Soccer Football - Franz Beckenbauer Supercup 2025 - VFB Stuttgart v Bayern Munich - MHPArena, Stuttgart, Germany - August 16, 2025 Bayern Munich's Harry Kane in action with VfB Stuttgart's Luca Jaquez REUTERS/Heiko Becker
STUTTGART, Germany (Reuters) -Champions Bayern Munich eased past VfB Stuttgart 2-1 on Saturday thanks to goals from Harry Kane and new signing Luis Diaz to lift the German Supercup.
The Bavarians were sharper throughout and their keeper and man-of-the-match Manuel Neuer was in fine form less than a week before the Bundesliga season starts.
"I think about the team and to play as best as possible in order to be successful," Neuer said. "We did that today. It's nice to be man of the match but it's always about the team.
"We did it well. We won all the matches in pre-season and we want to carry this into the Bundesliga season next week."
With all eyes on Stuttgart striker Nick Woltemade who Bayern are keen to sign, last season's Bundesliga top scorer Kane pouncedon a defensive error by Luca Jaquez to give Bayern an 18th-minute lead.
German Cup winners Stuttgart went in search of a quick equaliser, and Woltemade went close, only forhis point-blank shot to be savedby Neuer.
The 39-year-old keeper again came to the rescue in the 75th when he showed good reflexes to palm away a deflected shot wide before Colombia international Diaz scored with his first effort on goal, heading in a Serge Gnabry cross 13 minutes from time.
Stuttgart grabbed a stoppage-time consolation through Jamie Leweling's close-range header.
(Reporting by Karolos Grohmann, editing by Ed Osmond)
