Napoli ended the Audi Cup with third place after beating hosts Bayern Munich 2-0 thanks to Kalidou Koulibaly and Emanuele Giaccherini.
Both sides lost their opening Audi Cup games yesterday, so faced off for the bronze medal. Carlo Ancelotti opted for many young players, including Milan target Renato Sanches, after a 3-0 defeat to Liverpool, while Maurizio Sarri made numerous changes following a 2-1 loss to Atletico Madrid.
Luigi Sepe needed early saves on Kingsley Coman and Arturo Vidal, while Jose Callejon failed to finish it off when sent clear on goal.
Napoli ended the Audi Cup with third place after beating hosts Bayern Munich 2-0 thanks to Kalidou Koulibaly and Emanuele Giaccherini.
Both sides lost their opening Audi Cup games yesterday, so faced off for the bronze medal. Carlo Ancelotti opted for many young players, including Milan target Renato Sanches, after a 3-0 defeat to Liverpool, while Maurizio Sarri made numerous changes following a 2-1 loss to Atletico Madrid.
Luigi Sepe needed early saves on Kingsley Coman and Arturo Vidal, while Jose Callejon failed to finish it off when sent clear on goal.
Napoli took the lead when Christian Fruchtl parried a Nikola Maksimovic effort from close range and Kalidou Koulibaly was first to fire in the rebound.
Dries Mertens was denied by Fruchtl one-on-one after a Marek Hamsik assist and Manuel Wintzheimer was incorrectly flagged offside when sent clear.
Sepe seemed lacking in confidence and tended to spill shots, including from Timothy Tillman.
Sarri made several substitutions and one of them, Emanuele Giaccherini, doubled Napoli’s lead with a powerful finish from 12 yards from a smart Callejon pull-back.
Arkadiusz Milik came off the bench and skimmed the woodwork with his free kick, but Napoli again dropped the pace significantly in the final 15 minutes.
The Bundesliga champions have had a disastrous pre-season, losing heavily to Inter, Milan, Liverpool and now Napoli, so Carlo Ancelotti’s men were booed off the pitch.
Bayern Munich 0-2 Napoli
Koulibaly 14 (N), Giaccherini 55 (N)
Bayern Munich: Fruchtl; Friedl, Sule (Awoudja 77), Kimmich, Rudi (Fein 77); Vidal (Tolisso 64), Sanches; Tillman, Coman (Ribery 64), Mai; Wintzheimer (Crnicki 64)
Napoli: Sepe (Rafael 46); Maggio (Hysaj 61), Maksimovic (Chiriches 61), Koulibaly, Ghoulam (Rui 46); Zielinski (Pavoletti 77), Diawara (Jorginho 61), Hamsik (Rog 46); Callejon (Allan 61), Mertens (Milik 78), Insigne (Giaccherini 46)