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Players of Bayern Munich celebrate after beating Borussia Moenchengladbach in a Bundesliga match in Munich, Germany, June 13, 2020. /VCG
Bayern Munich swept past Borussia Moenchengladbach 2-1 with a late winner in the 86th minute and moved one step closer to their eighth straight Bundesliga title on Saturday.
Leading with seven points clear in the standings, Bayern could claim the championship if they beat Bremen in an away game on June 16. Even if they fail to win this match, they will only need to win just one of their last three matches to secure the title.
Though missing suspended top scorer Robert Lewandowski and the league's best provider Thomas Mueller, Bayern took the lead in the 26th minute when Gladbach keeper Yann Sommer, having made a sensational save only seconds earlier, passed the ball out into the path of Bayern's Joshua Zirkzee. The Dutch forward only needed to fire into an empty goal.
Sommer made amends with a fine save of a Serge Gnabry effort but was helpless a little later when Goretzka showed up with far too much space in the box to snatch the winner and Bayern's 10th consecutive league win.
Elsewhere, second-placed Borussia Dortmund secured a last-gasp 1-0 win at Fortuna Duesseldorf.
Dortmund's Norwegian forward Erling Haaland (2nd L) scores against Fortuna Duesseldorf in Duesseldorf, Germany, June 13, 2020. /VCG
Erling Haaland headed a stoppage-time winner to snatch a 1-0 victory at Fortuna Duesseldorf.
Dortmund never hit top form and survived several scares before Raphael Guerreiro volleyed home just past the hour. The effort, however, was canceled out by a VAR review for handball after the ball was deflected onto Guerreiro's shoulder.
Despite the return of defender Mats Hummels the Dortmund backline was far from solid.
Haaland, back from a knee injury, bagged his 11th goal in 12 league games and made sure of a last-gasp win when he rose high to connect with Manuel Akanji's cross.
The win maintained Dortmund's four-point gap over third-placed RB Leipzig, who won 2-0 at Hoffenheim on Friday.
Werder Bremen enjoyed a big win in the battle to avoid the drop, beating bottom club Paderborn 5-1 away. Promoted Union Berlin's 2-1 win at Cologne lifted them to 13th on 35 with another Bundesliga season all but assured.
Dries Mertens of Napoli celebrates after scoring a goal during the Coppa Italia semi-final second leg match against Inter Milan in Naples, Italy, June 13, 2020. /VCG
In Italy, Napoli reached the Coppa Italia final with a 1-1 draw at home to Inter Milan on Saturday as forward Dries Mertens became the club's all-time record scorer.
Inter went ahead after two minutes of the semi-final second leg when Christian Eriksen scored directly from a corner, badly misjudged by goalkeeper David Ospina, but Mertens leveled before halftime with his 122nd goal for the club in all competitions.
Napoli went through 2-1 on aggregate thanks to their 1-0 win at San Siro four months ago and will meet Juventus in Wednesday's final in Rome.
Napoli will face Juventus in the final on June 17 in Rome.
(With input from agencies)
