Vincent Kompany admitted his Bayern Munich facet merely “did their job” in brushing apart part-timers Auckland Metropolis within the Membership World Cup this afternoon.
Bayern won 10-0 in Cincinnati in a sport that did little to silence critics of the expanded competitors. The gulf in school was huge with Bayern scoring after 4 minutes and spending all the sport camped within the Auckland half.
Jamal Musiala got here off the bench to attain a hat-trick whereas Kingsley Coman, Michael Olise and Thomas Muller every netted twice.
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Kompany cool after record-breaking win
It was an entire mis-match and even Bayern boss Kompany refused to go overboard with superlatives for his gamers.
He stated: “We don’t want reward or something like that proper now, we simply did our job. We performed very significantly. We did what we needed to do, and maybe the purpose distinction on this group isn’t unimportant.
“When a group sits deep and defends nicely, it’s not a given that you simply’ll rating 10 targets. We couldn’t have completed way more immediately.”
Muller’s second was his 250th in Bayern colors as he prepares to go away his boyhood membership on the finish of the match.
The 35-year-old stated: “We performed nicely, we performed significantly, we performed with depth. We didn’t let something slip or go away something to likelihood. After each purpose, we pushed for the following one.
“We stayed aggressive up entrance. With the ball, we instantly wished to create the following alternative, and that’s why we earned this end result, together with the scoreline.”
Though the TQL Stadium was not full, with about 21,000 in attendance, Muller was impressed by the turnout.
“We had followers who have been actually into the sport and reacted to the move of play, particularly celebrating the targets,” he added.
“After my final purpose, I had an amazing second celebrating with them. They have been completely behind us. It was a whole lot of enjoyable. And I’ve to say, the stadium was a correct soccer stadium.”
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Vicelich happy with his gamers
It was a tough afternoon for Auckland, though they deserved nice credit score for combating till the tip regardless of the apparent hole in high quality.
Interim coach Ivan Vicelich stated: “That is the truth of soccer in opposition to one of many world’s prime groups.
“It’s a dream for gamers coming from an beginner degree to play on this atmosphere.
“We knew it was going to be a really tough sport, enjoying in opposition to one of many prime groups on the earth, probably one of many favourites for the Membership World Cup, so we’re simply actually happy with the gamers’ efforts.”
