It was a third straight loss in the competition for Real Madrid — its worst run in 34 years. For defending champion Bayern, it was a 12th straight Champions League victory.
Gnabry trained earlier Tuesday with his teammates in the final training session for Atlético Madrid's visit in the Champions League on Wednesday night.
Costa returns to Bayern on a season-long loan from Juventus for his second stint with the club. He gives Bayern coach Hansi Flick more options on the wings in a shortened season with a congested calendar.
The Bavarian giants say the 23-year-old Roca was getting a five-year contract and will wear the No. 22 jersey.
Ansu Fati’s three goals in two wins have Barcelona off to an ideal start to La Liga as Dutch manager has been spot on with his tactics.
Dortmund fought back from 2-0 down to level the score, before Kimmich and the two goalkeepers made the difference.
Bayern Munich forward Leroy Sané will miss around two weeks because of a new injury to the same knee he injured at Manchester City last season.
It was Bayern’s first defeat in any competition since a 2-1 loss at Borussia Mönchengladbach on Dec. 7, 2019, and Hansi Flick’s third loss as a coach since he took over the Bavarian powerhouse on Nov. 3, 2019.
Seven years after scoring an extra-time goal to help Bayern win its last UEFA Super Cup, Martínez netted the winner in the 104th minute Thursday as the German club beat Sevilla 2-1 in the European curtain raiser in a stadium partially filled with fans.
This year's Super Cup is more than just a ceremonial opener for the European soccer season. If UEFA has its way, it will usher in a return for fans in the Champions League and Europa League, too.
Bayern forward Robert Lewandowksi, who scored a career-best 55 goals for his club last season, and goalkeeper Manuel Neuer were nominated for men’s player of the year in Europe after a dominant season with the treble-winning German team.
Bayern Munich put 8 goals past a hapless Schalke defence in the opening game of Bundesliga 2020/21.
The 29-year-old Thiago ended his seven-year spell at Bayern by moving for an initial fee of 20 million pounds ($26 million), with a potential additional 5 million pounds ($6.5 million) later.
The 31-year-old Croatian forward scored eight goals and assisted 10 more in 35 games for Bayern Munich during the season-long loan spell.
In the absence of ecstatic crowds, Bavarian state governor Markus Söder greeted coach Hansi Flick and his team on the tarmac after they got off their aircraft.
Winning a championship game, especially by a single goal, is always going to be a confluence of a lot of things: brains, skill, luck, good timing, good health and enough money to spread around; then crossing your fingers that somebody in the organization doesn’t do something stupid with it.
Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin wrote on Twitter that 16 police officers were injured in the Sunday night skirmishes. Police did not have estimates on injuries among the football fans.
Coman was a starter against PSG, and the Bayern coach's decision was vindicated when the Paris-born winger scored the match-winner after 58 minutes, his goal sealing the second treble in club history on Sunday.
It was Bayern’s sixth European title, and first since 2013. That was also the last time Lewandowski had played in the Champions League final, with Borussia Dortmund in a losing effort.
Close to the Champs-Élysées, a dozen riot police in full gear burst into a bar to aggressively remove people, because some were not wearing masks, or were failing to keep social distancing amid coronavirus concerns.
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