Bayern Munich head coach Jupp Heynckes is expecting a tough battle against Nurnberg this weekend, despite Dieter Hecking's men current position in the league table. Heynckes said that although Nurnberg are currently sitting in 15th place, but in the derby against Bayern, Die Legende will always give their all on the pitch.

Borussia Dortmund head coach Jurgen Klopp said that he isn't worried with the latest statement coming from one of his players, Ivan Perisic, who revealed his disappointment to the press in recent interview.

Among many international friendly fixtures this Wednesday, one that should caught many attention would be Holland's meeting against Germany in Amsterdam. Germany will be without several important names such as Bastian Schweinsteiger, Miroslav Klose, Toni Kroos and Mesut Ozil.

Holland will host Germany in an important international friendly this midweek and Dutch players are looking forward for that clash, which can test the team's improvement under new coach, Louis Van Gaal.

German's intense attention on young players have been growing in the past few years and this positive development excites the national team manager, Oliver Bierhoff. Bierhoff gave Schalke's Lewis Holtby as the latest talent who broke through from the Under 21 side into Germany senior team, showing the consistency and communication between coaches.

Bundesliga defending champion Borussia Dortmund will be aiming to make up some ground in their title defense as they face bottom side Augsburg this Saturday. Coming into the weekend clash after a positive display in the Champions League, Dortmund tactician, Jurgen Klopp is hoping his team can grab a win against Augsburg.

After a pretty successful Champions League tie against Real Madrid in midweek, Borussia Dortmund are set to compete in the league again as they will face Augsburg on Saturday. Dormund coach's Jurgen Klopp believes that his team are in a good form at the moment, but he urged his players not to underestimate Augsburg, despite Markus Weinzierl's men are sitting in the bottom of Bundesliga table.

Bayern Munich trashed Lille 6-1 in the Champions League, giving the Bavarian an important three points that gets them much closer into the knock out stages. Bayern players were delighted with their big win as skipper Phillipe Lahm said that the big win once again proved their quality in the competition.

Borussia Dortmund grabbed a positive result on their travel to Madrid, after holding the Spanish champions into a 2-2 draw at Santiago Bernebau. However, Dortmund tactician, Jurgen Klopp was caught in two mind with the result as he felt they could've came away with all three points.

Arsenal will be looking for some revenge when they travel to Germany and face Schalke in match day four of the Champions League on Tuesday and former player from both sides, Jens Lehmann, believes that things might be different this time around.

Bayern Munich immediately bounce back from their first defeat in Bundesliga last weekend with a convincing 3-0 victory over Hamburg on Saturday. Bayern's head coach Jupp Heynckes was delighted with the win and performance that his players showed against Hamburg.

Things are heating up in Bundesliga especially since Bayern Munich suffered their first league defeat this season against Bayer Leverkusen last weekend. This week, the Bavarian will be looking to bounce back as they travel to Hamburg, it won't be an easy game but Bayern's head coach, Jupp Heynckes is confident that his side will bring home all three points.

Schalke have been having a flying start to their season, but their head coach Huub Stevens urged that judgements for his side should only be made by the end of campaign. Stevens acknowledged that his team are doing well at the moment, but they're still not in a place that the tactician wants them to be.

Borussia Dortmund have been Bundesliga's defending champions for the past two seasons, but this time of year things might change with Bayern Munich looking dominate at the start of the 2012/2013 season.

Bayern Munich's first league defeat against Leverkusen on Sunday didn't only bring joy to Sami Hyypia's men as Borussia Dortmund's tactician, Jurgen Klopp was among one of those enjoying Bayern's negative result.