Bayern march on, Dortmund survive
BERLIN: Holders Bayern Munich reached the third round of the German Cup with a 3-1 win over Augsburg while second-tier club Union Berlin took injury-hit Borussia Dortmund to penalties.
Goals by Philipp Lahm, Julian Green and David Alaba sealed Bayern’s win at the Allianz Arena, while Borussia, last season’s finalists, endured nervous moments before beating Union 3-0 in a shoot-out after it finished 1-1 in Dortmund.
In Munich, Bayern coach Carlo Ancelotti rested a host of stars for tomorrow’s away Bundesliga clash – also against Augsburg – and next Tuesday’s Champions League clash at PSV Eindhoven.
Alaba, Holger Badstuber, Arjen Robben, Arturo Vidal, Xabi Alonso and Robert Lewandowski were all on the bench while US striker Green made a rare start.
Bastuber came on for the last 10 minutes for his first appearance in nearly nine months after injury.
“In the first galf we controlled the game, but we weren’t so good after the break,” admitted Ancelotti.
“I’m very pleased that Holger is back, he worked hard for it.”
Bayern went ahead with two minutes gone when Thomas Mueller fed Lahm and the Bayern captain drilled home his shot.
Mueller then floated in the cross which Green headed home to make it 2-0 in the 41st minute.
Bayern defender Mats Hummels conceded a penalty on Augsburg midfielder Gojko Kacar, but Manuel Neuer came to the rescue when Germany’s goalkeeper saved Koo Ja-cheol’s spot kick in the 49th minute.
Augsburg pulled a goal back on the counter attack when Ji Dong-won cut in and blasted his shot home from a tight angle in the 69 minute.
But Alaba came on with five minutes to go and rifled home Bayern’s third in the 94th minute to settle the result.
Dortmund, missing a host of injured stars like Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Marco Reus, went through after a scare.
Dortmund took the lead thanks to a firsthalf own goal from ex-Dortmund defender Michael Parensen, but Union striker Steven Skrzybski levelled with nine minutes left
Goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller was Dortmund’s hero with two saves in the shoot-out, while Ousmane Dembele, Matthias Ginter and Mario Goetze netted their spot-kicks.