Bayern Munich is hurting. Oliver Kahn, the long-serving keeper of Die Roten (that’s the Reds for you non-linguists) is sick with the sniffles. Not the end of the world, right? This is precisely what backups are for — and Munich has the more than capable 23 year-old Michael Rensing as Ollie’s stand-in. Right? Right?

Wrong.  From Yahoo! Sports:

Michael Rensing, Kahn’s deputy, is doubtful for the round of 32 game after injuring his back while bending to tie his shoelaces.

“A couple of days ago Michael hurt his back while tying his shoes,” coach Ottmar Hitzfeld told reporters with the Bayern team. “I’m confident he’ll be able to play, though. In an emergency we’ll find someone to tie his laces for him.”

Wow.  Designated shoe-tier.  Woot.

Buzz Carrick has a new favorite Hoop. Now playing (anywhere he wants to), from Sao Paolo, Brazil, standing 5′8″, it’s number 11, André Rocha! Had to share this most excellent pic from 3rddegree (sorry, Carlos, it’s flopping time!):

As a daily reader of Buzz (and company’s) excellent blog, I’m geeked just to hear that he’s geeked. Stay tuned: I’ve asked my friends in Brazil for a full report on Rocha. Then again, they’re not fans of CAP, so I’m not sure how objective of a review I’ll get. Until then, here’s the sambafoot link on Rocha:

• http://www.sambafoot.co.uk/players/2513_Andre_Rocha.html

Anybody got more/better info on him? (One note: there are a bunch of Andre Rocha hits that come back on Google related to what appears to be a male “model”. I didn’t stick around long enough on those sites to figure out what was really going on… If you’re more of an intrepid investigator than I (and discover something soccer-related), post your findings!)