Bayern claims last-gasp winner
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August 22, 2010, Sunday
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BASTIAN Schweinsteiger scored in injury time to give defending Bundesliga champion Bayern Munich a 2-1 victory over VfL Wolfsburg in the opening match of the new season on Friday.
Schweinsteiger pounced at the far post, knocking home a long ball from France's Franck Ribery. Thomas Mueller had given Bayern an early lead before Edin Dzeko equalized in the 55th minute.
"We didn't play so well in the second half and we didn't have so many chances, we could have conceded another goal," Schweinsteiger said.
Bayern got off to a good start and Mueller, the top scorer of the World Cup, played a one-two with Toni Kroos before driving the ball home on the turn.
Steve McClaren, making his debut as the first English coach in the league, left Wolfsburg playmaker Zvjezdan Misimovic on the bench in the first half.
But the former England manager brought Misimovic in at the start of the second half and the Bosnian soon made a difference.
After new signing Mario Mandzukic had hit the post in the 47th, Dzeko rose above the Bayern defense in the 55th to head home a cross from Misimovic. "We were not in the game at all in the first half," Dzeko said. "We saw in the second half how important Misimovic is for us."
Misimovic said he had to respect McClaren's decision, "but I don't know why I did not start."
The playmaker nearly scored just before Wolfsburg's goal but keeper Joerg Butt made a save with his foot, before later denying Mandzukic in the 67th.
While Bayern did not spend any money on new players, Wolfsburg, the 2009 champion, has invested more than 20 million euros (US$25.42 million).
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