I still dont believe this to be completely true, but in what could be a dream come true for millions of football fans across India the Bundesliga champion team Bayern Munich will take on domestic football club Mohun Bagan at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkatta later this year. Sify reports:

International football stars, including Brazilians Lucio and Ze Roberto, Germany striker Miroslav Klose and French forward Frank Ribery are expected to be part of the Bayern contingent.

This match will also be the last match for talismanic German goalkeeper Oliver Kahn, to cap off a glorious career. Quoting Deccan Chronicle, this is what he had to say - Although the Golden Ball winner of the World Cup 2002 never thought of “playing his farewell match elsewhere”, the prospect of playing in Kolkata does excite him immensely.

“I have no regrets over not playing my last professional match at the Allianz Arena. Rather, I’m quite thrilled to play in the second largest stadium in the world. I’ve played in the past in front of 100,000 people, but never before in front of 125,000,” the legendary net-minder was quoted as saying on video footage from Munich at a press meet organised by Bengal Peerless here on Wednesday. ”

However details are still sketchy, with the Statesman already pouring some cold water on my enthusiasm.

First Posted at Prem Panicker's on March 20, 2008.