His profile alone is seen as a seal of approval for the German league and its climb back toward Europe's elite.
Last season Real and Dortmund won the Spanish and German league titles.
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After the World Cup he joined Vfl Bochum, a second-tier soccer club of the German league, and in 39 appearances he has scored 14 goals.
The 21-year-old, who plays for German league leaders Borussia Dortmund, headed home a cross by Shinji Okazaki as the teams went to the break on equal terms.
With the World Cup behind him, Jong, who always dreamed of playing in Europe, has signed on with Vfl Bochum, a second-tier soccer club of the German league.
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"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.
Dortmund won 2-0 against Mainz to stay second in the German league -- 20 points behind Bayern -- with goals from Marco Reus after 32 seconds and Robert Lewandowski late in the match ensuring qualification for next season's Champions League.
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Idrizaj, who played for FC Eilenburg in the German Regional League last season, is manager Paulo Sousa's second signing since taking charge in the summer.
"Top to bottom the Bundesliga has been better than any league in Europe, " said Sigi Schmid, the German-born coach of Major League Soccer's Seattle Sounders.
After privatising chunks of east German industry, Goldman Sachs shot up league tables as it persuaded more and more German executives that it could serve them better than their old house banks.
Oliver Gill, 19, has been added to the squad for the Champions League game at German side Wolfsburg on Tuesday.
Bulgarian striker Dimitar Berbatov headed home a corner to put the German team, beaten Champions League finalists last season, ahead on 39 minutes.
But the last decade has been horrendous for German clubs in the Champions League, largely because they have low ticket prices and a low value of domestic broadcast rights.
The deal sees BT acquire the ESPN and ESPN America channels, and their live rights to show FA Cup, Scottish Premier League, Uefa Europa League, and German Bundesliga matches.
In addition, BT's acquisition of ESPN's TV channels business in the UK and Ireland in February of this year will bring the rights to show live games for the FA Cup, Scottish Premier League, Europa League and the German Bundesliga.
Malaga warmed up for their Champions League clash with reigning German champions Borussia Dortmund with a 3-1 away to Rayo Vallecano.
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Napoli remain firmly in the hunt for Champions League football after substitute German Denis came off the bench to score the winner against Sampdoria.
Bayern Munich, the most successful German club, reached the UEFA Champions League final for the send time in three years this spring.
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) The Champions League final will feature two German teams for the first time after Bayern Munich completed surprising 7-0 rout of Barcelona.
Bayer Leverkusen's unexepcted success in reaching the Champions League final has shown that German football has recovered from the national disaster of the mauling by England.
Klopp has led Dortmund to back-to-back German titles and guided the 1997 Champions League winners to the top of a group which contained Real Madrid, Manchester City and Ajax after failing to reach the knockout stages last season.
And it underscores just why Borussia Dortmund despite a three-year cycle that saw it win two German Bundesliga titles and a German Cup, despite reaching the Champions League final, despite boasting the highest average attendances in Europe may struggle to build on its recent success.
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The German club is running away with its domestic league, pounding opponents into submission along the way.
Their yearly battle was even chalked up as one of the reasons for German teams' recent success in the Champions League fierce competition had drawn the best out of them.
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The Chinese Super League games dominate CCTV-5 (Sports Channel) and Chinese TV channels also show an extensive selection of top foreign soccer matches, including the UEFA Championship League, English Premier League, Italian Serie A and German Bundesliga.
The company, owned by New Balance, replace German giants Adidas as the maker of the Premier League team's home, away and third kits.
After the second world war, Britain sank down the GDP-per-head league tables, looking enviously at the German and Japanese economic miracles in the 1970s.
With Borussia Dortmund playing Bayern Munich in the Champions League final on Saturday, thousands of German fans will be heading to the home of English football, Wembley.
Sami Khedira and Mesut Ozil, ironically now in a Real Madrid side shocked by Dortmund in this season's Champions League semifinals, were also in that German team.
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