Some Comparisons - The First All-German UCL Final

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Within this article, I will explain a little info about the champions league final this season (BVB vs FC Bayern), which is so unique to me and still surprise me to this day. 
I still don't believe that it will present two Germans in the Champions League final. But the fact is so. I'm so proud and amazed to them all that would be in the final. 
I think this is the development of German football extraordinary amazing and I also feel this is a significant turnaround in football, German football has shown that they are above the Spanish football and other countries. 


Borussia Dortmund vs FC Bayern Munich:
Head to Head






Bundesliga Jerman ‎(BJ1)‎4 Mei 2013Borussia Dortmund 1 - Bayern München 1


DFB-Pokal ‎(DFBP)‎28 Feb 2013Bayern München 1 - Borussia Dortmund 0


Bundesliga Jerman ‎(BJ1)‎2 Des 2012Bayern München 1 - Borussia Dortmund 1

Piala Super Jerman ‎(PSJ)‎13 Agu 2012Bayern München 2 - Borussia Dortmund 1

DFB-Pokal ‎(DFBP)‎13 Mei 2012Borussia Dortmund 5 - Bayern München 2

If we look at the data above, it can be concluded FC Bayern superior. 

Two German Coaches

BVB: Jürgen Norbert Klopp (16/06/1967). German nationality.
He has coached 2 clubs with 4 trophies, but he has never won the champions league and that's the difference with Jupp. Even so, he is a coach that is quite exceptional. By relying on the majority of the young players, he won three trophies in two seasons in a row and 1 trophy in the previous 3 years.
And about UCL, in 2012, he and his team can't get away from the group. But the next season, he and his team showed extraordinary performance, they showed that they had learned from the previous season. They successfully reached the final. He and his team have had 7 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.

FC Bayern: Jupp Heynckes (09/05/1945). German nationality.
He is one of the experienced coaches. A legendary player in Borussia Monchengladbach, he has coached 9 clubs with 7 trophies, one of which is the champions league trophy (with Real Madrid in 1997-1998). 
UCL in 2012, he and his team ended up in second place. And in the Champions League this time, he and his team successfully reached the finals again. He and FC Bayern have had 9 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. 

Two German Captain

BVB: Sebastian Kehl (13/02/1980). German nationality.
Over at the senior career, he has won five trophies with his club (BVB). In the national team, he has won a runner-up titles (2002 World Cup) and 2 third place (Confederation Cup in 2005 & 2006 World Cup). 
In this season, he has 34 appearances with 2 assists. 

FC Bayern: Philipp Lahm (11/11/1983). German nationality.
During his career in senior, Lahm has won 12 trophies with his club (FC Bayern). He became captain of FC Bayern since 2011, replacing van Bommel who moved to Milan. In the national team, Lahm has won two runner-up titles (U19 UEFA EURO in 2002 & 2008) and two third-ranked (World Cup in 2006 & 2010).
In this season, he has 45 appearances with 16 assists. 

Two German Goalkeeper

This is the most I've been waiting for. Senior goalkeeper against his junior. I think these two very worthy goalkeeper to cooperate in the German national team. But I don't know why Low didn't put Weidenfeller into the national team. 

Weidenfeller (06/08/1980), German nationality:
He has won 3 trophies with his club, BVB.
Height: 188cm & weight: 85kg. 

UEFA competition debut:
Club: UEFA Cup (Quarter-finals)
08/03/01: Kaiserslautern 1-0 PSV
National team: UEFA European Under-18 Championship (Preliminary round )
29/10/98: Norway 3-2 Germany

This season, he has 48 matches with his club. He conceded 53 goals and 13 to nil.



And what about Manuel Neuer?
Manuel Neuer a.k.a Manu or Neuer (27/03/1986), he has won 4 trophies with his clubs, Schalke and FC Bayern. And a trophy with National Team U-21. 
Also, he has a lot of individual awards. Fritz Walter Medal 2005 in silver (category U19), the best Bundesliga GK in 2007, best UEFA European U-21 GK in 2009, Silberness Lorbeerblatt in 2010, German Footballer of the year in 2011, UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament in 2012, and ESM GK of the year in 2012. 

