Bayern tune up for Real with win at Hanover
BERLIN: Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich warmed up for Real Madrid with a 3-0 win at Hanover 96 on Saturday as Thomas Mueller and Robert Lewandowski both scored after coming off the bench.
Mueller struck within 12 minutes of his half-time introduction before Lewandowski doubled the lead and Sebastian Rudy added a third.
With one eye on Wednesday’s Champions League semi-final first leg at home to Real, Jupp Heynckes handed 18-year-old centre-back Lars Lukas Mai his Bundesliga debut.
Arjen Robben captained the side with Thiago Alcantara, James Rodriguez and Jerome Boateng the only other outfield players in Saturday’s line-up likely to start against Real.
In Friday’s late match, Borussia Moenchengladbach cruised past struggling VFL Wolfsburg 3-0 on Friday to revive their hopes of European football next season and leave the Wolves deep in relegation trouble with three matches remaining.
Ten-man RB Leipzig crashed to a 5-2 home defeat by Hoffenheim in a key clash for the Champions League places next season.