Thursday, April 17, 2014

DFB-Cup :Bayern Munich 5 Kaiserslautern 1

DFB-Cup :Bayern Munich 5 Kaiserslautern 1


Bayern Munich kept hoping for a second straight treble intact by reaching the final of the DFB Pokal - with a 5-1 victory over Kaiserslautern.

Pep Guardiola 's men are on track to emulate their achievements of last season, when the Bavarians won the Bundesliga , Champions League and DFB Pokal - after a triumph in the semifinals at ease in Allianz Arena on Wednesday.Midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger put Bayern , who had already been crowned Bundesliga champions and won the FIFA Club World Cup in December, before midway through the first half with a fine headed effort.Toni Kroos scored shortly thereafter to put Bayern in full control before a second-half penalty from Thomas Muller ease nerves.Simon Koller pull back for a second-tier outfit Kaiserslautern, but turned out to be little more than a consolation as Bayern to victory , Mario Mandzukic and Mario Götze both marking the end to set up a attractive display with Borussia Dortmund in Berlin next month.Muller , who replaced Gotze in the following starting eleven Bayern 3-0 home defeat last week in Dortmund, came close to opening the scoring after eight minutes, as his head intelligent cutting Schweinsteiger was diverted to the crossbar.Guests worked for much of the opening period against a determined defense Kaiserslautern , but Guardiola 's men have made ​​the breakthrough on 23 minutes when Schweinsteiger powered home a beautiful corner headed in point of Arjen Robben .And the lead was doubled nine minutes later , meeting Kroos Robben layoff on the edge of the area with an exquisite finish that Kaiserslautern goalkeeper Tobias Sippel curved past and into the bottom corner .Any hope of a recovery Kaiserslautern were extinguished just five minutes into the second half Muller puts the ball home from the place after Chris Lowe sparked Robben in the surface.Bayern refused to take their foot off the accelerator , though, and would have added a fourth Franck Ribery had not missed the target when presented with an empty net pulling back Muller .The visitors then reduced the deficit on the hour mark, the attacker Zoller watching Right Cross Florian Dick beyond Bayern goalkeeper Lukas Raeder .But Bayern was far from over and reiterated their dominant position 13 minutes from time when confidence Mandzukic slotted home after locking substitute throughball of Gotze .Gotze then rounded another beautiful projection Bayern in stoppage time , blending effortlessly with Ribéry before coolly finishing the point blank range .

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