Bayern Munich striker Nils Petersen (24), on loan to SV Werder Bremen since July 2012, has made his move to the northern club permanent after Bayern board director Jan-Christian Dreesen and his Bremen counterpart Thomas Eichin agreed the terms of a transfer deal on Thursday.

Petersen, who scored two goals in nine Bundesliga appearances for Bayern in the 2010/11 campaign and also played in three Champions League matches, will sign a four-year contract with Bremen. The former second division top scorer moves to Werder for an undisclosed fee and conditions.

On Monday 20 May 2013, Dr. Richard Steadman performed surgery on Holger Badstuber in Vail, Colorado. Due to extensive ruptures, the player’s cruciate ligament is no longer functional and was removed. Before the cruciate can be reconstructed using a surgical tissue graft replacement, the incisions and holes from the original op must heal completely. 

Until then, Holger Badstuber will maintain his physical fitness in sports rehab. The doctors in charge of the case estimate the player will be fit again in around ten months. The injury is not career-threatening.

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SEPTEMBER 19: GROUP F - VALENCIA (H) 2-1
Bayern Munich got their Champions League campaign off to the perfect start thanks to a 38th-minute strike from Bastian Schweinsteiger before Toni Kroos netted in the 76th minute. Nelson Valdez scored a last minute equalised for Los Che.

OCTOBER 2: GROUP F - BATE BORISOV (A) 1-3
Bayern were shocked at Belarusian champions BATE, who went ahead through Alyaksandr Pawlaw in the 23rd minute. Vitali Rodionov put them two up 12 minutes from time before Renan Bressan added a third. Franck Ribery netted a consolation in in jury time.

OCTOBER 23: GROUP F - LILLE (A) 1-0
Thomas Muller’s 20th minute penalty was enough for Bayern, who got back to winning ways in France.

NOVEMBER 7: GROUP F - LILLE (H) 6-1
Bayern cruised past poor Lille at the Allianz Arena, with Schweinsteiger starting the scoring in the fifth minute. Claudio Pizarro bagged a 15-minute first-half hat-trick, while Arjen Robben and Toni Kroos were also on the scoresheet. Salomon Kalou scored a Lille consolation in the second half.

NOVEMBER 20: GROUP F - VALENCIA (A) 1-1
Bayern needed a late Muller strike to cancel out Sofiane Feghouli’s 77th-minute effort as the Spaniards picked up a point.

DECEMBER 5: GROUP F - BATE BORISOV (H) 4-1
Bayern avenged their defeat in Belarus with a crushing victory in Bavaria. Mario Gomez grabbed his first goal of the competition in the 23rd minute before Muller put them two up nine minutes into the second half before Shaqiri and then David Alaba found the target.

FEBRUARY 19: LAST 16 FIRST LEG - ARSENAL (A) 3-1
Kroos and Muller put Bayern in control in the first half before former Bayern striker Lukas Podolski pulled one back early in the second half. Mario Mandzukic seemingly put the tie beyond the Gunners 13 minutes from time.

 

MARCH 13: LAST 16 SECOND LEG - ARSENAL (H) 0-2 (AGG 3-3, BAYERN WIN ON AWAY GOALS)
Bayern were given a scare by Arsenal in the home leg with Olivier Giroud and Laurent Koscielny finding the target for the visitors.

APRIL 2: QUARTER-FINAL FIRST LEG - JUVENTUS (H) 2-0
Alaba gave the home side the ideal start as he netted inside the opening 60 seconds before Muller put them in the driving seat after 63 minutes.

APRIL 10: QUARTER-FINAL SECOND LEG - JUVENTUS (A) 2-0 (AGG 4-0)
Bayern were equally dominant in Turin as a strike in the 64th minute by Mandzukic put them firmly in control of the tie before Pizarro scored in added time.

APRIL 23: SEMI-FINAL FIRST LEG - BARCELONA (H) 4-0
Bayern dominated from start to finish in Bavaria to register an astounding win over Tito Vilanova’s Barcelona. Muller got the ball rolling after 25 minutes before Gomez doubled their advantage four minutes into the second period. Robben put them three up after 73 minutes before Muller completed the scoring eight minutes from time.

MAY 1: SEMI-FINAL SECOND LEG - BARCELONA (A) 3-0 (AGG 7-0)
Bayern’s dominance was there for all to see at the Nou Camp as goals from Robben (48), a Gerard Pique own goal (72) and Muller (76) saw them home.

anubhz:

• This final will be the first all-German clash in a European Cup final. 2000 (Spain), 2003 (Italy) and 2008 (England) are the three previous occasions of teams from the country meeting in the Champions League final.
• A German team is guaranteed to win the Champions League for a third time. Dortmund in 1997 and Bayern in 2001 were the previous winners.
• Bayern Munich have lost three of the four finals they have played in. Borussia Dortmund were victorious in the only final they have played.
• Only once before have two German teams met in the final of a European competition. In 1980, Eintracht Frankfurt won the UEFA Cup beating Borussia Mönchenglad¬bach in the final (losing 2-3 away in the first leg before winning the second 1-0 at home). Gladbach coach back then was Jupp Heynckes, the current Bayern boss.
• Dortmund are undefeated against Bayern in their last six league games (four wins, two draws). However, Munich are undefeated in four competitive games this season (two wins in the Super Cup and DFB-Pokal and two draws in the Bundesliga).
• The last duel on neutral ground between Bayern and Dortmund was the 2012 DFB-Pokal final. Dortmund won 5-2.
• Bayern won all four games in the Quarter Final and Semi Finals without conceding a goal (11-0 on aggregate). They are only the fifth team in Champions League history to not concede a goal in any of their four matches in these two rounds.
• This is Jupp Heynckes’ third Champions League campaign as a coach. In all three seasons he has reached the final. In 1998 he won the trophy with Real Madrid and last year, he lost the final with Bayern Munich.
• Bayern could become the first German team to win the Treble (league championship, domestic cup, and the Champions League or European Cup). Six clubs have managed it previously; with the last being Inter Milan in 2010.
• Mario Götze will transfer to Bayern Munich this summer for a fee of 37 million euros. Only Zlatan Ibrahimovic had more assists in this Champions League campaign (7) than Götze (5).
• Only Cristiano Ronaldo (12) has scored more goals in the Champions League this season than Robert Lewandowski (10). Bayern’s top scorer is Thomas Müller with eight.
• Neven Subotic (133) and Mats Hummels (106) have been forced into making more clearances than any other players in the Champions League this season.
• Javi Martinez has made 39 interceptions; more than any other player in the Champions League this season. Only Arturo Vidal (44) has made more tackles than Martinez’s midfield partner Bastian Schweinsteiger (43).

• Six of the 10 goals Bayern have conceded in the competition this season have been scored in the final 15 minutes of their matches.
• Bayern have scored more headed goals in the Champions League than any other side this season.
• BVB have kept just three clean sheets in their last 12 European matches.
• Just one of the last five Champions League finals has gone over 2.5 goals. However, that final was also played at Wembley (Barcelona 3-1 Manchester United in 2011).

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schnitzelsemmel:

Ribéry trug bei der heutigen Pressekonferenz ein Trainingstrikot von Holger Badstuber! Saubere Aktion von unserem Filou :)

Ribéry wore a training jersey from Holger Badstuber at the media conference today! Great move from our filou :)