayern II teeters towards a relegation battle that Dynamo is also a part of, it was a shame to come away without a point. The loss left Bayern II in 16th place in the 20 team league, and also having played an additional match over 3 of the 4 teams beneath them.
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VfL Wolfsburg 1:3 FC Bayern Munich: Robben Lightning Strike Sets Tone in Impressive Win
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In a match played at a blistering pace throughout the first half, FC Bayern Munich always had a step on VfL Wolfsburg. Arjen Robben’s new Unterhose passed quality control with truly flying colors (red to be exact), and two early goals put Bayern into cruise control on their way to a 1-3 victory in Wolfsburg. FC Bayern and Bayer Leverkusen are now level on points after 21 matches following Leverkusen’s draw away at lowly Bochum.
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Friday Fun: Uli Hoeness, the Fighter
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In last week’s in-match post comments, reader A Kap asked about my match-opening tweet of “Let’s get it on!” A catch phrase of boxing referee Mills Lane, I had totally forgotten about how the phrase got popularized outside the world of “real” boxing: through the MTV show Celebrity Deathmatch, as A Kap sharply remembered.
So in tribute to being reminded of that show, and in honor of Uli’s latest rant against 1860, I give you: Uli Hoeness, the fighter!
One part of the dialogue worth translating:
A few of Uli’s teeth are knocked out and hit the canvas
Announcer: “Hoeness has lost more teeth than the number of balls Rensing has held on to.”
VfL Wolfsburg vs FC Bayern Munich: Match Preview
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VfL Wolfsburg had the unlucky fate of being the first team to face the Ribery-Robben express in the fall. That didn’t go too well, as Robben netted twice, and Bayern won 3-0. Most teams have dodged one or both since, but not the defending champions as FC Bayern Munich head north to the Volkswagen Arena in search of their eighth straight Bundesliga win on Saturday. The match will air live on ESPN 360 and ESPN Deportes at 9:30 a.m. Eastern in the US. In the UK, ESPN will show the match on delay at 21:30 Saturday.
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Extended! Badstuber, Müller, Van Buyten sign contract extensions
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The shape of the Bayern squad in future seasons has become clearer after the club announced the contract extensions of three key players on Thursday.
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Food Fight! FC Bayern and 1860 Munich in Courtroom Derby
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In a time when even Adidas and Puma have found a way to coexist in peace, FC Bayern Munich and TSV 1860 Munich are renewing their age old enmity, this time in a Munich courtroom.
The current dispute erupted over catering contracts at the Allianz Arena, which 1860 Munich continues to occupy as a tenant. Technically, FC Bayern is not represented in the case, but rather the Allianz Arena company; the arena company is however a 100% subsidiary of the club. On Wednesday, a three judge panel urged the sides to attempt a settlement through mediation, which the arena company’s attorney rejected out of hand.
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Fashion Police Want Robben For Questioning; Plus Wednesday Training Video
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The latest development in the saga of Arjen Robben’s ragged long johns is that we may have seen the last of them. Or at least the gray ones. The DFB has weighed in, pointing out a provision in the regulations that states that pants worn under the uniform must be the same color as the uniform pants. You might be tempted here to say “Well, leave it to those German sticklers to take the fun out of everything”, but if you’re a fan of American football, their uniform regulations would make your head spin. You can almost predict where we’re going from here. Yes, I expect we’ll see the old gray pants up for auction very soon with all the proceeds going to a Haiti charity. No word from the DFB on whether they want to move on to regulating shoe color.
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