Height: 193cm & weight: 93kg.
UEFA competetition debut:
Club: UEFA Champions League (Group stage)
18/09/07: Schalke 0-1 Valencia
National team: UEFA European Under-19 Championship (Elite round)
14/05/05: Germany 3-0 Croatia


This season, he has 48 matches with his club. He conceded 30 goals and 28 to nil.

In terms of the award, Manu was ahead of his senior, but don't ever underestimate his senior. Because his appearance is also very brilliant this season, especially in the Champions League. And, of course I'm very proud of the two goalkeepers of both teams are from Germany. 

Defense and Attack from Defenders
Dortmund: Hummels (Germany, 16/12/1988), Subotic (Bosnia, 10/12/1988 || Serbia National Team), Piszczek (Poland, 03/06/1985), Schmelzer (Germany, 22/01/1988), and Santana (Brazil, 17/03/1986). 

This season,
Hummels has 41 appearances with 3 goals and 5 assists. 
Subotic has 40 appearances with 3 goals. 
Piszczek has 45 appearances with 2 goals and 8 assists. 
Schmelzer has 45 appearances with 2 goals and 2 assists. 
Santana has 31 appearances with 3 goals and 1 assist.

*Open http://www.whoscored.com/Teams/44 for Tackles, Interceptions, Offsides won, Clearances, Shot Blocked. 

Hummels has won 4 trophies (3 with Dortmund and 1 with National Team U21) and 2 individual awards. 
Subotic has won 3 trophies. 
Piszczek has won 4 trophies (1 with Zaglebie and 3 with Dortmund). 
Schmelzer has won 4 trophies (3 with Dortmund and 1 with National Team U21). 
Santana has won 3 trophies. 

FC Bayern: Lahm (Germany, 11/11/1983), Boateng (Germany, 03/09/1988), Dante (Brazil, 18/10/1983), Van Buyten (Belgium, 07/02/1978), Alaba (Austria, 24/06/1992). (Without Badstuber because injured). 

This season,
Lahm has 45 appearances with 16 assists. 
Boateng has 38 appearances with 2 goals and 2 assists 
Dante has 44 appearances with 1 goal and 2 assists. 
Van Buyten has 22 appearances. 
Alaba has 36 appearances with 5 goals and 5 assists. 

*Open http://www.whoscored.com/Teams/37 for Tackles, Interceptions, Offsides won, Clearances, Shot Blocked.

Lahm has won 14 trophies (2 in U19 Bundesliga) and 13 individual awards. 
Boateng has won 6 trophies (1 with City, 2 with FC Bayern, 3 with Junior National Team). 
Dante has won 4 trophies (2 with Standard Liege and 2 with FC Bayern). 
Van Buyten has won 8 trophies. 
Alaba has won 5 trophies and 2 individual awards. 

Brilliant Defensive Midfielders
Dortmund: Ilkay Gundogan (Germany, 24/10/1990), Sven Bender (Germany, 27/04/1989), and Sebastian Kehl (Germany, 13/02/1980), Nuri Sahin (Germany, 05/09/1988 || but his national team is Turkey). 

Ilkay has won 2 trophies with Die Borrusen, Sven has won 3 trophies with Die Borussen and 1 with National Team U19, Kehl has won 5 trophies with Die Borrusen, Sahin has won 1 trophy with Die Borussen; 1 with Feyenoord;1 with Real Madrid; 1 with National Team U17; and 4 individual awards. 

This season with Die Borrusen, Ilkay has 44 appearances with 3 goals and 4 assists. Sven has 33 appearances with 1 goal. Kehl has 34 appearances with 2 assists. Meanwhile, Sahin has 17 appearances with 3 goals and 3 assists. 

FC Bayern: Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany, 01/08/1984), Javi Martinez (Spain, 02/09/1988), Luiz Gustavo (Brazil, 23/07/1987). 


Schweini has won 15 trophies with FC Bayern and 3 individual awards. Javi has won 1 trophy with FC Bayern, 4 trophies with senior national team and his junior, and 1 individual award. Meanwhile, Gustavo has won 2 trophies with FC Bayern. 

This season with FC Bayern, Schweini has 43 appearances with 9 goals and 9 assists. Javi has 41 appearances with 3 goals and 3 assists. Gustavo has 35 appearances with 4 goals and 1 assist. 

