Bayern’s Brazilian SuperstarPersonal informationFull name: Douglas Costa de SouzaDate of birth: 14 September 1990 Age: 25Place of birth: Sapucaia do Sul, BrazilHeight: 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)Playing position: Winger
Club informationCurrent team: Bayern MunichNumber: 11Youth career2001–2002: Novo Hamburgo2002–2008:…
After Borussia Dortmund’s miserable performance last Friday night, Bayern Munich waltzed eight points clear at the Bundesliga summit with a 3-1 victory over Schalke. Ironically, Thomas Tuchel’s Dortmund fell to the same scoreline away to Hamburg and the narrative…
Matchday 5 of the UEFA Champions League is upon us with loads of entertaining football on show. Arsenal will be hoping to bounce back from their worst ever European defeat against Bayern Munich on Matchday 4. The Gunners will…
Of course, Germany’s trip to Paris was the major talking point of the international break for all of the wrong reasons. Football was discarded as terror reigned in the French capital. Despite being understandably shaken, the national side’s friendly…
It’s been a two-horse race for much of the Hinrunde with Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund the sides making early season statements. Perhaps it’s somewhat kind to Dortmund to refer to the league in such terms, although five points…
Matchday 3 of the UEFA Champions League turned out to be a thrilling midweek for Arsenal, who ended Bayern Munich’s 100% record this season by managing a 2-0 win over the Bavarians. This time they’ll need do it all…
Munich remained seven points ahead of closest rivals Dortmund with a regulation 4-0 drubbing of Cologne at the weekend. It’s ten out of ten for the reigning Bundesliga champions, whose midweek Champions League loss to Arsenal had little effect…
While Dortmund and Schalke remain in pursuit of the German steamtrain that is Bayern Munich, hopes of stopping the champions must be low at best. Despite a lacklustre performance away at Werder Bremen, Thomas Muller's first half goal was…
The UEFA Champions League returns with some mouth-watering encounters lined up. Arsenal will look to claim their first points in the competition, but it won’t be easy as they face Pep Guardiola’s mighty Bavarian juggernaut. Speaking of juggernauts, Paris…
With Deutsch hopes of Euro 2016 qualification finally realised following a shock loss to the Republic of Ireland, their first in sixty years, fans of the Western Europeans’ domestic league will be pleased to have normality restored. Gameweek 8…