Bayern Munich back out of signing Dortmund star

According to the Mail Online, Bayern Munich have pulled out of potentially signing Borussia Dortmund and Germany star Marco Reus, leaving other teams to fight out for the player’s signature.

The door has now been left wide open for Real Madrid and the Premier Leagues top clubs, such as Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal and Manchester City, who are all apparently interested in signing the forward.

According to Bild, Bayern decided to take themselves out of the equation on the basis that they already had enough forwards, and that they did not want to worsen their relationship with Dortmund.

Notorious buyers

In the past few years Bayern Munich have signed star players from Dortmund, with Mario Gotze and Robert Lewandowski swapping football at the Westfalenstadion for the Allianz Arena.

Both players have become key members to FC Bayern’s squad, and are showing their worth at the current Bundesliga champions.

Spain or England?

Now that Bayern have withdrawn themselves from the Marco Reus saga, Real Madrid do look to be the favourites to sign the 25-year-old.

But with Real Madrid potentially receiving a transfer ban, it looks like the Premier League where the German star could end up next summer.

The Dortmund forward has made 23 appearances for the German national side, scoring 7 goals, but sadly missed out on the World Cup win last year.

Reus was also Dortmund’s player of the year during the 2013-2014 period, but their poor form this year makes him likely to move on next season.

Germany Kroos past the hosts in their own back yard

Germany thrash Brazil 7-1 in Belo Horizonte to book their place in the World Cup final

The German players celebrate after scoring one of their 7 goals against a dejected Brazil side

Today was meant to be the day that Brazil took another step towards their dream of winning a sixth world cup in Brazil, by beating Germany, and making it to the final where they would face either Argentina or the Netherlands. But that was not the case, as the German’s completely demolished the hosts 7-1, which included the German’s scoring 4 goals in 6 minutes, booking their place in the World Cup final.

The result left the world in shock, people watching at home were gob-smacked, and social-networking went crazy. No-one expected a game where 2 world cup records were to be broken in such an important game. Germany did take the lead in the 11th minute through their top-scorer so far this tournament Thomas Muller, who volleyed home the first goal of the match, which was put on a plate to him by a well-worked Toni Kroos corner, which left him in plenty of space.

Germany then made it 2-0 in the 23rd minute through Miroslav Klose, who’s goal made him the new record holder of the most goals scored at World Cup finals, with tonight being his sixteenth, beating Brazilian Ronaldo’s record of fifteen, who was their in Belo Horizonte, to witness his national side getting taught a lesson in football by the Germans. His goal was the perfect example of a great goalscorer. Kroos played through Muller, who then set up Klose. His first effort was saved by Julio Cesar, but he showed his true poacher instincts and buried the rebound.

Germany then made it 3-0 a minute later through Toni Kroos, as Philip Lahm played a ball into the box, which fell to Kroos on the edge of box, and he fires home brilliantly with his left foot, and then the German’s made it 4-0 in the 26th minute, which was effectively straight after Brazil kicked off. After a few passes around the back, Fernandinho was caught short, Toni Kroos robs him, plays it to Khedira, who then passes it back to Kroos who scores his second in two minutes,

Germany’s fifth goal then came in the 29th minute through Khedria, who received the ball in space after David Luiz was caught completely out of position, Khedira plays the ball to Ozil, who passes the ball back to Khedira, who then fired home to make it 5-0.

It finished 5-0 at half time, with many boos coming from the Brazilian fans, and jubilant cheers from the German’s. Neither set of fans could believe it.

Germany started slower in the second half, but that still did not stop them compiling more misery on the Brazilians, as in the 69th minute, substitute Andre Schurrle scores Germany’s sixth. The goal began when Khedira on the right played the ball into Lahm who was in acres of space in the box, he then picked out Schurrle in the box who then simply had to tap the ball in. It was also Schurrle who scored Germany’s final seventh goal in the 79th minute, which was without a doubt the goal of the game, as a long ball was played forward to Muller, who played it in to Schurrle, who took a touch and from around the edge of the box half-volleyed the ball brilliantly in off the crossbar.

The Brazilians did score a pretty pointless consolation goal, as a long ball forward fell to Oscar, who then got past Boateng, and scored to make it 7-1 in the 90th minute. That was the last of the goals from this game, but if their was going to be more, it’s pretty fair to say you would expect that it would be the German’s who would be scoring them.