Fantastic Attacking Midfielders
Dortmund: Reus (Germany, 31/05/1989), Kuba (Poland, 14/12/1985), Grosskreutz (Germany, 19/07/1988). (In this final, Dortmund without Gotze because injured, so I didn't include him). 

Reus has won 1 individual award. Kuba has won 4 trophies (1 with Wisla Krakow and 3 with Dortmund) and 7 individual awards. Meanwhile, Grosskreutz has won 3 trophies. 

This season, Reus has 48 appearances with 19 goals and 11 assists, Kuba has 40 appearances with 14 goals and 12 assists, Grosskreutz has 43 appearances with 2 goals and 5 assists. 

FC Bayern: Robben (the Netherlands, 23/01/1984), Ribery (France, 07/04/1983), Muller (13/09/1989). (In this final, FC Bayern also without Kroos because injured, so I didn't include him). 

Robben has won 15 trophies (2 with PSV, 6 with Chelsea, 2 with Real Madrid, and 5 with FC Bayern) and 12 individual awards. 
Ribery has won 10 trophies (1 with Galatasaray, 1 with Marseille, and 8 with FC Bayern) and 12 individual awards. 
Muller has won 5 trophies with FC Bayern and 7 individual awards. 

This season, Robben has 29 appearances with 12 goals and 8 assists. Ribery has 41 appearances with 11 goals and 18 assists. Muller has 45 appearances with 22 goals and 14 assists. 

The Prolific Forward
Dortmund: Lewy (Poland, 21/08/1988) and Schieber (Germany, 13/02/1989). 

This season, Lewy has 48 appearances with 36 goals and 7 assists. Schieber has 36 appearances with 5 goals and 2 assists. 

Lewy has won 7 trophies (1 with Znicz, 3 with Lech Poznan, and 3 with Dortmund) and 8 individual awards. 
Schieber didn't win anything, but he was so impressive with his team. 

FC Bayern: Gomez (Germany, 10/07/1985), Mandzukic (Croatia, 27/05/1986), Pizarro (Peru, 03/10/1978). 

This season, Gomez has 30 appearances with 17 goals and 3 assists. Mandzukic has 38 appearances with 21 goals and 2 assists. Meanwhile, Pizarro has 28 appearances with 13 goals and 7 assists. 

Gomez has won 6 trophies (1 with Stuttgart, 5 with FC Bayern) and 3 individual awards. 
Mandzukic has won 7 trophies (5 with Dinamo Zagreb and 2 with FC Bayern) and 4 individual awards. 
Pizarro has won 12 trophies (10 with FC Bayern and 2 with Bremen) and 4 individual awards.

Uniqueness Between Their Junior and Senior Teams
I'm so proud and salute with Dortmund and FC Bayern. They are very much using players from their own academy.

Dortmund: In BVB, there are 6 players who played for the youth team in BVB's academy. They are Hornschuh (2002-2009), Gotze (2001-2009), Nuri Sahin (2000-2005), Grosskreutz (2002-2003), Schmelzer (2005-2007), Alomeric (2006-2010).
And 1 player from their rival, FC Bayern, he is Matt Hummels (1995-2006). Matt Hummels had played in the youth team with his brother (Jonas) and under the control of his father, his father was part of the youth coordinator.

Matt had played with the first team (FC Bayern) as much as one time. After that, he moved to Dortmund because it's hard to compete into the first team. In the first squad, one team with many star players who are still playing in the final this time, like Lahm, Van Buyten, Ribery, Schweini, Toni Kroos, Pizarro. And in the reserve with Badstuber, Toni Kroos, Muller.
So in this UCL Final, he was quite familiar with the atmosphere at FC Bayern.

And what about FC Bayern?
FC Bayern: In FC Bayern, there are 7 players who played for the youth team in FCB's academy. They are Lahm (1995-2001), Contento (1995-2008), Alaba (2008-2009), Badstuber (2002-2007), Schweini (1998-2002), Emre Can (2009-2011), Toni Kroos (2006-2007).

And thats! Some comparisons between Dortmund and FC Bayern. I apologize if there are errors in the data or a word or phrase.
In the final this time, I have decided to choose Bayern Munich because it is the first football team that I know and I love. But I respect and salute to Dortmund. And lastly, I hope the game runs with peace and honesty, as well as generating positive things for the German national team. Amen!

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