A lot is at stake for FC Bayern in the round of 16 of the club World Cup against Flamengo. The Munich team would pay expensive.
The club World Cup is a lot to do for FC Bayern, but above all for one: money. A lot of money to be precise. Income of up to almost 110 million euros in premiums would theoretically be possible for the record champion at FIFA’s new XXL tournament.
The Munich -based company has already recorded 40 million euros with the entry into the round of 16, including the 30 million euros. Another more than 60 million euros could now be added in the further course of the tournament. The first condition for this is a victory on Sunday evening at the start of the KO round against Flamengo. The round of 16 is the first hurdle in the 60 million chance of Bavaria and thus also your 60 million game, so to speak. If the Munich residents lose it, the million option would be played directly.
Vincent Kompany documented that the victory premiums that can be won for Bavaria in the USA are not necessarily his very top key idea by choosing his line -up in the final group game against Benfica Lisbon. Because the well-being of his players was more important to him, he also rotated his team line-up in seven positions due to the sultry-hot temperatures of up to 40 degrees Celsius up to 40 degrees Celsius. Bavaria paid the risk that her trainer received with a 0-1 defeat and the playful group victory.
The way to the final and thus to the million dollars has now become a much more difficult for Bavaria as a group second. Already in the round of 16, a hard opponent and perhaps the best South American team are waiting in competition with Flameng. Therefore, it can be assumed that Kompany will again take a complete role backwards against the Brazilians and will bend his best players back into the first eleven.
Joshua Kimmich, Harry Kane, Michael Olise, Konrad Laimer, for example, are definitely expected on the square right from the start. It remains to be seen whether this will also be possible with Jamal Musiala, which will paused against Benfica. Kompany left Kompany open at his final press conference in the hard rock stadium in Miami.
Overall, the Belgian still conveyed a lot of optimism during his versions before the round of 16 with flameng. After the felt away game in the group phase against the Boca Juniors, which were supported by almost 40,000 Argentine fans, the return to Miami should now become a kind of home game for Bayern when it comes to Kompany. How this should work, even though tens of thousands of South American fans are now expected in the stadium.
Company looked around in the fully occupied press conference room in the stomach of the arena and smiled. Then he explained the feeling of familiarity that he apparently feels there. “It is the same cabin, the same stadium, presumably it will be a similar atmosphere as against Boca,” he said. “We want to call up our best performance, this is our focus – and everything else is secondary.”
This also applies to the final Bayern party in the KO-game for the first time by club veteran Thomas Müller, who will say goodbye to his heart after the tournament. And also for the departure of Leroy Sané, which is already set regardless of the output of the round of 16, which will move on to Galatasaray Istanbul on June 30th with the expiry date of his contract on June 30th.