Luis Díaz scored and gained a title on his Bayern Munich debut after a 2-1 win over Stuttgart within the German Supercup on Saturday.
Harry Kane additionally scored for the Bundesliga champion to win the least essential trophy of the season, opening the scoring within the 18th minute when the ball dropped kindly for him to shoot contained in the left put up.
Bayern dominated the early phases, however Stuttgart fought again with Nick Woltemade drawing a superb save from Manuel Neuer.
Woltemade was and probably nonetheless is a summer time switch goal for Bayern. The golf equipment have to date been unable to agree on a charge regardless of the participant’s openness to the transfer.
Luis Diaz scored Bayern Munich’s second objective. (Photograph by S. Mellar/FC Bayern by way of Getty Photos)
Díaz joined Bayern from Liverpool final month and stays the membership’s greatest deal of the offseason.
Neuer produced an excellent reflex save to disclaim Jamie Leweling two minutes earlier than Díaz scored within the 77th when Leweling was receiving remedy after clashing knees with Bayern’s Sacha Boey.
Leweling recovered and headed Stuttgart’s comfort in stoppage time.
It’s the fourth yr that German soccer officers have staged what was the standard curtain-raiser for the season on the identical weekend as the primary spherical of the German Cup, forcing the members to postpone their cup video games.
Stuttgart begins its title protection at Eintracht Braunschweig on Aug. 26 with Bayern enjoying third-division facet Wehen Wiesbaden the next day.
German Cup video games
Wolfsburg routed fifth-tier SV Hemelingen 9-0 within the first spherical of the German Cup, and different Bundesliga groups additionally loved large wins over lower-league opposition.
Two-time champion Leipzig twice got here from behind to beat fourth-tier SV Sandhausen 4-2 with new signings Ezechiel Banzuzi and Yan Diomande scoring.
Heidenheim gained at 10-man fourth-tier Bahlinger SC 5-0, Hoffenheim gained at third-division Hansa Rostock 4-0, and Freiburg gained at fourth-tier membership Sportfreunde Lotte 2-0.
Hamburger SV, which clinched its return to the Bundesliga final season, survived a scare at fifth-tier Pirmasens, equalizing late to ship the match to additional time, the place Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer headed the winner for 2-1.
Königsdörffer was enjoying for Hamburg solely as a result of a proposed early August transfer to Good broke down after his medical test with the French workforce.
Bochum additionally wanted a late objective to degree earlier than prevailing at nine-man Dynamo Berlin 3-1.
St. Pauli wanted penalties to get previous fourth-tier Hamburg rival Eintracht Norderstedt, whereas fourth-tier Bavarian workforce FV Illertissen upset Miroslav Klose’s Nuremberg by profitable 6-5 on penalties after their recreation ended 3-3 with additional time.
Additionally, second-division facet Darmstadt gained at fourth-tier Lübeck 2-1, and third-division Energie Cottbus gained 1-0 to upset Hannover, which is enjoying within the division above.
Reporting by The Related Press.
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