2021 DFL-Supercup
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 Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund hosted the match. | |||||||
| Event | DFL-Supercup | ||||||
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| Date | 17 August 2021 | ||||||
| Venue | Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)[1] | ||||||
| Referee | Sascha Stegemann (Niederkassel)[2] | ||||||
| Attendance | 24,742[3] | ||||||
The 2021 DFL-Supercup was the 12th edition of the German super cup under the name DFL-Supercup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal competitions. The match was played on 17 August 2021.[4]
The match featured Borussia Dortmund, the winners of the 2020–21 DFB-Pokal, and Bayern Munich, the champions of the 2020–21 Bundesliga.[5] The match was hosted by Borussia Dortmund at the Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund.[4]
Bayern Munich were the defending champions, having won the 2020 edition 3–2 against Borussia Dortmund.[6] Bayern won the match 3–1 for their 9th DFL-Supercup title.[1]
Background
Match
Summary
In the 41st minute, Serge Gnabry crossed from the left for Robert Lewandowski to put Bayern Munich ahead with a header from six yards out to the left of the net. Thomas Müller made it 2–0 in the 49th minute with a close range finish to the net after the ball had been played in from the left by Alphonso Davies and back-healed to him by Lewandowski. Marco Reus made it 2–1 in the 64th minute with a right foot finish from outside the penalty area to the top right corner of the net.[7] Lewandowski scored his second in the 74th minute with a low finish to the right corner of the net from inside the penalty area after the ball broke to him after an error by Dortmund defender Manuel Akanji.[8]
Details
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Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:[9]
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