James and Tolisso make debuts as Bayern win Telekom Cup

Thomas Muller scored as Carlo Ancelotti's side retained the trophy by beating Werder Bremen 2-0 after earlier beating Hoffenheim

ames Rodriguez loved a a success Bayern Munich debut on Saturday as he helped the Bundesliga champions defend their Telekom Cup title, with Corentin Tolisso also making his first appearance for the club.

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Bayern beat Werder Bremen 2-zero in the final, with Thomas Muller and Juan Bernat on the scoresheet, while James - signed on a two-year loan deal from real Madrid in advance this week - pulled the strings inside the quantity 10 position for Carlo Ancelotti's aspect.

Muller wasted a danger to make the victory even greater emphatic from the penalty spot however the end result turned into never doubtful in a competition that sees video games performed over a single 45-minute period.

Ancelotti's guys have now gained 4 of the last five Telekom Cups, having overwhelmed Mainz to take the title in January.

Kingsley Coman went close with a viciously swerving force after 10 mins and Bayern then took the lead as they dominated the low-tempo beginning stages at Borussia-Park.

Muller, sporting the captain's armband following the retirement of Philipp Lahm, gathered a bypass from the right flank, rolled his guy and bent a delightful finish from 20 yards into Michael Zetterer's pinnacle-left corner.

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And victory become secured after 32 minutes when a satisfying circulate saw left-again Bernat end well after a neat one- with Muller despatched him clean into the penalty location.

Muller soon had a hazard to feature to his in advance goal whilst younger striker Franck Evina turned into dragged down in the penalty region, however Zetterer dived low to his right to hold out the forward's bad effort, then reacted quickly to block the Germany international's rebound strike.

Bayern stepped forward to the final with a 1-zero win against Hoffenheim after Robert Lewandowski scored the only aim of the sport after simply six minutes in his first appearance of Bayern's pre-season campaign, the striker controlling a exceptional scissor-kick volley into the bottom-left nook.

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Werder booked their area with a 5-3 penalty shoot-out victory over Borussia Monchengladbach after a 0-0 draw, with the opposition's hosts Gladbach then overwhelmed once more on penalties, Hoffenheim winning 6-5 within the 1/3-vicinity play-off shoot-out after another scoreless match.