FC Bayern Munich in international football competitions nation's Raja Casablanca (who had unexpectedly eliminated the South American champions Atlético Mineiro) in the final to be crowned world champions for a third time. As in the European Cup and the Intercontinental Cup, they were the first German club to lift the World Club Cup. Bayern retained both the Bundesliga and the German Cup in 2014 in dominant fashion, but lost their grip on the Champions League after a heavy defeat to Real Madrid, who again went on to win it (exactly as had transpired in 2002). That summer, Germany won the 2014 FIFA World Cup: serving Bayern players
Central German Metropolitan Region still declining. The region is located at historically and presently important trade corridors in central Europe. The routes of several highways of the International E-road network as well as two major German expressways (A9 Munich-Berlin and A14 Dresden-Wismar) are running through it. Leipzig-Halle is a major railway hub along the Berlin–Palermo railway axis which is part of the Trans-European high-speed rail network. Other railway main lines connect it with Dresden, Frankfurt, Frankfurt Airport or Prague. Leipzig-Halle airport serves as the main airport of the region. It is the second largest fright airport in Germany and a hub of DHL express