Landon Donovan went the full 90 for Bayern Munich and set up Bastian Schweinsteiger for their opening goal against UAE league leaders and Asia Champions League participants Al Jazira.

While the final 3 – 2 result went the way of the German giants, the game ended up being a much more difficult test than 6,500 on hand thought it would be.

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The Bavarians’ left flank again caught the eye as Philipp Lahm, Ze Roberto and Franck Ribery staged a number of intelligent passing interchanges, while Donovan looked mobile on his maiden outing in a Bayern jersey, narrowly failing to net a tricky half-volley but setting up Schweinsteiger for the equaliser with an intelligent pass into the inside-right channel.

FCB boss Klinsmann made nine changes at half-time, with only US star Donovan and full-back Lell completing the full 90 minutes. The run-out represented a chance for squad players such as Jose Sosa, Breno and Andreas Ottl to impress alongside more established figures in the shape of fit-again Hamit Altintop and Tim Borowski.

The second period was a roller-coaster ride for Daniel van Buyten. The Belgian colossus, captaining the Munich side after Mark van Bommel went off at half-time, handed his men the lead on 48 minutes with a fulminating drive from a free-kick, but the centre-half then scored at the other end, inadvertently diverting a cross past number two keeper Hans-Jörg Butt to level the scores with quarter of an hour remaining.

The game looked destined for a draw as neither side proved able of creating much in front of goal in the closing stages, only for Klose’s neat footwork and dainty 12-yard flick with the outside of his right boot to hand the visitors a not undeserved 3-2 victory right at the end.
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