After four matches Champions League matches for Bayern Munich without conceding a goal, it only took an İlkay Gündoğan penalty to bring the german title winners back to earth. Gündoğan sends Neuer the wrong way as he calmly brings the match to a level 1:1

It was truly a marvelous Champions League final with both sides showing their prowess in front of the entire world. In this scene, Neven Subotić (m.) breaks the hearts of Arjen Robben (r.) and the pass supplier Thomas Müller by preventing the second score

Arjen Robben (l.) finds himself in a familiar situation against Roman Weidenfeller (r.) in the 89th minute of the Champions League final. The dutchman saw his woes in front of goal in major competition finally come to an end and with it a 2:1 victory. (25

Fans of the german club Borussia Dortmund reach for a higher power before the beginning of their Champions League finale against their national rival Bayern Munich.

That was the question asked by many Borussia Dortmund fans during the first-leg match against Real Madrid. The competition must have been dream-like for the Dortmund side and as Robert Lewandowski (l.) outwits Diego Lopez (m.) from the penalty to a 4:1 le

The polish international Robert Lewandowski made history in the Champions League against Real Madrid. Never before had a player scored four goals in a semi-final match. Thanks to some marvelous footwork by the striker, he is able to leave Xabi Alonso, Die

Thomas Müller (r.) celebrates with teammates Franck Ribery (m.) and Mario Gomez (l.) the 1:0 lead against Barcelona. After the 4:0 thrashing of the catalans, Bayern has one foot safely in the door of the Champions League final. (23.4.2013)

Against Barcelona in the first leg of the Champions League semifinal, Arjen Robben (m.) took his talents deep in the defensive side. In this scene, the dutchman removes the ball cleverly from Barca's left back Jordi Alba (l.)

The dynamic duo of Franck Ribery and David Alaba was unstoppable in the semi-finals against Barcelona. After the frenchman provided his wingmate Alaba with the ball, he picks out a crafty ball into the penalty area which Müller can tip into the net before

In front of 40,000 desperate fans, Juventus Turin tried to catch up from the 0:2 hole dug during the first leg. Sometimes this led to unfair actions, to the point that Manuel Neuer (l.) had to express his anger with Mirko Vučinić (r.) and the unfair acti

In the second leg of the quarterfinal match between Juve and Bayern Munich, the italians already down 0:2 from the first leg, had to be crafty to try and catch up. In this scene Chiellini (l.) stands in front of Bayern keeper Manuel Neuer, ducking as Pirl

Perhaps Barcelona could have won their Champions League quarter-final match against Paris St. Germain without Lionel Messi but Francisco Vilanova didn't want to take any chances. Despite his injured leg, Messi was substituted into the match to turn the 0:

Zlatan Ibrahimovic (m.) was greeted on his return to Barcelona's Camp Nou in a rather unfriendly manner by his ex-teammates Dani Alves (r.) and Sergio Busquets (l.). Ibrahimovic's new home at Paris Saint-Germain were, for a majority of the match the bette

Thanks to Pedro (r.) FC Barcelona's dreams of another Champions League victory would not be destroyed by Paris St. Germain. The spaniard netted the important equalizer and immediately took to celebration. On the other end of the spectrum, PSG players real

Thanks to Pedro's (l.) powerful left-footed shot, Barcelona can celebrate their Champions League semifinal entrance. It is telling for strength of the PSG side that the presumed best club in the world could only play them to two draws. (10.4.2013)

Without very much pressure, Joaquín Sánchez Rodríguez (r.) in the 25th minute is allowed to take his time and pick his corner. The crafty player decides on the bottom right corner while Neven Subotić (l.) attempts to deflect the shot to no avail. (09.04.2

The marvelous combination of Mario Götze and Marco Reus paid off. Reus, who beautifully flicked the ball on to his polish teammate Robert Lewandowski (m.) can cleverly push the ball past goalkeeper Caballero and into an empty net. The goal would prove to

As the brasilian Eliseu (r.) scored ten minutes before the whistle no one could have believed that the Dortmund side could have changed the game. The germans used the 10 remaining minutes to push back thanks in particular to Felipe Santana's (l.) game win

Marco Reus brought BVB back even with their competition in the first minute of extra time but in the 93 minute Santana (m.) completed the unbelievable comeback. The brasilian stood in offsides position as he pushed the ball into the net for the 3:2 lead b

Mario Götze, Julian Schieber, Łukasz Piszczek, Kevin Großkreutz, Robert Lewandowski and Mats Hummels (left to right) let their limitless joy from their last minute victory loose. Thanks to a late match winner by Felipe Santana (m.) the party goes on for

While the Borussia Dortmund side celebrates an incredible match as a unit, Roque Santa Cruz (r.) and Vitorino Antunes (l.) of FC Málaga can only get a grip on their misfortune. It seemed as if the losing side had certainly earned their spot in the Champio

After Real Madrid's 3:0 victory in the first league of the Champions League quarterfinal, the spanish side struck first in the second leg. A perfect delivery from Sami Khedira set up Ronaldo and the striker only had to tip the ball onwards into the net af

