Harry Kane scored twice and Bayern Munich capitalized on a fast begin to beat Flamengo 4-2 within the Club World Cup spherical of 16 on Sunday (June 29, 2025).
Germany’s premier soccer membership regrouped rapidly from its solely lack of the match final week towards Benfica, leaping out to a 2-0 lead after which holding off Flamengo’s comeback makes an attempt to advance to the quarterfinals.
Bayern Munich will face Champions League winner Paris Saint-Germain on Saturday in Atlanta after PSG routed Lionel Messi and Inter Miami 4-0 earlier Sunday.
Kane’s first purpose was a deflected strike 9 minutes into the match that put Bayern up by a pair of objectives, and the prolific purpose scorer discovered the again of the online once more on a feed from Joshua Kimmich that he whipped previous goalie Agustín Rossi.
The Bundesliga champion struck early when Flamengo star Erick Pulgar headed the ball into his personal web off Kimmich’s nook within the sixth.
Even although Flamengo had loads of alternatives, the Brazilian membership failed to capitalize on sufficient of them and by no means bought nearer than a purpose.
Bayern Munich’s Manuel Neuer is crushed by a shot from Flamengo’s Gerson for a purpose through the Club World Cup spherical of 16 soccer match on June 29, 2025.
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Luiz Araújo had Flamengo’s finest probability of the primary half with a left-footed shot towards the again submit, however Manuel Neuer slid over and knocked the ball away for a superb save.
Gerson lastly put Flamengo on the board when he beat Neuer within the thirty second to reduce the 2-0 deficit in half earlier than Leon Goretzka restored Bayern’s two-goal lead.
Flamengo pulled inside a purpose once more within the second half when Jorginho transformed a penalty. Then got here Kane once more, ending within the 73rd along with his third purpose of the match.
The 65,000-seat Hard Rock Stadium — residence of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins — has been one of many extra well-attended venues of the match and was virtually fully full on Sunday (June 29, 2025), with many attendees sporting Flamengo’s iconic black and crimson package.
Key second
Bayern Munich’s Harry Kane celebrates scoring his aspect’s fourth purpose through the Club World Cup match towards Flamengo on June 29, 2025.
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Jorginho despatched Neuer the mistaken means on a penalty within the 54th to reduce the deficit to 3-2 and provides Flamengo life earlier than Kane put them away along with his second purpose.
Takeaways
Bayern’s win ensured that no less than 4 European golf equipment will advance to the quarterfinals. It additionally arrange a rematch of the 2020 Champions League remaining that Bayern gained 1-0.
What they mentioned
“I know a lot of my game is judged on goals and I’ve been doing it throughout my career, but what maybe some of the German fans and some of the Bayern fans are realizing is that I’ll do anything for the team to help us win.” — Kane.
“We had our opportunities, but unfortunately they were the superior team in this fixture. … The corner kick at the beginning of the match sort of took down our confidence a little bit.” — Flamengo coach Filipe Luis by way of an interpreter.
