what is it with all those Arsenal fans remebering that win against Bayern in the 2nd game and forgetting how bad they were beaten in the first? Munich did just enough in that game to make it to the next round, thats the main reason Arsenal won that game.

Thiago is still out with an injury a couple of weeks. Goetze made his comeback from injury in this game. So the notion that both "cant make the squad" is a bit misleading.

I would argue the football players have much more power than their american counterparts. First of all they are not drafted and forced to play with a team for an established salary and time (often to their monetary detriment), they play for as long as the contract says that they negotiaded. They cant just be traded…

Dortmund wasnt stupid to sell Goetze, he had a buyout clause. a clause he requested to sign a new contract one year ago. you may talk about how stupid a buyout clause is, but it was the only way he would sign and otherwise he would be gone for less. Bayern just matched the clause (37M), nothing Dortmund could do about…

would be very friendly to call that german team they beat a B-team, more like a C, in part a D level talented team. alot of players in vacation mode after a long season who never played together.