Club World Cup | Kane made two goals alone, Bayern stood out for European teams

Reprinted from: Yangtze Evening News

After a group of European giants led by the new European Champions League champion Paris Saint-Germain was beaten to the ground by South American powerhouses, German class bully Bayern finally couldn't sit still. In front of more than 63,000 fans in the Miami hard market stadium, he beat the Argentine giant Boca Youth 2:1, sounding the counterattack horn for European clubs. In other games, Flamengo reversed Chelsea 3-1; Los Angeles lost 0-1 to Tunisia Hope; Benfica 6-0 Oakland City.

Bayern advanced early with two consecutive victories

Bayern not only won the first victory of European teams against South American teams in this Club World Cup, causing South American teams to suffer their first defeat in this tournament (previously 6 wins and 3 draws), but also became the third team that won two consecutive victories after two Brazilian teams Botafogo (beating Paris 1:0 in the second round) and Flamengo (reversing Chelsea 3:1 in the second round), and joined hands with Flamengo to advance to the knockout round in advance.

On the surface, Bayern won was not easy, and Olisse scored the winning goal until the 84th minute. But in fact, the competitive level shown by the Bundesliga champions in the entire game was to crush Boca, sending the ball into the opponent's goal 4 times in total. Less than 8 minutes into the game, Olisse scored directly with a corner kick, but after watching the video, Iranian-Australian referee Fagani decided that Gnabry blocked goalkeeper Machessin's move was first foul, so he canceled the goal.

Bayern players quickly turned their dissatisfaction with the referee's change into an effective goal: In the 18th minute, Rymer scored 45 degrees from the right. Although Hoffenheim's former player Adventuri Kura cleared the ball before Koman, the ball was intercepted by Kane in the center of the penalty area. In the first round, the English captain who actually gave a white pass, before the two blocked it, hitting the lower right corner of the goal with his left foot, winning his first goal in the Club World Cup. Kane said after the game: "When your team scored 10 goals and you didn't score, as a striker, you will be very upset and regretted the missed opportunity, but the fact is that, I am very happy to be able to help the team with goals today." In the 66th minute, Boca equalized the score through counterattack. In the 84th minute, Olisse launched an attack from the right and created a melee in the penalty area. Kane received a cross from Lemmer and did it back immediately. Olisse pushed the ball steadily into the lower left corner of the goal, locking in a 2:1 victory. Kane said after the game: "I tried to pass the ball to Michael's left foot so that he could gain open space. He has a very strong shooting ability and he played very well." Three minutes later, Lemer and Mueller, who came on the bench, made a wonderful match against the wall and shot into the net, facing Machessin, but unfortunately he was ineffective due to offside.

Flamenco reversed Chelsea 3:1

defeated Los Angeles FC 2:0 in the first round. Chelsea did not feel the threat from American football. In this round, facing the Brazilian giants Flamenco, Chelsea relaxed his vigilance after leading, but was reversed by his opponent's three consecutive goals.

In the 13th minute, Neto took advantage of the opponent's mistake and took the lead for Chelsea. After the change of sides, Enrique and Danilo scored one after another, and Flamenco overtook the score; in the 68th minute, Jacquesson scored a red card with a foul, which made Chelsea worse; in the 83rd minute, Wallace Young locked the score at 3:1.

This game made Flamengo the first South American team in the history of the Club World Cup to successfully reverse the European team. A former Chelsea player, Jorginho, who just joined Flamengo not long ago, said: "The result of the game says everything. We are calm. In fact, we played well in the first half. We knew that we must do better in the second half. We did, and we found an opportunity to give our opponent a fatal blow." It is worth mentioning that after Jorginho left the team in January 2023, he achieved an unbeaten record of 3 wins and 1 draw against his old boss four times.

The worst person in this game was destined to be Jacquesson. The day of the game coincided with his 24th birthday. As a result, he was expelled by a red card in just 4 minutes after a substitute. This is his second red card in his last four club games.

After the game, Jacquesson said through social media: "I want to say sorry. I disappoint you to the club, the coaching staff, my teammates and all the fans who watched the game. Another red card, I am very angry with myself, and there is no excuse, I take full responsibility."

Di Maria "double sounds", Benfica 6:0 Auckland City

As expected, Benfica played a one-sided game against Auckland City.

Auckland City performed very tenaciously throughout the first half, almost withstood Benfica's attack. It was not until the 8th minute of injury time in the first half that veteran Di Maria used a penalty to break the deadlock for Benfica.

After the change of sides, Benfica opened fire with all his energy. From the 53rd minute, Pavlidiz, Sanchez and Barrero scored consecutive goals. In the 8th minute of injury time in the second half, Benfica, who got another penalty, was once again taken by Di Maria, and he finally locked the score at 6-0.

In this game, Di Maria and Barrero both scored twice, and the former was elected the best player in the game. It is worth mentioning that Chinese player Zhou Tong started for Auckland City in this game and was replaced after halftime.

Proofreading Sheng Yuanyuan