Football: Auckland City 'Tried To Do Our Best Without The Ball' Against Brutal Bayern Munich
Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich hit double figures against Auckland City in Cincinnati to record the biggest win in the history of the Club World Cup.
The 10-0 victory was never in doubt as the part-timers struggled to keep up with the six-time European champions.
"We knew it was going to be a very difficult game," Vicelich said afterwards.
"Obviously we're playing against one of the top teams in the world, so really proud of the efforts."
The German side was on the score sheet within six minutes and were up 6-0 at half time. Jamal Musiala scored a second half hat-trick.
"The result is not what we wanted obviously and [the players] suffer internally with that, but to be able to sit up here and be proud of the players is what we're after."
Vicelich said the players were told at half time to keep battling.
"They took it on, and it's a dream for our players coming from an amateur level to play in this environment."
Vicelich doesn't think his players gave the opposition too much respect.
"We talked about that, we knew Bayern Munich can play really well against any team, so we knew that was going to happen. We tried to do our best without the ball.
"All we can do now is recover and the guys can learn from this experience and in a couple of days time we can lift them up again."
Auckland had one shot on goal.
Auckland's next game is against Benfica of Portugal on Saturday.
Their final group game is against Boca Juniors of Argentina.
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