Bayern overcomes Wolfsburg in Tuchel’s last home game in charge
BERLIN (AP) — Lovro Zvonarek scored minutes into his first Bundesliga start on Sunday to help injury-hit Bayern Munich beat Wolfsburg 2-0 in Thomas Tuchel’s last home game in charge.
Later Sunday, league champion Bayer Leverkusen will aim to stretch its record unbeaten run to 50 games across all competitions in Bochum, where it experienced its last defeat almost a year ago.
The 19-year-old Zvonarek fired in for Bayern off the far post in the fourth minute, and Leon Goretzka grabbed the second goal nine minutes later.
Bryan Zaragoza thought he’d made it 3-0 with his first Bundesliga goal but it was ruled out through VAR for an offside infringement.
Bayern threatened to run riot despite the absence of injured forwards Harry Kane, Jamal Musiala, Leroy Sané, Serge Gnabry and Kingsley Coman. Wolfsburg’s defense regrouped as Bayern’s intensity dropped.
Tuchel, who agreed in February to leave Bayern at the end of the season, was able to take off goalkeeper Manuel Neuer with some 15 minutes remaining. Neuer was making his 500th Bundesliga appearance.
Swedish defender Matteo Vinlöf went on at the same time for his Bayern debut, and Zvonarek went off in the 90th for the 18-year-old Jonathan Asp-Jensen to make his debut.
Hoffenheim routed relegated Darmstadt 6-0 in the early game.
St. Pauli clinched promotion from the second division.
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