The game match two teams from Germany - Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund.
In Germany , Bayern Munich maintained its 17 point lead at the top of the Bundesliga following a 1-0 win over Hoffenheim.
In Germany, Bayern stands alone.
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On Saturday, Bayern Munich became champion of Germany for the 23rd time, winning 1-0 at Eintracht Frankfurt.
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Going into the weekend, Germany's Bayern Munich and Italy's Juventus were 20 and 10 points clear respectively in their domestic leagues.
On Saturday, Chelsea of the Premier League will face Germany's Bayern Munich in the final of Europe's most prestigious tournament, the Champions League.
Ribery's team, Germany's Bayern Munich, has given the footballer its backing.
Klinsmann observed the American soccer scene, went back to Germany to coach Bayern Munich, was fired after less than a season and moved back to California.
At the same time, Bayern was vehemently denying reports in Germany that the club had tapped Guardiola.
French side Lyon have travelled by coach Germany to face to Bayern Munich for Wednesday's first leg of their Champions League semi-final.
The 44-year-old took charge of Bayern last July, after leading an unfancied Germany side to the 2006 World Cup semifinals on home soil.
Germany's leading Bundesliga clubs like Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund are not considered under threat by FFP, posting regular small profits, but the influx of Qatari money at French side Paris St.
Jose Mourinho's men had already claimed the Serie A and Italian Cup crowns ahead of Saturday night's showdown with Bayern, who had also achieved the domestic double in Germany.
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Bayern Munich, considered soccer royalty, are the Yankees of Germany and the fourth-wealthiest team in the world.
Germany is an extreme example of this, because of Bayern Munich's hegemony.
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The 44-year-old played for Hamburg and Bayern Munich among others during a prolific goalscoring career as a striker in Germany, and won two caps for the national side.
In Germany, Stuttgart set up a German Cup final with Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich after beating Freiburg 2-1 while Paris Sanit-Germain were knocked out of the French Cup by Evian .
Germany midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger scored the only goal in Frankfurt to earn Bayern's 24th win in 28 league games this season, leaving the team 20 points clear of second-placed two-time defending champions Borussia Dortmund.
Esteban Solari hopes his brother would not begrudge APOEL a semifinal berth, where the minnows would face either 1993 winners Marseille of France or Germany's four-time European champions and 2012 final hosts Bayern Munich .
Podolski then wasted a good chance for Germany when he was put clean through by Thomas Hitzlsperger, only for the Bayern Munich striker to blaze over with just Rustu to beat.
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