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Lewandowski Brace Helps Bayern Win DFB-Pokal

Robert Lewandowski's double and a thumping finish from Kingsley Coman ensured Bayern Munich beat RB Leipzig 3-0 to win the DFB-Pokal and complete a domestic double in Niko Kovac's first season.Having secured a seventh straight Bundesliga title last time out, Bayern went ahead against a resilient Leipzig - featuring in their first ever major final - thanks to Lewandowski's wonderful 29th-minute header.Things would have been different if not for Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, who on his return from injury pulled off a pair of fantastic stops to deny Yussuf Poulsen and Emil Forsberg.Thiago Alcantara passed up a golden chance to extend the lead, but his miss mattered little as Coman made sure of Bayern's first domestic double in three years before Lewandowski's delicate chip rounded off a fin...
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Bayern Munich confirm interest in Leroy Sane

Bayern Munich’s pursuit of German international Leroy Sane has passed from rumor to reality: club president Uli Hoeness confirmed to the Suddeutsche Zeitung on Thursday, “We are working on this personnel matter.”Kicker  reported Bayern’s interest in Sane on Monday. Bild reported on Tuesday that Hoeness wants to sign Sane to make Bayern’s wingers the same as the German national team’s — a new FC Deutschland. And just yesterday Robert Lewandowski praised Sane as a “super player with great qualities and great potential... a player who can immediately take us higher, who improves the team.”Hoeness’ comment all but guarantees that Bayern’s interest in Sane is very, very serious. It is reported that Pep Guardiola would like to move on from Sane, and Sane’s only other interest, besides ...
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Bayern Munich winger Kingsley Coman wins france recall

Kingsley Coman has been rewarded for his strong late-season form with Bundesliga winners Bayern Munich by earning a recall for world champions France.Bayern winger Coman had not featured for his country since November 2017, after which an ankle injury ended his chance of taking part in the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.The 22-year-old has scored seven goals in all competitions since February, however, helping Bayern to become German champions for the seventh year running and to reach this Saturday’s DFB Cup final against RB Leipzig.As  a result, the former Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus wide man has been included in a 24-man squad for France’s friendly against Bolivia  (2 June) as well as their UEFA Euro 2020 qualifiers against Turkey and Andorra (8 and 11 June).Coman missed 17...
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Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben signed off in style as Bayern Munich clinch seventh straight Bundesliga title

Bayern Munich had a perfect day in the final Bundesliga game of the season, as they wrapped up a seventh straight league title and in the process, allowed two club legends to sign off on their time in the German league in style.Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben both came off the bench to score the last goals of the league campaign for the German champions, who edged Borussia Dortmund to the title by beating Eintracht Frankfurt 5-1. Both are set to leave the club after the season-ending DFB-Pokal final next Sunday, and they couldn’t have dreamed of better finishes to their time in the famous red shirt.
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Bayern Munich: Kovac’s future may depend on winning out the season, says Rummenigge

Bayern Munich’s head coach Niko Kovac seems to be on thin ice as the season draws to a close. After Bayern Munich’s frustrating 0-0 draw against RB Leipzig,  the only goal of the game disallowed for offsides on a controversial VAR review — both chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic danced around the question of whether Kovac would still be their coach next season.In a post-game interview with Sky, Rummenigge reiterated yet again that Kovac must deliver successes. He told Sky,I don’t have any problem with Niko Kovac at all. I'm always hearing the word “job guarantee, job guarantee.” At Bayern Munich, players, management, and coaches must deliver successfully deliver; that's true for everyone.On the contrary, we have good relationship. I only think...
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Bayern munich extends lead over Dortmund In Bundesliga

Bayern Munich won and moved to the verge of a record-extending seventh straight Bundesliga title on Saturday, while rival Borussia Dortmund blew a two-goal lead and drew at Werder Bremen 2-2.Robert Lewandowski, Leon Goretzka, and Franck Ribery scored for Bayern to beat last-placed Hannover 3-1 at home and move four points clear of Dortmund with two rounds to play.Hannover would have lost by more had goalkeeper Michael Esser not produced a fine performance to keep Bayern at bay, but the side has only mathematical hopes of avoiding relegation after its 22nd defeat from 32 games.Lewandowski and Goretzka gave Bayern a deserved 2-0 lead but Hannover was given a lifeline early in the second half when Jerome Boateng was penalized through VAR for handball despite being able to do little about it."...
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Dortmund captain Reus to miss game against Werder Bremen and Fortuna Dusseldorf

