Harry Kane hits the opening of Bayern Edge Boca to qualify for the Knockouts of the Club World Cup | Club World Cup 2025

Harry Kane finished night in Miami, bruised, soaked in sweat and perhaps a little tired of getting up several times from the ground. Along the way, Kane also scored one, made one and left with the superior player of the match Laurels while Bayern Munich was heading for a 2-1 defeat tirelessly 2-1 of Boca Juniors in front of a full energy house.

Consequently, Bayern is now at the direct elimination stadium of the Club World Cup. A European team finally beat a South American opponent during this tournament. But the defeat always leaves Boca in force in charge of their own destiny, with the autumn guys of Auckland City to come. They essentially need to gain by a spectacular margin and count on Bayern to beat Benfica.

There had been a lot of discussions before this match on a night of combat in full contact in store for the attack and the Bayern midfielder. Central defender Lauturo di Lollo had been questioned before this tournament how he planned to face Kane, and replied: “I will kill him.” It was meant as a joke. Probably. But there was an excellent opportunity to test this from the start when Di Lollo began in central defense against his planned victim.

The opening time was somehow a controlled suffocation while Bayern kept the ball and took the lead. But Boca brought their way to this game, blocking the shots, launching into contact and equalizing in the second half, before finally noting that Bayern had too much quality in the trees.

It was a rare kick -off of 9 p.m., a much more sensitive planning element in the south of Florida, to which heat has generally passed from the Nordic sauna to the surface of the levels of the Venus planet to simply very hot and humid. It looked like an appropriate two -hour football match before kick -off, because the vast shimmering environment of the Hard Rock stadium was full of red, blue and yellow.

It was a noisy alpha club meeting, perhaps even distant cousins ​​on the Bavaria-La Plata continuum: domestic powers, catchy music, regional meat culture. Although their only previous competitive meeting was the infamous final of the 2001 Intercontinental Cup, which Bayern won 1-0. Among the fans of Boca, this game is still in memories as the flight of the century due to a second allegedly doubtful yellow card awarded to Chelo Delgado.

It doesn’t look like a flight now, with the Youtube hindsight. It looks like an incredibly beautiful pass by Juan Roman Riquelme, followed by a very obvious dive. But there is at least a reassuring universality in the reactions of football supporters to such things.

The hard rock Stadium was for sale on Friday evening from the start, wrapped in the high range of the upper levels under the vast steel network roof. The ridiculous WWE Walk -ons style player has once again eaten four minutes from everyone’s life that they will never come back. This must be stopped. Nobody anywhere in the world needs to hear the words “Konrad Laimer!” In a cry of raating through the PA stadium, while a embarrassed Konrad Laimer comes out slowly through a piece of grass to a range of boring -looking teammates.

Bayern began with Michael Olise, Serge Gnabry and Kingsley Coman behind Kane and the double familiar pivot of Goretzka-Kimmich in the midfield. Jonathan Tah, a new addition in central defense, also started here, at the age of 29 and a well -used figurine.

Highly did not happen for a while while Bayern kept the ball comfortably. And Kane opened the scoring in 18 minutes, a nice finish after a first lively touch, attenuating the ball in the lower corner, out of the studs of its left boot. The ball had fallen against him from a cuman deviation when he challenged a cross. Kane was not spectacular in the right place.

Thomas Tuchel looked at all from the FIFA plush seats. Kane marking in America in late June, South American defense, Full House. It looked like a good perspective, an atmosphere, something packaged.

Bayern had dominated all metrics at this point, with 74% possession, 101 assists at 29, three shots and two corners at zero and zero. This is the way Boca has played here, an offensive plan based on Swift collective breaks. This implies a lot of waiting, a lot of singing in the stands while the opposition passes through the face of a low muscle block.

Boca had their first shot, a journey on the way to a free kick from Kevin Zenon that Manuel Neuer to double in the continental style. And Neuer made a very good backup a few moments later, fighting with his left hand while Zenon drew again from a similar angle.

It was a good game now. Luis Advincula was reserved for the last of a series of Conga style hip grabs on Coman while he turned around. Kane was removed by Costa, left crumpled and squeezing the ankle after a complete Swiveling body block.

Boca began to emerge from their defensive crouching after half-time, although it coincided with a little additional space at the other end. Kane turned just after a good job from Gnabry. Olise, which played inside its own portable air pocket overnight, detained in the radiant threat.

But it was Boca who started going to the accelerator. And they equalized 67 minutes with an excellent goal from Miguel Merentiel. He came from a break near the halfway line. A fine through the pass of Alan Velasco inside Tah left rentier with space in front of him. Tah had no chance, walking in heavy water when Merentiel was pulled in the goal, then lifted his finish in front of Neuer.

The Hard Rock stadium broke out, the bodies falling in the stands, the drinks launched, the scarves swirled, a vast roar of the bench from one boca to the other end of Boca. But it was Bayern who managed to go back through the gears, despite the disturbing view of Jamal Musiala, a second half submarine, lamented again.

With seven minutes on the left, Olise marked the winner, pulling down in a corner after a really intelligent touch of Kane, finding just enough order in a race and a body press to repel the ball on the olise path. Bayern can therefore rest and take care of their bruises for the last group match against Benfica. Auckland lovers will compete for next Tuesday evening at Geodis Park in Nashville, Tennessee.