Bayern beat Rottach-Egern 27-0

FC Bayern beat Rottach-Egern 27-0 in their first game of pre-season at their Tegernsee training camp. Head coach Thomas Tuchel started with a strong line-up of Sven Ulreich in goal, a back four of Noussair Mazraoui, Dayot Upamecano, Benjamin Pavard and Alphonso Davies. Konrad Laimer was handed his debut in midfield alongside captain Joshua Kimmich. The front four consisted of Leroy Sane, Jamal Musiala, Mathys Tel and Serge Gnabry. New defender Minjae Kim was not involved but in attendance to watch just hours after his signing was announced.

After all the pre-match photos where the players and staff of ninth-tier Rottach-Egern got to pose alongside their Bayern counterparts, the Bundesliga champions got down to business at the Sportplatz Birkenmoos. It took Musiala, who scored the crucial final goal of last season, just three minutes to open the scoring. Gnabry and then Davies took the tally to three inside eight minutes. Gnabry and Musiala brought up braces after 12 and 13 minutes respectively.

After a brief lull, Laimer opened his Bayern account on 20 minutes with a chip over the goalkeeper, who had earlier denied Tel. The Frenchman then got a four-minute brace before Mazraoui made it 9-0. Tel wrapped up his hat-trick and took things into double digits just before the half-hour mark. The six-time European champions got their 11th thanks to a set piece as Upamecano powered home a header on 31 minutes. Tel’s fourth took Bayern past the 11 first-half goals they got when they last faced Rottach-Egern in 2019. Sane got in on the act for the 13th and Musiala rounded off his hat-trick after 37 minutes for 14-0. Tel made it five for himself with a calm finish after Musiala dribbled his way through the Rottach-Egern ranks. The hero of 2022/23 attempted to keep pace with his fourth and FCB’s 16th on 42 minutes. Gnabry got his hat-trick shortly after, before Musiala rounded out the half with a fifth for himself as Bayern went into the break 18-0 to the good.

Tuchel changed his entire team for the second half to the following: Schenk – Kabadayi, Stanisic, Sarr, Guerreiro – Goretzka, Gravenberch – Mane, Sabitzer, Coman – Choupo-Moting.

The new XI took a little longer to get going but Marcel Sabitzer got the first goal of the second period after five minutes. Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting made way for Paul Wanner on 56 minutes following a knock to his knee before Raphael Guerreiro hit the post and Sadio Mane only found the side netting. It wasn’t until the 64th minute that Sabitzer struck again to bring up 20 for the Bundesliga champions. The Austrian, returning from a loan spell at Manchester United, completed his hat-trick with a tap-in moments later.

The Sabitzer Show continued with a turn and dinked finish for his fourth on 71 minutes and then another close-range strike moments later. His fifth equalled the score of 23-0 in this game from 2019. Debutant Guerreiro then took them beyond that when he turned in at the far post. Ryan Gravenberch brought up the quarter century in the 84th minute with a curling effort from 20 yards. Kingsley Coman added a 26th with a low drive. After being denied on a number of occasions, Mane finally got his goal to round off the scoring in the 90th minute at 27-0.

Tuchel and his team will remain at Tegernsee until Thursday to complete their training camp. The Allianz FC Bayern Team Presentation is on 23 July at the Allianz Arena before the team head to Tokyo for the first part of the Audi Summer Tour. They face Manchester City (26 July) and Kawasaki Frontale (29 July) in Japan before taking on Liverpool in Singapore on 2 August. The final friendly of pre-season is against Monaco in Unterhaching on 7 August.

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