Mario Gotze will miss the Champions League final - meaning he will avoid another angry backlash from furious Borussia Dortmund fans. The forward has been ruled out of Saturday's showpiece at Wembley with a thigh injury. It is a major blow for manager Jurgen Klopp, who leads his side into battle against Bayern Munich in a bid to be crowned champions of Europe. Yet, Gotze may be relieved to avoi...Full Story »

Borussia Dortmund midfielder Mario Goetze will miss Saturday's Champions League final against Bayern Munich due to a thigh muscle injury, the Bundesliga club said on Wednesday. The versatile 20-year-old German international, who will join Bayern next season, was injured in the second leg of the semi-final against Real Madrid on April 30 and had been battling to get fit for the final at Wembley....Full Story »

Jakub Blaszczykowski is confident that Borussia Dortmund knows exactly how to beat Bayern Munich in Saturday's Champions League final at Wembley. The winger realizes that the Bundesliga champion will pose a stern test for BVB, but has stressed that the club has shown in recent encounters that it is capable of getting the better of its arch rival. "In this particular match, what will be decisiv...Full Story »

Sebastian Kehl has warned Bayern Munich not to forget its recent poor results against Borussia Dortmund ahead of the Champions League final. The Bavarians are the clear favorites going into the Wembley showdown, having routed Barcelona 7-0 on aggregate in the semifinals, but Jurgen Klopp's men are unbeaten in their last six Bundesliga meetings with die Roten, winning four of those encounters. ...Full Story »

Borussia Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp admitted there were many areas of his side's performance he was not pleased with in Saturday's 3-3 Bundesliga draw with Wolfsburg. Although it was Dortmund who took the lead at the Volkswagen Arena after just five minutes when Sven Bender opened the scoring, former player Ivan Perisic came back to haunt them as he netted two goals in nine minutes to overtu...Full Story »

Wolfsburg coach Dieter Hecking is looking forward to the clash with Borussia Dortmund. The Wolves' final home game of the season may not be decisive since Dortmund have already sealed second place and Wolfsburg can no longer qualify for Europe or be relegated, but Hecking wants the fans in the sold-out VW-Arena to go home with a smile on their faces nevertheless. "It's going to be a beautifu...Full Story »

David Moyes is about to see his new club Manchester United finally lose their protracted battle to sign Robert Lewandowski after Borussia Dortmund reluctantly drew up an exit plan for an imminent move to Bayern Munich. Sportsmail revealed last month that Bayern had hijacked United’s ambitious plan to pair Lewandowski with Robin Van Persie but were facing stern resistance from Dortmund. S...Full Story »

Ajax playmaker Christian Eriksen has admitted that he would be interested in a transfer to Borussia Dortmund this summer. The Denmark international has been heavily linked with a move to the Champions League finalist as BVB is looking for a replacement for Bayern Munich-bound Mario Gotze, and Eriksen has revealed that a move to the Bundesliga giant would be a tempting prospect. "Borussia Dortm...Full Story »

Bayern Munich's Manuel Neuer was content with a point after the team's feisty 1-1 draw against Borussia Dortmund. Kevin Grosskreutz struck the opening goal of the game for Borussia Dortmund, but Mario Gomez equalized for the new Bundesliga champions. However, Neuer also played his part when the German international was called upon to stop Robert Lewandowski's spot kick and he made a series of...Full Story »

Robert Lewandowski: Missed a penalty for Dortmund Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich drew 1-1 in the Champions League final dress rehearsal while at the bottom of the table Hoffenheim fought back to draw 2-2 with Werder Bremen. Dortmund's Robert Lewandowski missed a penalty and Bayern Munich's Rafinha was sent off at the Westfalenstadion. Both teams rested key players with their May 25 meeti...Full Story »

Borussia Dortmund general manager Hans-Joachim Watzke has hit out at Bundesliga rivals Bayern Munich over the transfer of wonderkid Mario Gotze. Bayern met Gotze’s £32million release clause last month and confirmed the transfer of the 20-year-old attacking midfielder on the eve of Dortmund’s Champions League semi-final first leg clash against Real Madrid. Dortmund went on to b...Full Story »

Borussia Dortmund boss Hans-Joachim Watzke and his colleagues will not have lunch with their Bayern Munich counterparts before Saturday's Bundesliga match, saying relations between the Champions League finalists had gone cold.Watzke admitted he had been irritated by the recent behaviour of Germany's biggest club who last week signed Dortmund's Mario Goetze."I have always spoken about Bayern with...Full Story »

It seems Real Madrid have lost one of their 'major' incentives for their mission impossible Champions League semi-final against Borussia Dortmund. The Spaniard's trail their German rivals 4-1 after last week's first meeting at the Westfalenstadion, a deficit many see as unrecoverable. It was reported yesterday that Mario Balotelli was so sure, in fact, that Jose Mourniho's side would fail to ...Full Story »

Borussia Dortmund held off a storming late Real Madrid surge to book their place in the Champions League final at Wembley despite a 2-0 defeat at the Bernabeu. Madrid, trailing 4-1 from the first leg in Germany, looked down and out with the score on the night 0-0 with eight minutes to go but two quick goals produced a grandstand finish to a pulsating game. Karim Benzema pulled one back and Ser...Full Story »

Los Blancos nearly pulled off the almost impossible with two goals in the last 10 minutes, but their comeback came too late to change the course of the tie as BVB progressed Borussia Dortmund will contest the 2012-13 Champions League final after edging past Real Madrid despite a 2-0 defeat in their semi-final second leg at the Bernabeu on Tuesday. The Bundesliga side survived an early onsla...Full Story »

Jose Mourinho believes Real Madrid's naivety lead to them losing so heavily against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League semi-final first leg last week, but has backed his side to turn the tie around at the Bernabeu. Real head into the match 4-1 down after they were outplayed by Jurgen Klopp's side at the Westfalenstadion. Robert Lewandowski scored all of Dortmund's goals and Mourinho fel...Full Story »

Manchester United will try to exploit the bitter rivalry between German clubs Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund by making a £25million swoop for Dortmund striker Robert Lewandowski. Sir Alex Ferguson, who has trailed Lewandowski for 18 months, says he has new hope of landing the Poland forward, who scored four goals against Real Madrid in the Champions League last week. United alwa...Full Story »

Andre Schurrle's proposed move to Chelsea was under threat on Friday night as Kevin de Bruyne rejected a move to Bayer Leverkusen in favour of a transfer to Borussia Dortmund. Chelsea had agreed to loan De Bruyne to Leverkusen as part of the deal for Schurrle but the Belgian international has a permanent move and five-year deal on the table from Dortmund. De Bruyne joined the Blues from Genk i...Full Story »

DORTMUND, Germany, April 25 (Reuters) - When Germany advanced to the 2010 World Cup semi-finals with four-goal wins over England and Argentina it became clear something special was brewing in German football. Fast forward three years and two more four-goal thrashings for German sides this week showed the nation's international comeback looks to have jumped on another stage. Borussia Dortmund g...Full Story »

He has gone from prized asset to public enemy No 1 in the space of 48 hours, and Mario Gotze received a torrid time from Borussia Dortmund fans on Wednesday night, following a bitter backlash over his imminent move to Bayern Munich. As anger and resentment towards Gotze mounted steadily, Dortmund boss Jurgen Klopp intervened and appealed for calm, ahead of his side’s Champions’ Leag...Full Story »