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Harry Kane pops Flamengo’s balloon as Bayern faces PSG in the quarter-finals.

Harry Kane pops Flamengo’s balloon as Bayern faces PSG in the quarter-finals.

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Bayern Munich advanced to the quarter-finals against PSG after overcoming Flamengo, who academically resisted their initial onslaught and managed to control the ball and space for many minutes. However, the Germans have Harry Kane, a precision shooter who barely needs time to load, and with a double, he ended the promising journey of the Brazilians.

Agustin Rossi, Leo Pereira, Leo Ortiz, Wesley, Alex Sandro (Ayrton Lucas, min. 81), Luiz Araújo, Jorginho (Nicolás de la Cruz, min. 80), Gerson (Wallace Yan, min. 81), Giorgian de Arrascaeta (Bruno Henrique, min. 57), Erick Pulgar (Allan, min. 45) and Gonzalo Plata

Manuel Neuer, Konrad Laimer (Thomas Müller, min. 92), Jonathan Tah, Dayot Upamecano, Josip Stanisic, Leon Goretzka (Aleksandar Pavlovic, min. 58), Kingsley Coman (Leroy Sané, min. 58), Serge Gnabry (Jamal Musiala, min. 71), Joshua Kimmich, Michael Olise and Harry Kane (Sacha Boey, min. 92)

Goals
0-1 min. 5: Erick Pulgar. 0-2 min. 8: Kane. 1-2 min. 32: Gerson. 1-3 min. 40: Leon Goretzka. 2-3 min. 54: Jorginho . 2-4 min. 72: Kane

Referee Michael Oliver

Yellow cards
Erick Pulgar (min. 42), Gonzalo Plata (min. 43), Jonathan Tah (min. 43), Allan (min. 47), Wesley (min. 62), Joshua Kimmich (min. 65), Kane (min. 83), Jamal Musiala (min. 86), Laimer (min. 91)

Filipe Luis had fresh memories of the anguish that Bayern under Guardiola caused him in 2016 as an Atlético player, perhaps the greatest bombardment of his career. Seeing them again in front of him, this time from the bench, the Germans applied the same recipe. They came out fueled by a wild and suffocating surge that engulfed his Flamengo in doubts. Bayern players were everywhere. The ball never reached them before a German foot was already there to take it away. They reduced the field to about 30 meters in front of Rossi’s goal, far from Neuer. In five minutes, Bayern had already taken three corners, the third of which was accidentally headed into their own goal by Chilean Erick Pulgar. The bewilderment was enormous. Just as Filipe Luis remembered.

Bayern kept pressing. Upamecano stole the ball deep within Brazilian territory, and Kane unleashed a powerful left-footed shot with barely any need to set it up. The shot grazed Ortiz’s leg, hit the post, and went in before Rossi could react. The suffocation seemed inevitable. Also immense.

But besides recalling old battles, Filipe had armed his team with tools against the pressure. The way out lay in something as distant from the Brazilian style as structure, method, and the midfield patterns of Jorginho, Gerson, De Arrascaeta, and Araújo. They began to wear down the German enthusiasm, finding more spaces for Wesley and Alex Sandro on the flanks, with more European academicism than Rio fantasy. Gerson encountered a cross from Araújo in the box and blasted it with such violence that Neuer had no time to lift his arms.

Bayern scored again with a superb long-range shot from Goretzka, who capitalized on a poor clearance, but Flamengo continued to grow, increasingly possessing the ball, increasingly closer to Neuer. Also on the scoreboard when Olise handled a cross from Jorginho in the area, scoring from the penalty spot. They had found a way to control the Germans, who were looking back more often than expected. Until Kimmich threaded the ball through to Kane. The Englishman controlled it while turning, scored another goal at the base of the post, and popped the balloon of Flamengo’s dreams.

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