Marco Reus will miss Dortmund next two games against Werder Bremen and Fortuna Dusseldorf after a red card in Saturday 4-2 defeat to Schalke.Borussia Dortmund captain  Reus was sent off following a rash lunge on Suat Serdar, and will serve a two-match ban.Teammate Marius Wolf, who has been filling in as a makeshift right-back of late, received his marching orders five minutes later for a foul on the same opposition player. The 23-year-old has been handed a three-game suspension that rules him out for the rest of the season.Mario Gotze had given Dortmund the lead at the Signal Iduna Park, but goals from Daniel Caligiuri and Salif Sane put Schalke 2-1 ahead at half-time. Following Reus' sending off, Caligiuri scored from the resultant free-kick before Breel Embolo sealed the t...
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Bayern returns to top spot in Bundesliga after easy win

    Bayern Munich returned to the top of the Bundesliga after Kingsley Coman's first-half brace spearheaded a comfortable 4-1 victory at Fortuna Dusseldorf. Borussia Dortmund went to the summit on Saturday after edging out Mainz but the Bavarians were able to reclaim their position, with Coman setting them on their way after a quarter of an hour.He doubled his and Bayern's tally just before half-time while Serge Gnabry gave the visitors a 3-0 lead in the 55th minute.Dodi Lukebakio, introduced off the bench midway through the second half, pulled one back for Dusseldorf in the penultimate minute but Leon Goretzka restored Bayern's three-goal cushion in time added-on.Eintracht Frankfurt missed the opportunity to consolidate fourth spot after a surprise 3-1 defeat to lowly&...
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Bayern resume training ahead Dusseldorf match

Despite the rain on Wednesday, there were plenty of Bayern fans in attendance at Sabener Strabe to catch a glimpse of the FCB players in action for the first time since Saturday’s 5-0 thrashing of Borussia Dortmund. Niko Kovac had afforded his players two days off following the result, and they were back for an open training session as they began their preparations for Sunday’s match at Fortuna Dusseldorf, where they will look to cement their position at the top of the Bundesliga table.One absentee was Franck Ribery, who had called in sick and missed the long practice match Kovac allowed his players to close out the session. Alphonso Davies was working alone on a nearby pitch after his knee injury, while Arjen Robben continued his own recovery programme away from his teammates, who fo...
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Bayern Munich crush Borussia Dortmund to top Bundesliga

Bayern Munich took a big step towards winning a seven th straight Bundesliga title by thrashing Dortmund 5-0 in a crunch clash at the top of the table.Bayern overtook Dortmund by one point and with Robert Lewandowski in good form,Niko Kovac's men will now take some stopping in the final six matches.Robert Lewandowski bagged two goals against his old club and his opener in the earned the Pole a 200th strike in Bundesliga to join an elite club.They were made to pay as another former Dortmund player, Mats Hummels, headed home the opener from a corner.An understandably much hyped affair given the importance of the match, the 100th Bundesliga "Klassiker" was realistically over when Lewandowski made it 2-0.Centre back Dan-Axel Zagadou seemingly didn't spot a lurking Lewandowski and his pass...
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Robert Lewandoski brace help 10-man Bayern edge German cup thriller

Robert Lewandoski bagged a brace off the bench to send 10-man Bayern Munich into the German Cup semi-finals as his late penalty secured a 5-4 home win against second division Heidenheim on Wednesday.Lewandowski came on for the second half and netted the winning penalty six minutes from fulltime for 18-times cup winners Bayern, who had Niklas Suele sent off after 15 minutes."I don't know how to rate this game," said Bayern midfielder Thomas Mueller."That they came back to 4-4 after we led 4-2, so that cannot please us. The match should have gone differently after we went 1-0 up."The Bundesliga champions took the lead through Leon Goretzka's 12th-minute opener, but goals from Robert Glatzel and Marc Schnatterer put the visitors ahead.Thomas Mueller equalised eight minutes into the second hal...
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Dortmund's Achraf Hakimi ruled out for the season

Borussia Dortmund defender Achraf Hakimi has been ruled out for the rest of the season and center back Abdou Diallo is also injured.Dortmund says Hakimi, who is on loan from Real Madrid for two seasons, broke a metatarsal 24 minutes after coming on for the injured Diallo in the 2-0 win over Wolfsburg on Saturday. The Morocco defender will return to Madrid for an operation.The club says Diallo has muscular problems and that his return is open.Dortmund, which leads the league by two points, visits second-place Bayern Munich in a potentially league-deciding match on Saturday.
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Bundesliga: Borussia Dortmund reclaim top spot as Bayern stumble

Borussia Dortmund moved atop the standings after beating Wolfsburg 2-0 while Freiburg held Bayern Munich 1-1 at the 27th round in Bundesliga on Saturday.Dortmund took the control from the kickoff, but they needed 19 minutes to create their first chance against deep defending "Wolves" as Paco Alcacer pulled wide from promising position.As the match progressed, Wolfsburg gained a foothold into the game as Wout Weghorst tested Dortmund goalkeeper Roman Burki with a curl shot on target in the 28th minute.The hosts had to wait until the closing period when a free kick from Paco Alcacer broke the deadlock to shock Wolfsburg.The Spaniard remained in the thick of things as he doubled the advantage in the dying seconds of the game after tapping home Jadon Sancho's build-up work from inside the box....
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Schalke ease relegation fears with Hannover win

