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Event: CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2021-2022

Date: 07.12.2021

Over the years Bayern Munich have established themselves as one of the most successful European clubs. The Stern des Sudens (Star of the South) are the dominant force in German football and it has to be noted that the Bavarians clinched their 26th Bundesliga title in 2016. Bayern Munich have won 18 German Cup trophies, while winning the Champions League (European Cup) five times.

The German giants clinched the Intercontinental Cup in 1976 and 2001, while lifting the FIFA Club World Cup trophy in 2013. Bayern Munich was founded in 1900 by eleven football players and their leader was Franz John. The Bavarians host their rivals at Allianz Arena (75,000), the stadium that was built in 2005.

Fellow Bavarian sides TSV 1860 Munchen 1860 and Nurnberg are regarded as Bayern Munich’s fiercest rivals, but the rivalry between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern is big as well. The likes of Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Franz Beckenbauer, Lothar Matthaus, Oliver Kahn, Gerd Muller and Giovane Elber are famous footballers who played for Bayern Munich in the past.

The standout games, clearly, will be those between Manchester City and PSG, the latter of which now boasts Lionel Messi, but it’s the presence of RB Leipzig that makes the group interesting. It’s always the third side that adds the element of danger. It looked last season as though City had finally cracked its glass ceiling, with highly impressive victories over Borussia Dortmund and, in the semifinal, PSG. But then in the final came another of Pep Guardiola’s mystifying player selections and defeat to Chelsea. City’s biggest opponent in Europe, it often feels, is its manager’s tendency to overthink big games.

Will Messi carry Paris Saint-Germain to the Champions League at last? He remains a brilliant attacking player, but scoring goals hasn’t really been an issue for PSG. The problem is the gulf that frequently opens up between the midfield and a forward line inconsistent in performing its defensive duties. The more valuable signings may be those of Achraf Hakimi, Sergio Ramos and Georginio Wijnaldum, and the Kylian Mbappé saga—whether he goes to Real Madrid now or becomes an out-of-contract wantaway star for the remainder of this season—hovers over everything.

Leipzig is perhaps not so strong as it has been, in transition after a second-place finish in the Bundesliga. U.S. manager Jesse Marsch has replaced Julian Nagelsmann, while Dayot Upamecano and Ibrahim Konaté have both left, placing a major strain on the center of the defense. Club Brugge, meanwhile, has never made it through the group stage of the Champions League, but Philippe Clement’s side has posed problems in the past two seasons, and center back Odilon Kossounou is the only major departure.

From a U.S. standpoint, in addition to Marsch, the group features three U.S. internationals in Man City's Zack Steffen, Leipzig's Tyler Adams and Brugge's Owen Otasowie.