The dutch national Wesley Sneijder put his team ahead 2:1 and with it the slim bit of hope to advance to the Champions League semifinals. In the end, his club couldn't prevent their exit from the competition at the hands of the spaniards. (09.04.2013)

Even the skillful goal, flicked in by Didier Drogba's (r.) heel could not save the turkish club from Champions League elimination. Gala managed to win the match 3:2 against Real Madrid but after the 3:0 loss in the first leg, could not prevent their exit

After a second goal from Cristiano Ronaldo against Galatasaray (l.) Real's chances to advance were practically secured. As such, Ángel Di María (m.) and Pepe (r.) relaxed and took time to celebrate in proper manner with their superstar. (09.04.2013)

Three opponents is even too much for the dribbling prowess of Mario Götze (m.) of Borussia Dortmund. Against Manuel Iturra, Jérémy Toulalan and Jesús Gámez (from left to right), Götze cannot press any further. The defensive skills of Malaga kept Götze and

Malaga's keeper Willy Caballero (r.) comes out on top against Robert Lewandowski (l.) in the Champions League quarterfinal match. The polish striker cries from a penalty from the pitch but his request falls to deaf ears in the 0:0 first leg. (4.4.2013)

In the first leg of their quarterfinal match against Galatasaray, Real Madrid made it clear that the path to the Champions League title runs through them. With a dominant performance, Sami Khedira, Mesut Özil, Gonzalo Higuain and Sergio Ramous celebrate t

After being crowned Champions League victors in 2012 with Chelsea, Didier Drogba has not had much to celebrate in his first season at Galatasaray. The Ivorian has still not scored during the campaign and after a 3:0 loss to Real Madrid are near eliminati

Toni Kroos has to check out of the duel between FC Bayern and Juventus thanks to an injury to his right adductor. With only 16 minutes played, Kroos is helped off the pitch and will be missing for between six and eight weeks of action, including, naturall

Paris St. Germain's David Beckham (r.), finally back in the Champions League, takes a moment to shake hands with the world's next big superstar Lionel Messi (l.) of Barcelona before their match on April 2nd.

Once again, the ball is away. Andres Iniesta (m.) doesn't only lose possession in this scene against Riccardo Montolivo (r.) and his Mailand teammates Ignazio Abata (2l.), Kevin Prince Boateng (l.) but throughout the Champions League quarterfinal. Barca w

Kevin Prince Boateng (l.), who gave his club the 1:0 lead, takes a moment to chat with the 2:0 finisher Sulley Ali Muntari. Two goals were more than enough to push Milan a step closer to the Champions League semifinals against Barcelona. (20.2.2013)

Burak Yilmaz (m.), his provider Selcuk Inan (l.) as well as Felipe Melo (r.) celebrate the 1:0 lead in their first leg quarterfinal match against Schalke. The score brings pandemonium to the Turk Telekom Arena but in the end the fans can only celebrate a

...Wesley Sneijder and Didier Drogba (r.), Timo Hildebrand (m.), Benedikt Höwedes (#4) and Marco Höger (#12) show their best effort to see a 1:1 tie in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinal against Galatasaray.

Bastian Schweinsteiger (m.) shows his discontent as he is shown yellow by Svein Oddvar Moen (r.). This warning in the first leg of the quarterfinal against Arsenal was Schweini's third, and prevents him from participating in the second leg. (19.2.2013)

It was an unpleasant evening for Per Mertesacker, Santi Cazorla, Aaron ramsey, Wojciech Szczesny, Theo Walcott, and Laurent Koscielny (left to right). After the 1:3 loss in the first leg quarterfinal against Bayern Munich, Arsenal's chances of advancing h

Van Buyten with the header, Szczesny (#1) saves, and Müller (r.) scores as he loses his balance. The 2:0 lead for the bavarians held up in the first leg quarterfinal match against Arsenal for a 3:1 victory. (19.02.2013)

Mats Hummels fixes his mistake by heading in his late 1:2 score for Borussia Dortmund. Despite Hummels's score, Dortmnud has to settle for a 2:2 tie in the first leg. (13.2.2013)

The ball lifts over the Dortmund wall, sinking comfortably into the goal as Darijo Srna scores to 1:0 in the Champions League quarterfinals. (13.2.2013)

Iker Casillas was out of action thanks to a hand injury, so Diego Lopez (r.) was responsible for standing in the net. Here Lopez punches an effort away before Manchester United's aggressive attack can get there. Lopez is no Iker Casillas but after the 1:1

There have been countless encounters between Manchester United and Real Madrid. It had been 10 years since the last face off and much has changed. One thing, however, has certainly stayed the same: both club's will to win. Here Robin van Persie (l.) juxta

Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo (m.) celebrates his equalizer in the quarterfinal round of the Champions League. This strike put Ronaldo at the top of the goal scoring list but his team's efforts could not prevent the match from ending without a winn