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bayern, who are good at "creating tragedies", have a new victim.

in the early morning of september 18th, beijing time, the bundesliga bayern munich team defeated the croatian zagreb dinamo team 9-2 at home in the first round of the 2024-2025 uefa champions league.

the 38-year-old former belgian international kompany became the head coach of bayern this summer. under his leadership, the team has won four consecutive games in the league and german cup and scored a total of 15 goals.

facing the croatian champions, bayern was in full force. in the first half, kane scored a penalty, guerrero and olise scored one goal each, helping them to lead 3-0. at the beginning of the second half, bayern was chased by the opponent twice in 5 minutes. however, bayern, who rekindled their fighting spirit, started to score goals afterwards. kane scored a goal with a supplementary shot and two penalty kicks, olise scored the second goal of the game, sane and goretzka scored one goal each, and the final score was 9-2.

this match became the second most goals scored in a single match since the 1992-1993 uefa champions league was restructured, second only to the 8-4 victory of dortmund over warsaw in the 2016-2017 season. the 9 goals also tied the record for goals scored in a single match in the uefa champions league, making them the first team to score 9 goals in a single match since the uefa champions league was restructured.

after this match, kompany's bayern has scored 24 goals in 5 official matches, showing a terrifying offensive strength. kompany said in commenting on the game: "the team is in good shape. we lost two goals because we reacted a little slowly at the beginning of the second half. fortunately, we adjusted in time. the important thing is to get all three points." however, the big win did not go to his head. "i also enjoyed (the victory), but you won't win any trophies in september." kompany said it is too early to judge bayern's prospects this season.

kane, the england captain who scored three penalties and a hat trick, took the match ball away after the game and asked his teammates to sign it. kane said: "as long as i score a hat trick, i will keep the match ball. young players may not like to sign on the ball, but i still have to sign for my sake. i will put this ball next to my son's bed. he will be very happy when he sees it when he wakes up in the morning."

source: beijing sports

reporter: zhao xiaosong