Football. Before facing PSG in the Champions League, Bayern reassures itself in Mainz

At half-time, Bayern Munich, already assured of winning the German title, overturned the Bundesliga match against Mainz to win 4-3, with Harry Kane scoring the winning goal.Ahead of facing Paris SG at the Parc des Princes on Tuesday in the Champions League semi-final first leg, Bayern Munich gained a nice confidence boost.

Bayern coach Vincent Kompany extensively revamped his team, which was behind by three goals at half-time after goals from Dominik Kohr (15th), Paul Nebel (29th), and Sheraldo Becker (45th+2).

Kane closes in on Lewandowski’s record Harry Kane (46th), Michael Olise (46th), Jamal Musiala (57th) came on in the second half and turned the game around. Nicolas Jackson started Bayern’s comeback (53rd), before Olise scored a superb goal (73rd) with a curling left-footed shot. Musiala leveled (81st), then Kane secured the win for Bayern three minutes later, marking his 33rd Bundesliga goal of the season, eight shy of Robert Lewandowski’s record (41 in 2020/21).

The Munich team has 82 points and could potentially equal the record of 91 points in a season set by Jupp Heynckes’ Bayern in 2012/13, if they win their remaining three Bundesliga matches (against Heidenheim, Cologne, and Wolfsburg).

Behind Bayern and Borussia Dortmund, firmly holding the top two spots, the battle for a European place continues. On Friday night, RB Leipzig took a significant step towards one of the last two Champions League qualification spots by defeating Union Berlin (3-1). With 62 points, Ole Werner’s squad have a seven-point lead over Bayer Leverkusen, who climbed back up with a 2-1 victory over Cologne. With 55 points, the “Werkself” (workshop eleven, Bayer’s team founded in 1904 by the chemist Bayer) moved ahead of Hoffenheim (54), who face Hamburg on Saturday (6:30 PM) and put pressure on Stuttgart (4th, 56), who host Werder Bremen on Sunday (3:30 PM).