Harry Kane scores two goals when German giants expel another specific South American team from the Club World Cup.
Bayern Munich has exceeded a certain resistance of Flamengo to reserve its place in the quarterfinals of the Club World Cup with an entertaining 4-2 victory in its round of 16 clashes.
Harry Kane scored twice when German giants became the last European team to eliminate their South American counterparts from the Global Cup competition on Sunday, which led the Flamengo Filipe Luis coach to say that the elite of football “remains in Europe.”
Vincent Kompany's team will now play European champions Paris Saint-Germain in Atlanta on Saturday for a place in the last four.
Flamengo, backed by a huge and passionate follow -up at the Hard Rock stadium, withdrew from the tournament despite the real determination of the Luis team.
Joshua Kimmich opened the score for Bayern in the sixth minute, and the score doubled four minutes later when Kane pocketed the first.
Bayern seemed to flee with the game, but the three times champions of the Copa Libertadores could find a support point.
Flamengo was rewarded for his efforts in the 33rd minute, when after the dangerous Luiz Araujo played the ball from the left, the ball fell to Gerson, who unleashed a ray that shot Neuer to wear most of the multitude of 60,914 at his feet.
But all that good work of the Rio team got rid of four minutes before the break when the poor authorization of Araujo landed directly at the feet of Leon Goretzka, who had the time and space to settle before, from more than 20 yards out, placing his shot in the corner to put the 3-1.
Flamengo came out determined to respond once again and reduced the deficit again in the 55th minute when Michael Olise handled a crossing of Giorgian De-Arrascaeta at a short distance and Jorginho took the opportunity with a refrigerated conversion with ice.
The contest was finally established in the 73rd minute when Konrad Laimer won the ball in the midfield and fed Kimmich, who, in turn, slid to Kane, who defeated Agustin Rossi with one of his details and impulses of power.
'European teams have the best Brazilian players'
Later, Luis said the football elite remained in Europe when he took off his cap at Bayern's murderous touch.
“It is up to us to simply recognize the superiority of our opponent. They are very good, we knew it. At this level, any error is fatal. Those who deserved to pass,” he said.
“Our plan worked and we could apply pressure and create goal opportunities, but they were better than us; we are playing against the football elite. If Vinicius JR would not have gone to Real Madrid, we would have the best player in the world.
“They [South American players] I want to be in the elite and that is what they are, if we had won today and the tournament, reality would not change: they are high quality equipment. We have many Brazilian players in our teams, but they [the European teams] have the best. They have better players, that's a fact. “
European teams were expected to dominate the expanded club world cup, but sometimes they fought in the group phase, while all Brazilian teams advanced and caused impression.
The Bayern, however, restored a measure of what the European football establishment would call “order” ahead of Inter Milan's clash with Fluminense from Brazil, also in the last 16. Palmeiras progressed by beating his Brazilian side partner Botafogo on Saturday.
