Here everything, I think, depends only on Bayern's desire and motivation. Somehow I believe that the German team will not lack that. The opponent is the weakest team in the tournament, semi-amateur players from New Zealand. Buddies who have jobs, train periods once a week, play in local NZ championships and in tournaments organized by Oceania, and occasionally wear FIFA club shirts. There was a time when the team was stronger, doing better, putting up a fight, had national team players, half of a legion, but now all the better local players have been grabbed by the newly formed Auckland FC, playing in the Australian league, and also from City, so there are not many options to strengthen with locals, the remaining class is under, the legion is weak, so there are no options in this tournament. The last attempt was very unsuccessful, half a year ago in the first round against Al Ain from the UAE, it ended 2:6. There were many defensive mistakes, positional errors, missed shots. Al Ain is not a bad team in general, but also not Bayern. So I can hardly imagine how Bayern could not take advantage of everything, even if there is a bit of a lack of motivation, if there is an impact from acclimatization, rotation, the class difference is still huge.
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