Michael Olise fired Bayern Munich into the knockout phases of the Club World Cup, scoring within the 84th minute for a 2-1 win over Boca Juniors on Friday night time.
German champion Bayern made it two wins in Group C and superior to the spherical of 16 with a sport to spare.
Olise secured the victory at Hard Rock Stadium after Miguel Merentiel had put Boca in place for a draw with an excellent solo purpose within the 66th.
Bayern, which tops the group, took the lead on Harry Kane’s medical end within the 18th and went on to overlook of a slew of probabilities earlier than Merentiel’s equalizer.
Key second
Bayern appeared like it could be held till Olise’s cool end. Collecting Kane’s layoff contained in the field, the ahead curled a robust first-time effort low into the underside nook.
Takeaways
Bayern has the posh of resting gamers for its closing group sport towards second-place Benfica on Tuesday, which might be dangerous information for Boca. Argentine large Boca, which performs Auckland City, wants Bayern to beat Benfica to have any likelihood of advancing to the subsequent spherical.
What they stated
“We knew it wasn’t going to be easy, we knew we were coming into a hostile environment, hot weather, it was tough. It’s a massive tournament. We are playing against the best teams in the world. We just have to compete to our highest level and we should be able to beat most teams.” — Kane. (AP) AM AM AM
