Bayern Munich thrashed amateurs Auckland City 10-0 while PSG powered past 10-player Atletico Madrid in a convincing 4-0 victory at the Club World Cup.
A mismatch was expected between Bayern, the Bundesliga giants, and the New Zealand league champions, but the gap was wider than many expected as Bayern racked up a record score in the history of the Club World Cup.
Auckland were outclassed from the first whistle in the opening game of Group C with a Kingsley Coman double, Michael Olise and Sacha Boey putting Vincent Kompany’s team 4-0 up inside 22 minutes.
The goals kept on flowing with Olise grabbing his second and Thomas Muller netting before the break. Harry Kane departed in the second half without finding the net but his replacement Jamal Musiala filled his boots, scoring a 21-minute hat-trick before Muller wrapped up the scoring by adding a goal to make it a remarkable 10-0.
Newly crowned European champions Paris St-Germain cruised past Atletico Madrid for a winning start to their first ever Fifa Club World Cup campaign.
The French side dominated the early stages in searing heat in front of an 80,619-strong crowd at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, enjoying 82.6% possession in the first 15 minutes.
They led when Fabian Ruiz rifled a low strike into the bottom corner from the edge of the penalty area.
Portuguese striker Goncalo Ramos missed the target with three attempts, before Vitinha drifted through the middle of the Atletico defence just before half-time and slotted past Jan Oblak to put his side in firm control.
Oblak kept his side in the game by tipping Khvicha Kvaratskhelia’s bending strike on to the crossbar minutes after the restart, before Julian Alvarez had a goal disallowed for a foul by Koke on Desire Doue in the build-up.
Atletico were reduced to 10 men in bizarre circumstances in the 78th minute when Clement Lenglet was shown a second yellow card for dissent after referee Istvan Kovacs failed to act when Oblak was impeded while attempting to roll the ball out.