Schalke 04 eased their  Bundesliga relegation fears after Suat Serdar's first-half strike to grab a 1-0 win over fellow struggler Hannover on Sunday. Schalke captain Benjamin Stambouli set up Serdar to score with a volley in the 39th minute. It came against the run of play as the visitors had done very little in attack and had been dominated in terms of possession and goal chances. But Schalke's first win since interim coach Huub Stevens returned for his third stint lifts the side six points clear of the relegation zone with seven rounds remaining. The team had previously gone eight games without a win in all competitions.Hannover dropped to last following Nuremberg's first win in 21 games the day before. Thomas Doll's team has now endured seven defeats from eight games.
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Uli Hoeness reveals Bayern Munich spending plans

Bayern Munich President Uli Hoeness has confirmed that the club will launch their biggest investment programme during the summer transfer window.The German giants have under-performed during the current campaign, and Frank Ribery and Arjen Robben are both known to be leaving the club at the end of the campaign.Bayern have been heavily linked with a big-money approach for Chelsea's Callum Hudson-Odio and Hoeness has hinted that another offer could be made for the youngster.At a Munich brokerage fair, Hoeness said: "We are in the process of rejuvenating our team. It's the biggest investment programme FC Bayern has ever had."Bayern have already confirmed that World Cup winner Benjamin Pavard will join the club ahead of next season.
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Bayern's Davies ruled out of canada game

Bayern Munich winger Alphonso Davies suffered a stretched ligament in his right knee during Bayern's 6-0 win over Mainz on sunday.The 18-year-old has therefore been ordered to rest for a few days by the club's medical department, meaning the attacker will miss Canada's upcoming match against French Guiana on 24 march in Vancouver.
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Niko Kovac pleased after Bayern victory

Bayern Munich boss Niko Kovac admitted he was happy after his team earned a deserved 6-0 win over Mainz.There was no Champions League hangover for Bayern as they returned to the top of the Bundesliga table in emphatic style on Sunday.James Rodriguez scored a hat-trick while Robert Lewandowski, Kingsley Coman and Alphonso Davies were also on the scoresheet for the reigning champions as they bounced back from their midweek home defeat to Liverpool.The win, Bayern’s 13th in their last 14 league games, saw Kovac’s team move back above rivals Borussia Dortmund on goal difference at the summit.“A compliment to the lads. We’re pleased we’re at the top again. We saw a lot of zest today, a whole lot of verve, very many good moves,” Kovac told the club’s official website.“Taken altogether it was a d...
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Schalke 04 sack manager Domenico Tedesco following Champions league defeat to Manchester city

Schalke 04 have sacked manager Domenico Tedesco after Manchester City 7-0 win at Etihad Stadium in the Champions League last-16, losing 10-2 on aggregate.The Bundesliga side are also languishing in 14th in the German top flight, just four points clear of the relegation play-off spot.They’ve lost their last five games and Schalke's top boss have decided enough is enough and have relieved Tedesco of his managerial duties.Tedesco, 33, was appointed in July 2017 having also managed the club’s under-19 side between July 2016 and March 2017.
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Bayern Munich thrash Wolfsburg 6-0 to go top of Bundesliga

Bayern Munich thrash Wolfsburg 6-0 to top German Bundesliga on goal difference as long-time leader struggle to grab a 3-1 home win over Stuttgart.Dortmund had been at the top of the table since matchday six but run of just one win in their previous five league games has allowed Bayern to claim nine-point gap.With just nine games left and a meeting between the sides in Munich on April 6, Bayern now look favourite for a seventh straight title after Serge Gnabry, James Rodriguez, Thomas Muller and Joshua Kimmich, plus two from Robert Lewandowski, making him the league's all-time top scoring foreign players with 197 all got on scoresheetBayern, who started with Mats Hummels, Jerome Boateng and Mueller in the week they were permanently axed from the Germany set-up, have now won five on the boun...
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Serge Gnabry officially extend contract with Bayern Munich until 2023

Bayern Munich winger Serge Gnabry has officially signed a new contract with the club that will extend his stay at the Allianz Arena until the summer of 2023.Former Arsenal winger Gnabry arrived in Munich in 2017 after Bayern bought him from Werder Bremen. The German international spent last season on loan at Hoffenheim and has become an important squad player in his first proper season in Bavaria."I feel really good here. I have a lot of fun with this team. I hope to win many titles and enjoy great moments. I'm looking forward to a good future with FC Bayern," the 23-year-old said.Gnabry has featured in 21 of Bayern's 24 Bundesliga games so far this season, starting 14 of them. He has also been a regular in the Champions League and promises to only become more important when veteran pair A...
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