The final whistle marked the end of the embarrassing ordeal, with many Brazilian fans and players left in disbelief. They are now out of the 2014 World Cup, and can now at best earn a third place finish. Germany on the other hand, they are through to the World Cup final, and they have sent a very strong message to whoever they shall be facing, either Argentina or the Netherlands, they will both have to be wary. A fantastic performance from the German’s, which turned out to be the biggest ever victory in a World Cup semi-final, and they can now look to the final with great anticipation, with the whole squad appearing to be in great form, with players such as Kroos, Khedira and Muller in particular looking very threatening for whoever they face in Rio de Janeiro on the 13th July.

Argentina will face the Netherlands tomorrow in Sao Paulo, with both looking to book a place in the final this Sunday against Germany. Surely there will not be as much of a dominant performance in that game as there was in today’s game? We’ll have to wait and see.

Germany forward Miroslav Klose is close to breaking the World Cup goals record

Miroslav Klose becomes level with former Brazilian striker Ronaldo on goals scored at World Cups after scoring in 2-2 draw with Ghana

Klose sticks out a leg to convert Howedes’ flick on for his 15th World Cup finals goal

Both Group G hopefuls Germany and Ghana met at Estadio Castelao in Fortaleza on 21st June, which did prove to be a very even affair. Ghana did boast the statistic of more shots and shots on target, but unsurprisingly Germany did seem to dictate the game more with higher possession. It was Germany who took the lead in the second half through Bayern Munich star Mario Gotze, but the lead did not last long as 3 minutes later Ghana were level through an Andre Ayew goal. Ghana then went on to take the lead through striker Asamoah Gyan on the 63rd minute, but Germany fought back and found the equaliser through goal-machine Miroslav Klose, which turned out to be Klose’s 15th goal at World Cup finals, equalling the record set by former Brazilian star Ronaldo.

The 36 year old Lazio forward has scored 70 goals in 133 matches for Germany, which makes him Germany’s all time top-goal scorer, a record he took from former Germany forward Gerd Muller, and now it looks like he will soon be the holder of another record.

Klose’s first World Cup finals goal for Germany came in 2002 in Japan, during a group match against Saudi Arabia, which proved to be an emphatic performance for the striker as he then went on to score another 2, earning his first hat-trick for Germany.

His fourth goal came only four days later in a group match against Republic of Ireland, and his fifth and final goal of the 2002 World Cup came in their final group game against Cameroon, as Klose scores from close range in Shizuoka.

Klose’s sixth World Cup finals goal came on home soil in the 2006 World Cup in Munich, in a group stage match against Costa Rica, and his seventh came later on in the same match against Costa Rica. 11 days later, Klose scored his eight against Ecuador in Berlin, and later on in the same game scored his ninth, which left him so far with 4 goals in 2 games at the 2006 World Cup. His tenth goal for Germany at World Cup finals is considered one of his most important, as it came in the quarter finals against Argentina, this proves to be his final goal at that World Cup.

4 years on in 2010, Klose at his 3rd World Cup tournament in South Africa, scored his eleventh goal for Germany at World Cup finals, which featured in a group match against Australia. His twelfth goal at World Cup finals came on 27th June against England in Germany’s 4-1 win, and then scored his thirteenth 6 days later on 3rd July against Argentina, and his fourteenth came later on in the same game as Germany thrashed Argentina 4-0.

And as we all know, Klose’s 15th goal at World Cup finals came against Ghana on 21st June in the sides 2-2 draw in the group stages. Klose is now level on goals with Ronaldo, and has the opportunity to score his record-breaking sixteenth goal at World Cup finals in Germany’s final group game against USA in Recife.

Not only has Klose levelled with Ronaldo on goals scored at World Cup finals, but he has now joined with Pele and Uwe Seeler as one of the only players to score at 4 different World Cup tournaments.

Miroslav Klose has been hailed by some as one of the greatest goal-scorers of the 21st century and in footballing history, he has been said to have an instinct for scoring which makes him superior to his rival forwards. Even so at the moment it does seem slightly tougher to score at the same rate that he used to as he now features less for his national side due to the recently used false 9 formation, which does appear to be similar to Barcelona’s, as instead of using an out-and-out striker, they will use other talents such as Thomas Muller and Mario Gotze who are both proven goal-scorers, playing in a centre-forward role, with two wide-men either side, who will appear to advance further than the centre-forward.

This has proven to be effective as Germany have made a good start to this World Cup campaign, with a resounding 4-0 win against Portugal in their first game, with Thomas Muller grabbing the first hat-trick of this World Cup, and after picking up another point in a tough game against Ghana, they look fairly certain qualifying for the knock-out stages. They will look to sign off from the group stages in style though as they face USA and their coach, former player Jurgen Klinsmann in their final group match tomorrow, who have impressed this year as they too are currently on 4 points and could also make the knock-out stages.