adminBERLIN. — Bayern Munich eased into the third round of the German Cup on Tuesday night with a 3-1 win at holders VfL Wolfsburg as Germany forward Thomas Mueller scored twice.
It was 5-1 when the teams last met four weeks ago after Robert Lewandowski scored all five goals in just nine second half minutes of the Bundesliga rout, but Mueller was Wolfsburg’s primary tormentor on this occasion.
Bayern gave last season’s German league runners-up a first-half masterclass in attacking football in the second-round clash as Brazil winger Douglas Costa opened the scoring with a thunderbolt from outside the area on 15 minutes. Then Mueller took full advantage of two superb crosses from left-back David Alaba on 20 and 34 minutes to make it 3-0 at the break.
“That was a superior display from us in the first-half,” said Bayern captain Philipp Lahm. The game’s tempo dropped in the second half, but Wolfsburg had the last word when midfielder Maximilian Arnold found Andre Schuerrle in space. — AFP.
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