With Toni and Klose finishing the way they are, Bayern really is going great guns. The Hoff match will be awesome!! (Zermat did say it better though).

Saw that. Why deny the obvious I guess. Of course, Uli is once again showing that Poldi is not dictating the terms. I wonder how many seasons before Poldi gets into the Champions League with Cologne? Good luck with that.

How would they actually put the letters on the jersey “Timoschtschuk” or “Tymoshchuk” as we are accustomed to reading in English? I assume the German spelling would take precedence for obvious reasons. How’s that for getting ahead of ourselves? However you place the letters, he makes a lot of sense for Bayern. But, it appears they are hesistant to acquire any of the Zenit players in the winter because they can’t use them in the Champions League.

What a change of heart!

Timoschtschuk had (not so) secret meeting with the top 3 IN Munich.

Both look like they will not occur until the end of the season though.

Source:Bild.de

Enough of my sentimentalism… As a Bayern fan this was an easy game to watch Leverkusen does not posses the quality to beat Bayern once Bayern is decently organized. Leverkusen tried to be defensive and kept their players behind the ball it slowed Bayern up in the first half but defensive football is “foreign” to the bundesliga and in the second half Leverkusen reverted back to a “standard” method of Bundesliga football which allowed Basyern to use their quick break offense to a much better effect and when Toni scored the match was over. Leverkusen looked in awe of Bayern’s defense and other than that header against the bar they did not produce another scoring opportunity.

Anyway, the big showdown with Hoffenheim is next… Hoffenheim, home of 1 gas station, it still sounds comical to say it. A win by 3 or more goals moves us to the top of the table, and with Bremen and Schalke faltering mid table, sets up a second half where Bayern can run and hide like last year. The days of worrying about them playing well with Klinsi seem to be over. Amazing what happens when your best player comes back from injury.

Luke: You are a brilliant man. That is all.

There was definitely an element of experienced team vs young team here. As time went on you could see Leverkusen go for a long ball or take a shot one pass too soon. Of course, this really became more apparent after Toni’s goal.

I was yelling at the monitor to sub Lucio out. At 0-1, I was sure he was going to “bravely” play on and give up the equalizer, failing to get into position. A moment later, a ball came deep in the Bayern end and the limp was gone, as he won the challenge in the corner.

Borowski nearly scored on his first touch. It may have come off boring, but taking Toni off in the spot they did was masterful. They immediately got a much better command of ball control, and stifled any attacks until after the 0-2.

Today, FC Bayern played like a championship team. It was a tough matchup away from home, but a match they really needed. Superstar players took care of business and roleplayers did their part. As a bigger showdown looms just 6 days away, we can say, our club is playing its best football of the season.

If anything stood out from this match it was that Ribery makes this team. Without him we are completely average. With him we are extremely dangerous. I love watching him play and hopefully we can hang on to him for a few years.