FC Bayern — Best pictures!

Hamburg’s Croatian striker Mladen Petric (pictured) had a hat-trick as his side pummeled French underdogs Guingamp 5:1 in their Europa League playoff game in France yesterday.

German side Bayern Munich remain interested in signing Chelsea’s Portuguese defender Jose Bosingwa (pictured), according to The Telegraph, a British newspaper. We take a look at the defender’s position at Chelsea and whether he should take the plunge.

Bayern Munich’s Bastian Schweinsteiger (pictured) scored the opener in Germany’s 2:0 win over Azerbaijan in a World Cup 2010 qualifier Wednesday to simultaneously capture the top spots in the FTBL rankings of midfielders in the German Bundesliga and German

The World Cup 2010 qualifier between Germany and Azerbaijan will have a more interesting subtext as the two leading German strikers, Mario Gomez of Bayern Munich and FC Koln’s Lukas Podolski, battle it out for the top spot in the FTBL ranking of German

Chelsea's Germany skipper Michael Ballack could be expected to boost his rating when he leads his country in a World Cup 2010 qualifier against Azerbaijan Wednesday; his plank to beat in the encounter will amount to just 5 rating points.