Kane brace helps Bayern beat Flamengo, set up clash with PSG

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30-06-2025

dpa
Miami
Harry Kane scored a brace as Bayern Munich beat Brazil's Flamengo 4-2 on Sunday to set up a mouth-watering Club World Cup quarter-final date with Champions League winners Paris Saint-Germain.
A sixth-minute own goal from Erick Pulgar and Kane from a distance three minutes later set Bayern on course early in an entertaining last 16 duel at Hard Rock Stadium.
Captain Gerson smashed Flamengo back into the game in the 33rd, Leon Goretzka drilled Bayern's third in the 41st, but - roared on by their big support - Flamengo drew within one again from Jorginho's penalty in the 55th.
England captain Kane then curled Bayern's fourth in the 73rd which broke the resistance of their Rio de Janeiro opponents who had beaten Chelsea 3-1 in the group stage.
Bayern happy and now face PSG Bayern will now face fancied PSG, who trounced Lionel Messi's Inter Miami 4-0 earlier Sunday, in the quarter-finals on Saturday in Atlanta.
Bayern beat PSG 1-0 in the league stage of the Champions League in November, and Player of the Match Kane told streaming portal DAZN that he sees a chance for his side.
'It will be another tough game. PSG have had an amazing season. We played them earlier and came out on top. We must show that energy. We can beat anyway when we are at our level,' Kane said.
Looking at the match, he said: 'It was tough. Flamengo are a really good team. I thought we played well for large periods of the game.
They made it difficult for us. The fourth goal was an imprtant goal for us.
Mistakes cost Flamengo Jorginho said: 'In big games like these details make the difference.
For large parts it was a very equal game. They came out from a few mistakes by us.' Coaches Vincent Kompany and Filipe Luis rotated their stars in again after giving many players a rest in their final group games, having already been qualified for the last 16.
Bayern ace Jamal Musiala was still not part of the starting 11 in his comeback from injury at the tournament. He came on for the final 20 minutes.
Bayern strike early - twice Bayern dominated the opening minutes and won three corners, which Joshua Kimmich all delivered dangerously into the goalmouth, and the third of them was headed into his own far corner by Pulgar.
It was 2-0 three minutes later when Dayot Upamecano dispossessed Giorgian de Arrascaeta deep in Flamengo's half, and Kane fired in off the left post from a distance.
Flamengo come back - briefly Flamengo tried to hit back, and Manuel Neuer made an extraordinary save against Luiz Araujo's effort from point blank range at the far post to preserve the two-goal advantage.
But Neuer was left without a chance when captain Gerson smashed into the roof of the net right over the keeper's head in the 33rd.
The joy didn't last long, though, as Bayern became more active again and made it 3-1 in the 41st from Goretzka's swerving drive which left goalkeeper Agustin Rossi stranded.
Kane finally makes the difference Flamengo pushed again after the restart. They were awarded when Michael Olise handled a cross, and Jorginho calmly sent Neuer the wrong way from the spot in the 55th.
The game hung in the balance but another lost Flamengo ball allowed Kimmich to find Kane in the 73rd to clinch matters into the bottom right corner.
Leroy Sanè missed a possible fifth in stoppage time after coming on as a sub in his last Bayern game before a move to Turkey's Galatasaray.