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Is the Best Still to Come? TIFO 1/9/2014

Is the Best Still to Come?

In this article, the author makes many good points about how once a team has reached the pinnacle of club football, it is only a matter of time until they fall.  Bayern Munich’s success is akin to that of Barcelona’s in the early 2000’s when, even if they did not hold the Champions League trophy, they were the team to beat.  But right now, it seems that Bayern is holding onto this spot for the long run by signing “one of the best and most coveted strikers on the planet” and having Pep Guardiola (Barcelona’s old coach) to keep the winning momentum going.

TIFO: “Neuer Named World’s Best Goalkeeper” – by Cole Sylvester

This article shows how German players are reaching the pinnacle of their careers just as the World Cup is coming around again. Neurer’s upsetting of Spanish icon Iker Casillas’s five year reign over the award demonstrates how Spain’s aging national team is losing its grip on the world stage.