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Aug 2, 2017 at 4.50pm UK at Allianz Arena
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Koulibaly (14'), Giaccherini (55')

Result: Napoli ease to win over Bayern Munich in Audi Cup

Napoli earn third place in the Audi Cup after a comfortable 2-0 victory over Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena.

Goals from Kalidou Koulibaly and Emanuele Giaccherini have earned Napoli a 2-0 victory over Bayern Munich in the Audi Cup third-place playoff.

Bayern made 11 changes from their 3-0 defeat to Liverpool on Tuesday night, but Carlo Ancelotti's side were again second best as Napoli ran out comfortable winners at the Allianz Arena.

The first opportunity of the game fell to Bayern's Kingsley Coman, who saw a low strike dealt with by Luigi Sepe, before the Italian stopper stood up well to Joshua Kimmich's effort after the defender had broken into the penalty area.

Bayern had been relatively dominant during the early stages but against the run of play, they fell behind when Koulibaly converted from close range after teenage goalkeeper Christian Fruchtl had saved well from Nikola Maksimovic.

The home side responded positively to going behind, but Napoli almost doubled their advantage when Dries Mertens broke in behind the Bayern defence, only to see Fruchtl keep out his attempt from an acute angle.

As the first half moved nearer to a close, Renato Sanches sent a shot marginally wide of the post from outside of the box, but Bayern were left to go into the break facing the prospect of losing their second match in the space of 24 hours.

Soon after the restart, the impressive Timothy Tillman had a low effort easily saved by Rafael Cabral, but Bayern fell further behind 10 minutes into the second half.

After Mertens had done well to run towards the byline, the Belgian managed to find Emanuele Giaccherini, who lashed a low shot into the bottom corner from 12 yards.

That goal effectively ended the match as a contest and once more alterations had been made by both managers, the game lost its edge.

With eight minutes left, Arkadiusz Milik took responsibility for a free kick from around 30 yards on goal but despite making a sweet connection, his effort curled just wide of Fruchtl's post.

Bayern rallied late on but it was far too little too late as Napoli easily held on to seal an impressive triumph at the home of the Bundesliga champions.

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Sunday's key events


GOLF
· The men's golf reaches its conclusion, with plenty of players still in medal contention. Home favourite Hideki Matsuyama is one shot off Xander Schauffele's lead, while Great Britain's Paul Casey is another shot further back and Tommy Fleetwood is also in the mix (11.30pm-8am)

CYCLING - BMX
· Great Britain have already made history in the BMX events in Tokyo, something Charlotte Worthington and Declan Brooks will be looking to add to in the women's (2.10am) and men's (3.10am) freestyle finals

SWIMMING
· The final day of swimming action begins with the men's 50m freestyle final. Ben Proud could add to a medal-laden Games in the pool for Team GB so far, although he is up against USA's Caeleb Dressel, who is going for his fourth gold in Tokyo (2.30am)
· From sprint to endurance, Great Britain's second medal hope of the day comes through Daniel Jervis in the men's 1500m freestyle final (2.44am)
· Team GB will again be among the heavy favourites for gold in the last swimming event of the Games - the men's 4x100m medley relay final - having won the mixed event in a world record time on Saturday (3.36am)

BOXING
· Already guaranteed at least a bronze, Pat McCormack takes part in the men's welterweight semi-final against Ireland's Aidan Walsh with a spot in the gold medal final at stake (4.03am)
· Ben Whittaker is also in the semi-finals of the men's light heavyweight and will be looking to continue Team GB's success in the ring (4.51am)

TENNIS
· There will be a surprise on the top of the men's tennis podium after Novak Djokovic missed out on a medal altogether. Alexander Zverev takes on Karen Khachanov in the second match on Centre Court at the Ariake Tennis Park (7am-2pm)

SAILING
· Alison Young will be going for gold in the women's laser radial medal race (7.33am)

ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS
· Team GB's Max Whitlock will look to defend his 2016 Olympic title in the men's pommel horse final (10.41am)

ATHLETICS
· The men's high jump final includes GB's Tom Gale, although his chances of a medal look bleak (11.10am)
· So often the blue-riband event of the Olympics, the men's 100m final takes place as the world's fastest bid to be crowned Usain Bolt's successor. Three Brits have made it into the semi-finals (11.15am-11.32am), and the final looks wide open after an underwhelming display by favourite Trayvon Bromell on Saturday (1.50pm)

HOCKEY
· Great Britain face India in the men's quarter-final (1pm)

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