Bayern beat Boca to seal Club World Cup last 16 spot

German giants Bayern Munich bushed Argentina’s Boca Juniors 2-1 to seal advancement astatine FIFA Club World Cup.

Michael Olise’s 84th-minute extremity was capable to springiness Bayern Munich a 2-1 win implicit Boca Juniors successful Miami Gardens, arsenic the reigning German champions clinched a spot successful the knockout signifier of the Club World Cup.

After a scramble successful the punishment area, Harry Kane sent the shot backmost to Olise, who blasted a changeable into the bottommost near country of the net.

Boca had levelled Friday’s lucifer successful the 66th infinitesimal connected a extremity from Miguel Merentiel aft Kane gave Bayern a first-half lead.

Bayern (2-0-0, 6 points) faced a overmuch stiffer trial than successful their Group C opener, a 10-0 rout of semi-pro Auckland City (0-2-0, 0 points).

Boca Juniors (0-1-1, 1 point) inactive person a accidental to advance, but they would request to rout Auckland City connected Tuesday successful Nashville and person Benfica (1-0-1, 4 points) suffer to Bayern the aforesaid time successful Charlotte.

Bayern Munich’s Michael Olise celebrates scoring their 2nd extremity [Hannah Mckay/Reuters]

For Boca’s tying goal, Alan Velasco delivered a walk from midfield into abstraction for Merentiel to chase.

Merentiel bushed Bayern defender Jonathan Tah to the ball, past rounded defender Josip Stanisic earlier firing a 12-yard, right-footed changeable implicit the caput of goalkeeper Manuel Neuer and into the net.

Bayern besides produced an awesome goal. Konrad Laimer fired an introduction walk to the centre of the Boca punishment area.

Kingsley Coman knocked the shot backmost to Kane, who took a dense interaction but inactive reached the shot successful clip to occurrence successful a 12-yard changeable with his near foot.

Boca Juniors’ Miguel Merentiel scores their archetypal extremity [Marco Bello/Reuters]

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