Bayern beats Wolfsburg 3-2 to start Bundesliga campaign under new coach Vincent Kompany

BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich’s bid to wrest Bundesliga honors back from Bayer Leverkusen started Sunday with a hard-fought 3-2 win at Wolfsburg.

Serge Gnabry scored the winning goal late after Bayern allowed Wolfsburg to come from behind to lead 2-1 early in the second half.

Vincent Kompany made his league debut as coach, and Michael Olise started for his, but it was an old Bayern favorite who made the difference as Thomas Müller went on as a substitute for his club record-setting 474th Bundesliga appearance.

The 34-year-old Müller had an immediate effect after going on in the 65th minute, when the unfortunate Jakub Kaminski scored an own-goal to draw Bayern level after a corner.

Müller was involved again when Gnabry scored the winner in the 82nd, sending the ball on for Harry Kane to set up Gnabry.

Wolfsburg made the better start, denying the visitors time on the ball, but Bayern gradually settled and Jamal Musiala broke the deadlock in the 20th when Sacha Boey eased past Kaminski on the right and cut the ball back. Kaminski, a midfielder, was forced to play out of position because of Wolfsburg injuries.

Bayern went on to dominate the rest of the half, but Wolfsburg found a way back when Boey fouled Tiago Tomás right after the break. Boey was booked, and Lovro Majer duly equalized from the penalty spot.

Majer struck the post shortly afterward as the home team pushed on, then Patrick Wimmer won the ball from Kim Min-jae to set Majer up for his and Wolfsburg’s second goal in the 55th.

"I do want to put forward the outstanding mentality of the team,” Kompany said of his team's response. “We can’t forget performance, and mistakes is one thing, but how do you react after your mistakes? After the mistakes, I didn’t feel like the team was feeling sorry. It was just a difficult game. But we got the goals because we created the chances and that remained throughout the game. Yeah, tough game, tough away game, but in the end, a very good win.”

St. Pauli’s return to the top division after a 13-year absence was spoiled somewhat by a 2-0 defeat at home to Heidenheim.

The second-division champion had enjoyed the better chances and looked more likely to score before Paul Wanner – a Bayern player on loan at Heidenheim – fired in the opener on a counterattack from a corner in the 66th. Jan Schöppner sealed the visitors' win in the 82nd.

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Wolfsburg's Tiago Tomas, left, in action against Bayern's Michael Olise during the German Bundesliga soccer match between VfL Wolfsburg and FC Bayern Munich at the Volkswagen Arena in Wolfsburg, Germany, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2024. (Swen Pfoertner/dpa via AP)

Bayern's Harry Kane, left, in action against Wolfsburg's Cedric Zesiger during the German Bundesliga soccer match between VfL Wolfsburg and FC Bayern Munich at the Volkswagen Arena in Wolfsburg, Germany, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2024. (Swen Pfoertner/dpa via AP)

Bayern's Serge Gnabry, second right, celebrates with his teammates after scoring his side's third goal of the game during the German Bundesliga soccer match between VfL Wolfsburg and FC Bayern Munich at the Volkswagen Arena in Wolfsburg, Germany, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2024. (Swen Pfoertner/dpa via AP)

Wolfsburg's Lovro Majer, center kneeling, celebrates with teammates after scoring his side's second goal of the game during the German Bundesliga soccer match between VfL Wolfsburg and FC Bayern Munich at the Volkswagen Arena in Wolfsburg, Germany, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2024. (Swen Pfoertner/dpa via AP)

Bayern's head coach Vincent Kompany arrives at the stadium before the German Bundesliga soccer match between VfL Wolfsburg and FC Bayern Munich at the Volkswagen Arena in Wolfsburg, Germany, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2024. (Swen Pfoertner/dpa via AP)

Bayern's Jamal Musiala, second right, in action against Wolfsburg's Maximilian Arnold during the German Bundesliga soccer match between VfL Wolfsburg and FC Bayern Munich at the Volkswagen Arena in Wolfsburg, Germany, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2024. (Swen Pfoertner/dpa via AP)

Bayern's Jamal Musiala, right, celebrates scoring his side's first goal of the game with teammate Sacha Boey, who provided the assist, during the German Bundesliga soccer match between VfL Wolfsburg and FC Bayern Munich at the Volkswagen Arena in Wolfsburg, Germany, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2024. (Swen Pfoertner/dpa via AP)

Wolfsburg's Ridle Baku, left, in action against Bayern's Alphonso Davies during the German Bundesliga soccer match between VfL Wolfsburg and FC Bayern Munich at the Volkswagen Arena in Wolfsburg, Germany, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2024. (Swen Pfoertner/dpa via AP)

Bayern's Michael Olise, left, in action against Wolfsburg's Jakub Kaminski during the German Bundesliga soccer match between VfL Wolfsburg and FC Bayern Munich at the Volkswagen Arena in Wolfsburg, Germany, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2024. (Swen Pfoertner/dpa via AP)

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The death toll in the aftermath of a typhoon in Vietnam climbed to 233 on Friday as rescue workers recovered more bodies from areas hit by landslides and flash floods, state media reported.

State-run broadcaster VTV said emergency crews have now recovered 48 bodies from the area of Lang Nu, a small village in northern Lao Cai province that was swept away in a deluge of water, mud and debris from mountains on Tuesday. Another 39 people are still missing.

Across Vietnam, 103 people are still listed as missing and more than 800 have been injured.

Yagi was the strongest typhoon to hit the Southeast Asian country in decades. It made landfall Saturday with winds of up to 149 kph (92 mph). Though it had weakened by Sunday, downpours continued and rivers remain dangerously high.

Roads to Lang Nu have been badly damaged, making it impossible to bring heavy equipment in to aid in the rescue effort.

Some 500 personnel with sniffer dogs are on hand, and in a visit to the scene on Thursday, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh promised they would not relent in their search for those still missing.

“Their families are in agony,” Chinh said.

In a sign of hope, eight people from two Lang Nu households were found safe early Friday morning, state-run VNExpress newspaper reported.

They had been out of the area at the time when the flash flood hit.

Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, foreground right, visits as rescue work is underway after a flash flood buries a hamlet in mud and debris in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi in Lao Cai province, Vietnam Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024 (Duong Van Giang/VNA via AP)

Rescue workers and a sniff dog search for the missing after a flash flood buries a hamlet in mud and debris in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi in Lao Cai province, Vietnam Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024 (Duong Van Giang/VNA via AP)

Rescue workers search for the missing after a flash flood buries a hamlet in mud and debris in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi in Lao Cai province, Vietnam Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. (Duong Van Giang/VNA via AP)