"FC Bayern today announces that head coach Jupp Heynckes has decided to retire when his current contract expires on 30 June 2013, " read a statement on the German league leader's website.

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English soccer fans see Chelsea as a nouveau-riche upstart, while Germans refer to Bayern Munich as "FC Hollywood, " which sounds like a compliment, but actually means the club's players are a bunch of entitled, egotistic monsters.

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Dutch full-back Braafheid was at Utrecht before moving to FC Twente in 2007, then Bundesliga side Bayern Munich last summer.

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His views have been echoed by CNN FC contributor Owen Hargreaves, who played for Bayern Munich as the youth revolution got underway.

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The Algerian netted a famous back-heel in 1987 which contributed to FC Porto's narrow 2-1 triumph against Bayern Munich.

BBC: Eto'o the Great

The micoach Elite System was developed in close consultation and collaboration with many of the leading soccer coaches and clubs including Major League Soccer teams New York Red Bulls, Philadelphia Union and Seattle Sounders FC, as well as Real Madrid, AC Milan, Ajax and Bayern Munich.

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While City faced high-class opponents in Napoli and Bayern, United crashed out to the combined might of Benfica, FC Basel and Athletic Bilbao.

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