Lewandowski Landmark As Bayern Finish With A Win

Robert Lewandowski became the first man for 39 years to score 30 Bundesliga goals in a season as champions Bayern Munich beat Hannover in Pep Guardiola’s final league game in charge.

Lewandowski’s deflected shot wrong-footed Ron-Robert Zieler for the opener before Mario Gotze chipped home the second, and whipped in the third.

Artur Sobiech scored Hannover’s consolation at the Allianz Arena.

Bayern finish the season 10 points clear of Borussia Dortmund in second.

Bayern’s French winger Kingsley Coman hit the post with a header, while Iver Fossum, Waldemar Anton and Edgar Prib missed good chances for Hannover.

Before the game, there was a presentation to Bayern boss Guardiola, who takes over at Manchester City next season.

His final Bayern game will be the German Cup final against Dortmund next Saturday as he aims for a second domestic double in three seasons.

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Lewandowski Landmark As Bayern Finish With A Win

Mole Damaging Bayern - Guardiola

Bayern Munich boss Pep Guardiola says a dressing-room mole is “damaging” the 25-time German champions, after details of an alleged row were made public.

German newspaper Bild claims Guardiola was angry with Bayern’s medical team after Tuesday’s Champions League semi-final exit to Atletico Madrid.

The Spaniard is alleged to have accused his physiotherapists of taking too long to get his players fit after injury.

“Whoever has spoken has done it to hit me,” said Guardiola.

The former Barcelona boss is leaving Bayern in the summer to take over at Manchester City.

Bayern will win a third successive Bundesliga title under the 45-year-old if they win at Ingolstadt on Saturday.

When asked at his news conference on Friday, Guardiola did not deny a row had happened.

“Usually what happens inside the dressing room remains inside the dressing room,” he said.

“But I’m not here next season anyway so it’s not my problem, but Bayern’s.

“It’s happened plenty of times over these past three years.

“It’s normal for me to talk to my players and staff and give them my opinion, but there are people here who are talking because they want to hurt me.

“Maybe this person will still be here next season and clearly they haven’t realised that they are not damaging me, but the club and the team.”

Guardiola won the Champions League twice with Barcelona – in 2009 and 2011.

“I’ve done my best here,” he said of his time at Bayern. “But if you say that I had to win the Champions League, then I have failed.

“Go ahead and write that I have failed.”

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Mole Damaging Bayern - Guardiola

Mats Hummels Likely To Join Bayern Munich

Borussia Dortmund chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke says he expects Germany defender Mats Hummels to join Bayern Munich next season.

Watzke is battling to keep Hummels at Borussia and the club captain is one of three stars – alongside Ilkay Gundogan and Henrikh Mkhitaryan – who are out of contract in June 2017.

Gundogan is likely to join Manchester City next season. His agent met City’s director of sport Txiki Begiristain in Amsterdam last month, while reports in the media claim a five-year contract has already been signed.

Hummels has admitted he is weighing up an offer, most likely from Bayern, while Mkhitaryan has been linked to Chelsea, although he is the one most likely to stay.

Watzke says he expects to lose some, but not all three of his stars: “I don’t believe that we will have all contracts extended and that all three will play here next year,” Watzke told Sky Deutschland.

“But it is completely out of the question that all three won’t play for Borussia Dortmund next season.”

Hummels joined Dortmund from Bayern in 2008 after failing to break into the Bavarians’ first team. Having already lost Robert Lewandowski to Bayern Munich on a free transfer in 2014, after Mario Gotze had left for Bayern in 2013, Dortmund are eager to avoid seeing Hummels follow suit, but Watzke is realistic.

“I believe that if he (Hummels) goes, it will be in the direction of Munich,” said Watzke. “He still has unfinished business with the club. His father, his mother and his brother all live in Munich.

“His girlfriend comes from Munich, he’s from Munich too – so a whole lot of components have already come together.”

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Mats Hummels Likely To Join Bayern Munich

Marseille, Dortmund Set Up Cup Final With PSG, Bayern

French giants Olympique Marseille and German powerhouse Borussia Dortmund have set up a domestic cup final date with Paris St-Germain and Bayern Munich respectively.

Marseille edged past Sochaux 1-0 in their French Cup semi-final game on Wednesday to set up a final against Ligue 1 champions Paris St-Germain.

Borussia Dortmund advanced to the final of the German Cup against Bayern Munich also on Wednesday after their impressive 3-0 triumph over Hertha Berlin.

Marseille who are currently struggling in 15th place in the French league, just six points above the relegation zone, will face PSG in the final on Saturday, 21 May.

PSG can complete a league and cup double for a second consecutive season with victory over their main French rivals.

The German Cup final will take place on Saturday, 21 May at Berlin’s Olympic Stadium between the two biggest clubs in the country, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund.

 

Marseille, Dortmund Set Up Cup Final With PSG, Bayern

Bayern Munich, PSG Reach Cup Final

Bayern Munich and Paris St-Germain (PSG) have reached domestic Cup finals after important semi-final wins on Tuesday.

Bayern reached the German Cup final with a 2-0 victory over Werder Bremen with Thomas Muller scoring both goals for the German champions.

Pep Guardiola’s side will play Hertha Berlin or Borussia Dortmund on 21 May in the final at Berlin’s Olympic Stadium.

Hertha will play Dortmund in the other semi-final game today for an opportunity to contest the final in the German capital.

PSG advanced to the French Cup final with a 1-0 win over Lorient with striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic scoring his 43^rd goal of the season.

The French champions will play either Sochaux or Marseille in the final.

Bayern Munich, PSG Reach Cup Final

I don"t care who Bayern play - Guardiola

Bayern Munich manager Pep Guardiola says he “doesn’t care” who they play in the Champions League quarter-finals after beating Juventus.

Thomas Muller scored a 90th-minute equaliser to take the tie into extra-time, where Bayern scored twice to prevail 6-4 on aggregate.

“If you want to reach the semi-finals then you have to be ready to beat any opponent,” Guardiola said.

“But we are there. We made it. A minute later and we would have been out.”

The other seven teams in the quarter-finals are Manchester City, Paris St-Germain, Wolfsburg, Benfica, Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid, and Guardiola’s former club Barcelona.

The draw for the quarter-finals takes place on Friday at 11:00 GMT, and the first legs will be played on 5 and 6 April, with the second legs on 12 and 13 April.

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I don"t care who Bayern play - Guardiola