Wolfsburg beats Bayern Munich on penalties to win German Super Cup

Alonso — Bayerns second penalty taker — was thwarted by Wolfsburgs Belgian goalkeeper Koen Casteels who saved with his legs, while Dieter Heckings Wolfsburg were successful with all five of their spot kicks.

“Every title is important for me”, Guardiola said.

German Cup holders VfL Wolfsburg lifted the German Super Cup for the first time in the club’s history following a penalty shoot-out after the match finished level at 1-1.

Bayern coach Pep Guardiola is hoping to finally win the German preseason cup following consecutive final defeats against Borussia Dortmund, though Wolfsburg have promised Bayern a fierce fight at the Volkswagen Arena.

While Guardiola will have to make up his mind within the half year, Bayern will consider a club life without the Spaniard. Both sides struggled to shake off the rust, with Bayern having issues with the odd, unbalanced formation Pep Guardiola set them out in.

Bayern Munich winger Arjen Robben has insisted that he and his teammates must “look very critically at ourselves” after missing out on the DFL-Supercup. Wolfsburg play a really great counter attacking style and it suits them against Bayern who love to press and play a possession game, this should be one of the games of the weekend.

Allofs said, “We expect Kevin de Bruyne to be with the team for the Super Cup and afterwards during the season, that’s the plan, to keep our players here. “.

Some Bayern fans are sure Guardiola will leave.

De Bruyne is one of Europe’s hottest properties following his fantastic campaign with Wolfsburg in which he created 111 chances, 20 of which were assists. Speaking to Sky, he said: “I am pretty certain that Guardiola will no longer be in charge of Bayern after 2016”. He also was perhaps naive in substituting some of his best penalty takers, Thomas Muller, Thiago Alcantara and Robert Lewandowski, with the shootout still entirely possible.

And while Guardiola refuted the speculation, he did little to suggest he will stay at the Bavarian club beyond the “lifetime” of his original contract.

“Vieirinha needed some time to adapt to [Douglas] Costa”. Despite £28m signing Arturo Vidal making his debut for Bayern, they all had to bow to the Lord.