Bayern Munich lifts German Supercup

 BERLIN, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Bayern Munich defeated Borussia Dortmund 2-1 at the Supercup final owing to goals by Mario Mandzukic and Thomas Mueller, at Allianz Arena¹ on Sunday.

After five consecutive² losses last season to Dortmund, record champion Bayern Munich crushed the winning streak³ by the "BVB" to lift the first title of the season 2012/2013 in front of 69,901 spectators at Allianz Arena.

Bayern new arrival Mandzukic, and Mueller ensured an early 2-0 lead. Dortmund got one back at the 75 minutes, which was too late for the defending Bundesliga champion.

The Bavarians staged a frenetic start from kicking off against clumsy Dortmund. Jurgen Klopps' men had to swallow Mandzukic's opener, at the sixth minute, who exploited a cross by Franck Ribery to slot home from inside of the box between two Dortmund defenders⁴.

Bayern was on fire whereas Dortmund defended deep to re-organize their line. Eleven minutes into the match, Mueller doubled the lead when he utilized⁵ a shot against the left post by Arjen Robben to hammer the rebound⁶ into the roof of the net, from very close range.

Dortmund was able to put up some resistance against Bayern attacks but they remained unable to build up their own actions within the first half.

At the beginning of the second half, Dortmund gained a foothold in the match as Bayern failed to sustain their powerful performance. Dortmund created a couple of chances until striker Robert Lewandowski shortened the score to 2-1. Lewandowski beat Bayern goalie Manuel Neuer with a curl shot from eighteen meter into bottom right.

Dortmund got the upper hand in the dying minutes of the game but failed to level the score. Thus Bayern earned the fourth Supercup after 1987, 1990 and 2010.

"We overslept the first half when Bayern staged a good performance. I am happy that we played better at the second half but we accepted the loss due to first half," Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp said.

"At the first half we played very well and produced many opportunities but after the break Dortmund turned up to give us a hard time," Bayern coach Jupp Heynckes said.

1 arena   

n.竞技场，运动场所；竞争场所，舞台

参考例句：

• She entered the political arena at the age of 25. 她25岁进入政界。
• He had not an adequate arena for the exercise of his talents.他没有充分发挥其才能的场所。

2 consecutive   

adj.连续的，联贯的，始终一贯的

参考例句：

• It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
• The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。

3 streak   

n.条理，斑纹，倾向，少许，痕迹；v.加条纹，变成条纹，奔驰，快速移动

参考例句：

• The Indians used to streak their faces with paint.印第安人过去常用颜料在脸上涂条纹。
• Why did you streak the tree?你为什么在树上刻条纹？

4 defenders   

n.防御者( defender的名词复数 )；守卫者；保护者；辩护者

参考例句：

• The defenders were outnumbered and had to give in. 抵抗者寡不敌众，只能投降。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• After hard fighting,the defenders were still masters of the city. 守军经过奋战仍然控制着城市。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 utilized   

v.利用，使用( utilize的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• In the19th century waterpower was widely utilized to generate electricity. 在19世纪人们大规模使用水力来发电。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The empty building can be utilized for city storage. 可以利用那栋空建筑物作城市的仓库。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 rebound   

v.弹回；n.弹回，跳回

参考例句：

• The vibrations accompanying the rebound are the earth quake.伴随这种回弹的振动就是地震。
• Our evil example will rebound upon ourselves.我们的坏榜样会回到我们自己头上的。