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 After Champions League Bayern targets domination

DESPITE the upheaval of a coaching change and hints at buying another main striker, Bayern Munich believe they can dominate European soccer for years to come after triumphing in the Champions League at the weekend.

Arjen Robben’s 89th minute goal sealed a 2-1 win over Borussia Dortmund in the first all-German final in Europe’s top club competition and wiped away bitter Bayern memories of showpiece defeats in 2010 and 2012.

The Bundesliga champions can complete a German treble in the German Cup final against VfB Stuttgart next Saturday and such is the strength of their overall set-up, further success is fully expected in the next few seasons.

Bayern Coach, Jupp Heynckes, 68, is retiring at the end of the season having become only the fourth manager to have lifted the European Cup with two different clubs having also won with Real Madrid in 1998.

He gives way to ultra successful former Barcelona boss, Pep Guardiola and with Dortmund’s Germany midfielder, Mario Goetze already signed up for next term and their striker Robert Lewandowski also eyed, Bayern’s confidence can only skyrocket.

“Bayern will have to prove that they can continue to achieve these things but it is quite possible a new era might have begun for Bayern Munich,” Heynckes told a news conference.

A year ago, the Bavarians were distraught after losing the final to Chelsea from a winning position on their home ground but after weathering an early Dortmund storm at Wembley, their experience shone though.

“We didn’t resign ourselves to our fate (after the Chelsea defeat),” Heynckes said. “We upped the ante and tried even harder. You have seen the result.”


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