Vincent Kompany admitted his Bayern Munich aspect merely “did their job” in brushing apart part-timers Auckland Metropolis within the Membership World Cup this afternoon.
Bayern received 10-0 in Cincinnati in a recreation that did little to silence critics of the expanded competitors. The gulf in school was huge with Bayern scoring after 4 minutes and spending the complete recreation 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 a whole 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 critically. We did what we needed to do, and maybe the aim distinction on this group will not be unimportant.
“When a group sits deep and defends nicely, it’s not a given that you just’ll rating 10 objectives. We couldn’t have carried out way more right this moment.”
Muller’s second was his 250th in Bayern colors as he prepares to depart his boyhood membership on the finish of the event.
The 35-year-old stated: “We performed nicely, we performed critically, we performed with depth. We didn’t let something slip or go away something to probability. After each aim, we pushed for the subsequent one.
“We stayed aggressive up entrance. With the ball, we instantly wished to create the subsequent 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 had been actually into the sport and reacted to the stream of play, particularly celebrating the objectives,” he added.
“After my final aim, I had an ideal second celebrating with them. They had been completely behind us. It was quite a 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 top regardless of the plain hole in high quality.
Interim coach Ivan Vicelich stated: “That is the truth of soccer towards one of many world’s high groups.
“It’s a dream for gamers coming from an newbie degree to play on this surroundings.
“We knew it was going to be a really troublesome recreation, enjoying towards one of many high groups on the earth, doubtlessly one of many favourites for the Membership World Cup, so we’re simply actually happy with the gamers’ efforts.”