Dortmund [Germany], August 23 : Bayern Munich started off the season with a bang, with Michael Olise starring in their 2-1 win over Borussia Dortmund to win the DFL Supercup on Saturday.
Olise scored one and assisted in the other, continuing his great run across club and international football as he guided Bayern to their first title of the season.
Bayern arrived at the competition as the title defenders and had beaten RB Leipzig 3-1 in their final pre-season game. They had won five of their six pre-season games. Dortmund, on the other hand, had earned a 2-2 draw with Roma in their last pre-season match with Roma. They had won three, lost two and drawn one of their pre-season fixtures.
New signings made debuts for both teams, with Nathaniel Brown making his first competitive start for Bayern and Konstantinos Karetsas and Joane Gadou starting off for Dortmund.
Bayern set the tempo right from the first minute, controlling possession well and continuing to press Dortmund players well, with Olise being a consistent source of trouble for the opposition in the right flank, winning four corners.
Aleksandar Pavlovic tested Gregor Kobel with a shot from the edge of the box in the 14th minute, while Harry Kane and Joshua Kimmich both had efforts blocked shortly after. In the 28th minute, the breakthrough goal arrived for Bayern. Olise got the ball inside Dortmund's area, and after he was tackled, the ball fell to Brown at the edge of the box, and the summer signing drove the shot into the near corner past Kobel.
Just before half-time, Jude Bellingham lost possession in the midfield, and Olise seized it, driving it past Kobel from close range to make it 2-0 before the second half.
Bayern enjoyed 64 per cent possession in the first half and registered eight shots.
In the second half, Giannis Konstantelias was introduced as a substitute and made an immediate impact by winning a free kick and troubling the Bayern defence with a volley which was blocked by Jonathan Tah.
His effort in the 52nd minute was saved well by Manuel Neuer. But Bayern was still a dangerous team while countering, with Harry Kane attempting an audacious, but unsuccessful, long-range effort.
Fabio Silva, introduced as one of the substitutes, gave Dortmund some hope with a strike in the 75th minute. Olise and Harry got their efforts denied later on, but Bayern managed to keep the scoreline intact and walked away with the trophy.
Speaking after the match, Bayern manager Vincent Kompany said, as quoted by the Bundesliga website, "I am very happy with the win. Michael Olise and Harry Kane trained three times with us and were able to play 90 minutes. Nene [Brown] and [Ismail] Saibari will give us a big extra this season. We still have Lenny [Karl], Jamal [Musiala] and Serge Gnabry to come back."
"Regardless of the result today, it was a statement of energy, fighting for every ball, every situation. Some people may think we will have a drop because we won everything last year. But that won't be the case, we would not rest and will try to win everything," he signed off.