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Classics: Bayern, Dortmund take rivalry to new level

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Borussia Dortmund and FC Bayern München will face off at Wembley on 25 May but the German rivals have met on the UEFA Champions League before, in a tense quarter-final in 1997.

Classics: Bayern, Dortmund take rivalry to new level
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