Bayern Munich needed a stoppage-time winner from Bastian Schweinsteiger to beat VfL Wolfsburg 2-1 and successfully kick off their Bundesliga title defense Friday. Bayern, which was missing injured winger Arjen Robben and striker Ivica Olic, were the livelier side early on, with Franck Ribery in superb form. With Germany coach Joachim Loew in the stands and the game seen in 197 countries, World Cup joint top scorer Thomas Mueller fired the hosts into the lead in the ninth minute after combining beautifully with Toni Kroos. Last season's Bundesliga top scorer Edin Dzeko grabbed a deserved 55th-minute equalizer for Wolfsburg when he headed in a Zvjezdan Misimovic corner to give fired-up former England coach Steve McClaren a reason to smile on his Bundesliga debut. Bayern hit back deep into added time when an unmarked Schweinsteiger tapped in a Ribery cross at the far post. Bayern coach Louis van Gaal opted for a new-look central defense with Holger Badstuber partnering Daniel van Buyten, leaving out Argentine Martin Demichelis, who angrily refused to sit on the substitutes' bench before the start of the game. Demichelis said he wants to leave Bayern Munich after being left out of the starting line-up. Van Gaal opted to select Daniel van Buyten and youngster Holger Badstuber as his center-backs against Wolfsburg and Demichelis boycotted the match at Munich's Allianz Arena in protest. “The truth is that a cycle is ending and it's better for both sides if we go separate ways,” Demichelis told Bild newspaper. “I don't think it is fair to remain with the team if the signs point to separation.” “I made my decision and the player must accept it. He won the title last season, but now has been replaced and he must accept that, it's not easy,” added van Gaal. Demichelis has been at Bayern since 2003, but chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge ruled out releasing him before the summer transfer window closes on Aug. 31. “We need four players at center-back,” he said, and warned against hasty decisions. Argentina recalls Zenetti, Cambiasso Interim Argentina coach Sergio Batista Friday recalled Javier Zanetti, Esteban Cambiasso and Andres D'Alessandro to face world champion Spain in a September 7 friendly in Buenos Aires. Inter Milan pair Zanetti and Cambiasso were left out of the World Cup squad by then coach Diego Maradona despite coming off a treble-winning season topped off by a Champions League triumph. D'Alessandro also had a fine club campaign with Brazilian outfit Internacional, but the trio were not to Maradona's taste and missed out on the team's run to the quarter-finals in South Africa. Spain, which landed its first World Cup win in July to add to its Euro 2008 success, won the countries' last meeting in a November 2009 friendly. Brazil coach Menezes turns to youth Brazil coach Mano Menezes called up more young players Friday for a week of training with the national side. Menezes announced 18-year-old midfielder Philippe Coutinho has been added to the squad that will train in Spain Sept. 2-8. Brazil's Football Confederation had hoped to arrange for a friendly during that period, but failed to find an opponent. As a result, Menezes opted to use only those players who are already playing in Europe. Inter Milan midfielder Coutinho will join 18-year-old striker Neymar and 20-year-old striker Alexandre Pato of Milan.
