Bayern beat Flamengo 4-2 to meet PSG in Club World Cup quarters

Harry Kane scores 2 goals arsenic German giants oust yet different determined South American squad from the Club World Cup.

Bayern Munich person flooded a determined absorption from Flamengo to publication their spot successful the Club World Cup quarterfinals with an entertaining 4-2 triumph successful their circular of 16 clash.

Harry Kane scored doubly arsenic the German giants became the latest European squad to sound retired their South American counterparts from the planetary cupful contention connected Sunday, prompting Flamengo manager Filipe Luis to accidental the shot elite “remain successful Europe”.

Vincent Kompany’s broadside volition present play European champions Paris Saint-Germain successful Atlanta connected Saturday for a spot successful the past four.

Flamengo, backed by a immense and passionate pursuing astatine Hard Rock Stadium, bowed retired of the tourney contempt a show of existent determination from Luis’s team.

Joshua Kimmich opened the scoring for Bayern successful the sixth minute, and the people was doubled 4 minutes aboriginal arsenic Kane bagged his first.

Bayern looked similar they were going to tally distant with the crippled but the three-time Copa Libertadores champions were capable to find a foothold.

Flamengo were rewarded for their efforts successful the 33rd infinitesimal erstwhile aft the unsafe Luiz Araujo played the shot successful from the left, the shot fell to Gerson who unleashed a thunderbolt which rocketed past Neuer to bring the bulk of the 60,914 assemblage to their feet.

But each that bully enactment from the Rio squad was undone 4 minutes earlier the interruption erstwhile Araujo’s mediocre clearance landed consecutive astatine the feet of Leon Goretzka who had the clip and abstraction to settee himself before, from much than 20 yards out, placing his changeable into the country to marque it 3-1.

Flamengo came retired determined to respond erstwhile again and they reduced the shortage again successful the 55th infinitesimal erstwhile Michael Olise handled a transverse from Giorgian de Arrascaeta astatine adjacent scope and Jorginho took vantage of the accidental with an ice-cool conversion.

The contention was yet settled successful the 73rd infinitesimal erstwhile Konrad Laimer won the shot successful midfield and fed Kimmich who, successful turn, slipped the shot done to Kane, who confidently bushed Agustin Rossi with 1 of his trademark precision and powerfulness drives.

Harry Kane scored 2 goals successful Bayern’s 4-2 triumph implicit Flamengo [Megan Briggs/Getty Images via AFP]

‘European teams person the champion Brazilian players’

Later, Luis said the shot elite remained successful Europe arsenic helium doffed his headdress to Bayern’s slayer touch.

“It’s up to america to simply recognise the superiority of our opponent. They are precise good, we knew that. At this level, immoderate mistake is fatal. Those who deserved to spell done got through,” helium said.

“Our program did enactment and we were capable to use unit and make goal-scoring opportunities, but they were amended than us; we’re playing against the shot elite. If Vinicius Jr had not near for Real Madrid, we would person the champion subordinate successful the world.

“They [South American players] privation to beryllium successful the elite and that’s what they are, had we won contiguous and the tournament, it would not alteration the world – they’re high-quality teams. We person galore Brazilian players successful our teams, but they [the European teams] person the champion ones. They person amended players – that’s a fact.”

European teams were expected to predominate the expanded Club World Cup but sometimes struggled successful the radical signifier portion each Brazilian teams precocious and made an impression.

Bayern, however, restored a measurement of what the European shot constitution would telephone “order” up of Inter Milan’s clash with Brazil’s Fluminense, besides successful the past 16. Palmeiras progressed by beating chap Brazilian broadside Botafogo connected Saturday.

Flamengo fans cheer for their squad during the lucifer [Chandan Khanna/AFP]