Florida’s Miami Gardens.In the Club World Cup round of 16, Bayern Munich defeated Flamengo 4-2 on Sunday thanks to two goals from Harry Kane and a strong start.
After suffering its lone tournament defeat to Benfica last week, Germany’s top soccer team bounced back swiftly, taking a 2-0 lead and fending off Flamengo’s comeback attempts to reach the quarterfinals.
After Paris Saint-Germain defeated Lionel Messi and Inter Miami 4-0 earlier on Sunday, Bayern Munich will play the Champions League champions on Saturday in Atlanta.
Nine minutes into the game, Kane’s deflected goal gave Bayern a two-goal lead. The prolific goal scorer then scored again after a feed from Joshua Kimmich that he blasted past goaltender Agustin Rossi.
Erick Pulgar of Flamengo headed the ball into his own net following Kimmich’s corner in the sixth minute, giving the Bundesliga champion the lead.
Flamengo had a lot of chances, but the Brazilian team didn’t take advantage of them enough and never came close to scoring.
Flamengo’s greatest opportunity of the first half came from Luiz Arajo, who sent a left-footed shot toward the back post, but Manuel Neuer made a fantastic save by sliding over and knocking the ball away.
Before Leon Goretzka gave Bayern a two-goal advantage again, Gerson eventually put Flamengo on the score when he defeated Neuer in the 32nd to cut the 2-0 deficit in half.
In the second half, Jorginho’s penalty kick put Flamengo within a goal once more. Kane then scored his third goal of the tournament in the 73rd minute.
One of the tournament’s most popular stadiums, Hard Rock Stadium, which holds 65,000 spectators and is home to the NFL’s Miami Dolphins, was nearly full on Sunday. Many of the fans were dressed in Flamengo’s recognizable black and red uniform.
Crucial moment
Before Kane put them away with his second goal, Jorginho gave Flamengo hope with a penalty kick in the 54th minute that went Neuer the wrong way, cutting the score to 3-2.
Key Takeaways
At least four European teams will make it to the quarterfinals thanks to Bayern’s victory. It also paved the way for a replay of Bayern’s 1-0 victory in the 2020 Champions League final.
What they stated
I’ve been evaluating my performance based on goals for the all of my career, but perhaps some German and Bayern supporters are recognizing that I’ll stop at nothing to help the club win.” Kane.
Unfortunately, they were the better team in this match, even though we had our chances. Our confidence was somewhat undermined by the corner kick at the start of the game. Filipe Luis, the Flamengo coach, is interpreted.
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