Week two of the hinrude got underway Friday evening with Bayern München shocked by recently promoted FC Kaiserslautern 2-0 at Fritz Walter Stadion.

Louis van Gaal, who saw his side notch a last gasp victory over VfL Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga opener last week, made one change to his line-up with Ivica Olić coming in from German international Toni Kroos. From the opening whistle, the defending champions displayed their rich pedigree in outplaying their hosts but with each turn, finishing was off the mark. Following a Bastian Schweinsteiger effort drifted wide Thomas Müller was played in alone on FCK ‘keeper Tobias Sippel but equally sent his attempt off-course. Ivica Olić later sent a header wide before the Marco Kurz’s host side struck opportunistically on their first notable effort. Coming six minutes past the half-hour, Ivo Iličević accepted Christian Tiffert’s right wing cross via a dummy and from eighteen metres curled a delightful effort to the top right corner past Bayern goalkeeper Hans-Jörg Butt. Clearly shaken, Bayern went down by two a minute later when Srđan Lakić latched onto countryman Ivo Iličević’s provision from the left before sending the ball to the bottom left corner of the net.

Quickly after the break, Mario Gómez posted a menacing effort before Danijel Pranjić and Toni Kroos were summoned into the proceedings for Diego Contento and Ivica Olić three minutes past the hour. Bayern continued to threaten, with Toni Kroos forcing FCK ‘keeper Tobias Sippel to stop him four minutes later. The host keeper continued to shine as he fast a barrage of shots before Mario Gómez entered with a quarter-hour remaining. Despite maintaining constant pressure and having a man advantage after Ivo Iličević was excused with his second yellow-card, Bayern could not find a way through and Roten Teufel claimed the 2-0 victory.

Prepared by J. Davies
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