Bayern Munich beat Viktoria Koln 0-5 in the first round of DFB Pokal at Rhein Energie Stadion.
Gravenberch gave Bayern a much-deserved lead with a clinical finish after 35 minutes and then turned provider for Tel to score and double Bayern’s lead just before half-time.
Mane scored early in the second period after he and Gnabry found themselves clear of any defenders and passed the ball around the goalkeeper to score.
Substitutes Musiala and Goretzka then finished the game with classy goals to give Bayern the 5-0 win.
Starting lineup:
Viktoria Koln (4-3-3): Ben Alexander Voll; Patrick Koronkiewicz, Jamil Siebert, Christoph Greger, Niklas May; Hamza Saghiri, Moritz Fritz, Patrick Sontheimer; Marcel Risse, Robin Meissner, Simon Handle
SUBS: Elias Boerdner, Daniel Buballa, Florian Heister, Benjamin Hemcke, David Kubataa, Kevin Lankford, David Philipp, Simon Fabio Stehle
Bayern Munich (4-4-2): Sven Ulreich; Noussair Mazraoui, Matthijs de Ligt, Lucas Hernandez, Josip Stanisic; Thomas Muller, Joshua Kimmich, Ryan Gravenberch, Serge Gnbary; Sadio Mane, Mathys Tel
SUBS: Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, Kingsley Coman, Alphonso Davies, Leon Goretzka, Jamal Musiala, Manuel Neuer, Marcel Sabitzer, Leroy Sane, Dayot Upamecano
Goals:
GOAL!!!!!!!! GRAVENBERCH 1-0!!!!!! Bayern breaks the deadlock with a brilliant left-footed finish from Gravenberch. There was good build-up play, but the ball rebounded into the Dutchman’s feet, and he was clinical.
GOALLLLL!!!! 2-0 BAYERN!!! Tel scores a well-deserved goal to end the first half! He combines well with Gravenberch, cuts inside past two players into the box, and curls the ball around Voll to double Bayern’s lead.
GOAL!!!!!! 3-0 BAYERN!!!!! Mane makes it 3-0 to Bayern after he and Gnabry use their pace to leave the Koln defenders behind. Kimmich played a lofted pass into Gnabry, who gave Mane an open goal to finish into.
GOAL!!!!!!! 4-0 BAYERN!!!!!! Musiala gets onto the scoresheet with an easy finish past Voll after some good one-touch build-up play from his teammates. This game is over now.
GOAL!!!!!!! 5-0 BAYERN!!!! Goretzka scores a brilliant goal from outside the box after a driving run forward. No one closed him down, and he finished low into the corner.
So, what’s next?
Bayern dominated this game from the very first minute.
They stopped any sniff of an attack from Viktoria Koln early, and Ulreich was not tested as much as the home fans would have hoped.
However, Voll made 13 saves for Koln in an impressive performance.
Still, the likes of Kimmich, Gravenberch, and Muller were too much to deal with.
Bayern will now face Union Berlin in the Bundesliga, meanwhile, Viktoria Koln travel to Zwickau.
