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Yahoo
5 hours ago
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- Yahoo
Auckland City shut down Kane .. and concede 10 against Bayern at Club World Cup
The good news for Auckland City was that they stopped Harry Kane scoring on Sunday afternoon in Cincinnati. The bad news was that his Bayern Munich teammates were a little more prolific, scoring 10 between them in the opening match of their Club World Cup campaign. If Gianni Infantino, the Fifa president, was hoping his expanded Club World Cup – now containing 32 teams, playing across four weeks in 11 US cities – would showcase the depth of talent in global football, this was not a good example. The statistics were excruciating: the German champions had 31 shots – 17 of them on target – to Auckland's one, and enjoyed 72% of possession. Advertisement Related: Messi shows glimpses of his genius on Fifa's stage of fakery as Club World Cup begins It took 52 years for a team to score 10 goals in a World Cup game – Hungary beat El Salvador 10-1 in 1982 – but it's taken just two games for a team to score 10 under the Club World Cup's new format (the largest previous win at the tournament was 6-1, when Al-Hilal beat Al-Jazira in 2021 when just seven teams took part). There is some mitigation. While many argue that talent has been diluted by expanding the number of teams at this tournament, Auckland City have been a feature of the Club World Cup for some time: they have actually played at more editions than any other team. On the other hand, they're not even the best team in Auckland, let alone New Zealand. Auckland City are part-timers, and the city's professional team, Auckland FC, play in Australia's A-League. 'To be proud of the players is what we're after. It's a dream coming from an amateur level to play in this environment,' Auckland coach Ivan Vicelich said after the match, noting that some of his players had to take time off work to play in the tournament. 'You can't hide on the field. [I'm] really proud, a lot of players put in a good amount and worked really hard.' Advertisement Jamal Musiala led the way for Bayern on Sunday with a second-half hat-trick. Thomas Müller, Michael Olise and Kingsley Coman scored two each, with Sacha Boey completing the rout. Some of the fans at at TQL Stadium took the opportunity to express their feelings on the tournament's organisers. They unfurled a banner referencing the 2015 arrest of officials at a Swiss hotel over allegations of corruption. The banner read: '10 Years Baur Au Lac – World Football Is More Poorly Governed than Before! Smash FIFA!' Things won't get much easier for Auckland: they play another European giant, Benfica, on Friday. Bayern play Argentina's Boca Juniors on the same day, in what will be a tougher assignment than their opening fixture. 'The next game against Boca Juniors will be the highlight of the group stage,' Bayern manager Vincent Kompany said. 'A traditional club from Europe against a traditional club from South America. Even if I weren't Bayern coach, I'd have attended this game. It will be special.'
The Hindu
15 hours ago
- Sport
- The Hindu
Bayern Munich routs Auckland City 10-0 in Club World Cup as fans unfurl banner to 'Smash FIFA!'
Bayern Munich romped to a 10-0 victory over Auckland City in its Club World Cup opener on Sunday as Jamal Musiala had a hat-trick in a 17-minute span of the second half in front of a crowd that unfurled a banner urging to 'Smash FIFA!' while accusing the governing body of mismanagement. Thomas Müller, Kingsley Coman, and Michael Olise scored two goals each for the Bundesliga champion, which went ahead on Coman's goal six minutes in. Bayern had a 17-1 advantage in shots on target. Musiala, a 22-year-old midfielder, replaced Harry Kane in the 61st minute, making his first appearance since April 4 after recovering from a hamstring injury. He scored in the 67th minute, converted a penalty kick in the 73rd and scored again in the 84th. Before a crowd of 21,152 at TQL Stadium, fans displayed a red-and-white banner referring to the 2015 raid by U.S. law enforcement at a Zurich hotel that led to the arrest of many football officials: '10 Years Baur Au Lac—World Football Is More Poorly Governed than Before! Smash FIFA!' Defender Jonathan Tah started in his Bayern debut following his transfer from Bayer Leverkusen. Defender Dayot Upamecano entered in the 61st in his first appearance since March 23 for Germany after recovering from a knee injury. READ: The FIFA Club World Cup is finally up and running — and football may never be the same Bayern built a 4-0 lead by midway through the first half when Sacha Boey scored in the 18th, Olise in the 20th, and Coman in the 21st. Müller, the 35-year-old who plans to leave Bayern this summer, added a goal in the 45th minute, and Olise made it 6-0 in the third minute of first-half stoppage time. Bayern figures to be tested more against Boca Juniors on Friday and Benfica on June 24. Carrying a huge goal deficit, Auckland faces Benfica on Friday and closes Group C against Boca Juniors. 'I think today was a great match for everyone. It was very assertive and offensive,' Vincent Kompany, Bayern Munich coach, said. Angus Kilkolly, Auckland City forward, said: 'It is an unbelievable challenge to play against one of the world's best teams, and I think as the goals went in, obviously you get down on yourself, and that gets more challenging. We did try our very hardest to keep them out.'
