Vincent Kompany thought that the “serious” performance of Bayern Munich earned a lot of credit after she drove to a 10-0 win over Auckland City at the World Cup club.
Bayern started their group C campaign with an emphatic defeat of an Auckland team consisting of part-time players.
Jamal Musiala helped herself a hat trick, with Kingsley Coman, Michael Olise and Thomas Muller who scored twice, while Sacha Boey was also on a goal at TQL Stadium.
The victory of Bayern is the largest in the history of the World Cup club and surpasses the 6-1 victory of Al-Hilal in Al Jazira in 2021.
And although there will be much more difficult matches, against Benfica and Argentinian Giants Boca Juniors, Kompany still thinks that his team is worthy of the compliments despite the caliber of their opponents.
“Done done. We played very seriously and did what we had to do,” he said, pointing to an example of Musiala who burst back to make a crucial tackle in the penalty area of ​​Bayern.
“Perhaps target difference is also important in this group. We have said in advance that it would probably all be about attacking power.
“When a team is deep and defends well, it is not obvious that they will score ten goals. And that is why we can't do much more today.
“The highlight for me was Musiala's sprint in the defense. And if you do that in such a game, you have a good basis.”
100% – played under teams with more than two games in the @Fifacwc (including the previous format), @fcbayernen are the only ones who have a 100% win rice record (5 out of 5). Stroll around. pic.twitter.com/GIYR5TWLVV
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Among teams with more than two games played at the World Cup club, Bayern are the only ones who have a 100% win record (five of five).
And Kompany believes that their next game, against Boca, will turn out to be a thriller.
“The next match against Boca Juniors is the highlight of the group phase,” Kompany added.
“A traditional club from Europe against a traditional club from South America. Even if I was not Bayern manager, I would have attended this game.”
Muller, who has now scored 250 goals in all competitions for Bayern, repeated the sentiment from Kompany.
“We played well, we played seriously, we played with intensity,” said Muller, who leaves Bayern after the tournament.
“We didn't let anything happen. After every goal we kept pushing and we wanted the next one immediately. That's why we earned the score we scored.
“The stadium was full, the fans got wild when we scored. It was fun. We want to keep it that way. We will not always get such results, but the way we played – we want to take that to our next games.”
Jonathan Tah, who marked his Bayern debut with an assist for the early opener of Coman, knows that he and his teammates cannot be dragged along.
“It's good that we started the tournament like this. This is exactly what we wanted to do,” he said.
“This is exactly how we want to continue. We are all ready and were happy that it finally starts. We can't overestimate the game. We have to keep our heads straight and know that our opponents are getting stronger.”