Luis Diaz scores for Bayern Munich to win German Supercup on debut

Colombian winger scores connected his competitory debut for Bayern Munich successful a triumph implicit Stuttgart successful the German Supercup.

Luis Diaz, making his Bayern Munich debut, and Harry Kane scored for the reigning Bundesliga champions successful a 2-1 distant triumph against Stuttgart successful the German Supercup.

The match, which opens the German play with the league and cupful winners facing off, was held for the archetypal clip since it was renamed for shot fable Franz Beckenbauer, who died successful 2024.

A twelvemonth into their attacking partnership, Michael Olise and Kane were again Bayern’s astir unsafe pairing, combining for the opener with 18 minutes played.

Off equilibrium and falling, Kane collected Olise’s walk and deed a debased changeable crossed the writer and into the bottommost country for his 86th extremity successful his 97th Bayern appearance.

Pushed connected by a 60,000-strong location crowd, Stuttgart went looking for an equaliser precocious successful the 2nd half, but Bayern broke done connected the counter, with Diaz heading successful from adjacent scope successful the 77th minute.

Diaz – who joined Bayern from Liverpool past period and remains the club’s biggest woody of the offseason – ran to the country station and sat connected the grass, mimicking erstwhile Liverpool teammate Diogo Jota’s video-game celebration.

It was the latest tribute for Portugal winger Jota, who died successful a car mishap successful July.

Stuttgart pulled a extremity backmost done Jamie Leweling successful stoppage time.

The triumph netted Kane a 2nd squad trophy of his vocation aft the 32-year-old broke his duck to triumph the Bundesliga past season.

Praising his charges for a “deserved win”, Bayern skipper Joshua Kimmich said the triumph would acceptable the code for the season.

“We wanted to amusement everyone that we’re here. Wins and titles are not a fixed – we person to admit them,” Kimmich told Germany’s Sat 1 network.

Bayern unfastened the Bundesliga play connected Friday astatine location against Leipzig, portion Stuttgart look Union Berlin successful the German superior a time later.

Diaz celebrates scoring his archetypal extremity for Bayern Munich by mimicking erstwhile Liverpool teammate Diogo Jota’s video-game solemnisation [Heiko Becker/Reuters]