Bayern Munich fails in extreme heat on Benfica - opportunities forgiven!

Bayern Munich fails in extreme heat on Benfica - opportunities forgiven!

What a hot fight! FC Bayern Munich played an informative but also frustrating game at the club World Championship against Benfica Lisbon on June 24, 2025 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The team around coach Vincent Kompany had to give up with 0: 1 after Andreas Schjeldup scored for the Portuguese in the 13th minute. Under extreme temperatures of over 40 degrees, the Munich team did not make it easy to stay in the game.

Bayern was rather uninspired in the first half and did not even get a shot on the goal. This offensive harmlessness could be related to the unconventional list. Only experienced banking players such as Harry Kane, Joshua Kimmich and Jamal Musiala were not there from the start. Instead, less experienced players, including Tom Bischof, filled the starting eleven

a rearing up in the second half

But in the second half the team came into play better. With the substitution of Kane, Kimmich and Olise, the offensive game increased, and Bayern were able to create a few promising opportunities. However, Kimmich's supposed compensation in injury time was not recognized to the dismay of Bavaria due to an offside position of Kane. Bavaria was still faithful to the bad luck because goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin from Benfica was repeatedly defused the ball.

Bayern qualified for the next round, as second in group C. In the quarter -finals, Flamengo is now waiting, which has already been able to prove itself against Chelsea. A possible opponent could be Paris Saint-Germain or Inter Miami. This course of the game shows that there is still a lot of room for improvement, but hope for the title is not lost.

training or rotation?

coach Kompany said after the game that the team was significantly stronger in the second half, but implementing it was not possible. The less experienced players, who rely on the rotation in advance, could develop through such games, but at the moment there are still a few challenges. Bayern fans can only hope that their team will give a better picture in the next game against Flamengo and post the previous defects.

The Bayern family lives with this dream, and even if the first meeting against Benfica did not go according to their ideas, they are still ready to face the challenges. You can find out how to proceed, among other things, on Sportschau href = "https://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/klub-wm-fc-bayern-muenchen-beben-benfica-rotationspieler-ueprefer-ae5df0a2-b7e1-b6f9-55c1d9cf9b74" and Kicker .