News: FC Bayern, FC Barcelona, ​​Marten de Roon

"We want to win every game," said Manuel Neuer after the 3-1 opening victory against Chelsea. "And reach the final at the end." Mouths were open. Such a challenge had not been heard from the Hoffenheim camp for a long time. Coach Vincent Kompany didn't even attempt to rein in his charging keeper; instead, he talked about wanting to win the Champions League. Are you stupid? Or were the two of them not quite aware of what Uli Hoeneß had recently announced? In international comparison, FC Bayern is TSG Hoffenheim, translated: the poorhouse of Europe. That Hoeneß's statement is, of course, utter nonsense was clear from the very first second, when Bayern got the ball rolling last night and the account went "ka-ching" loud and clear: 18.62 million euros were awarded just for participating this year, with an additional 2.1 million euros for the win. That's the equivalent of Adam Hlozek, Hoffenheim's record signing, plus a standard Rogon commission for bringing in a talentless Brazilian. It speaks volumes for the FC Bayern team that they're not paying too much attention to Hoeneß's constant prophecies of doom, with which he's been dismantling the club for months, in the early stages of this season. Chelsea, semi-officially the best club team in the world, had a surprisingly small chance against the intense pressing of Kompany's eleven. This makes it clear that the Hoffenheim comparison is a huge stretch – Bayern are at least the VfL Wolfsburg of the Champions League!