An ecstatic crowd of 9,500, 20 amateur players seeing their dream come true, and a total of 14 goals all made for a festival night at the Paulaner Southern Cup event in Burghausen on Monday evening. Bayern took on an amateur XI put together by long-term partner Paulaner breweries, winning by a comfortable 13-1 margin. Bundesliga top scorer Mario Gomez led off the entertainment with five goals on the night.
No fewer than 10,000 amateur players from all over Bavaria applied for the one-off opportunity of a game against Germany’s biggest club. Following a casting in front of a jury headed by Paul Breitner and TV personality Waldemar Hartmann, and a brief training camp at Bayern’s Säbener Strasse facility, organisers selected five regional teams, representing Franconia, Lower Bavaria, Upper Bavaria, Upper Palatinate and Swabia. The men from Lower Bavaria topped a final qualifying tournament and earned the privilege of facing FCB at Burghausen’s Wacker Stadium.
Fun for all
“It's an appealing, fun idea,” commented Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, as the club arrived in Burghausen with all the fit members of the senior squad. The players clearly enjoyed their evening to the full, delighting the crowd with flowing football and goals galore. “It wasn’t important how many we scored, this was all about having fun,” an upbeat Franck Ribéry said afterwards.
Bayern opened the scoring on 14 minutes through Marcos Alvarez, one of four FCB II players to feature on the night. Gomez (20, 28, 45), Miroslav Klose (25) and Philipp Lahm (31) made it half a dozen before the interval. The plucky amateurs fought gamely to stem the tide, and almost scored themselves, only for seventh-tier striker Christian Brandl to hit the bar after 30 minutes.
Teasing and tormenting
Andries Jonker sent on Danijel Pranjic, Toni Kroos, Arjen Robben and Ribéry for the second period, and the deadly wing duo were in sparkling form, tormenting their opponents at times with blistering movement and pace. The pair immediately added their names to the scoresheet, Robben netting twice (47, 51) and Ribéry adding one of his own (54), before the wingers turned providers for Kroos (65, 67) and Gomez (78).
Nine minutes from time, the Paulaner XI were rewarded for their courageous display when Herbert Grammetbauer scored a consolation goal, sending his fellow players and the crowd into raptures. Bayern were to have the final word, however, as Gomez rounded off the scoring to make it 13-1 two minutes from time.
No fewer than 10,000 amateur players from all over Bavaria applied for the one-off opportunity of a game against Germany’s biggest club. Following a casting in front of a jury headed by Paul Breitner and TV personality Waldemar Hartmann, and a brief training camp at Bayern’s Säbener Strasse facility, organisers selected five regional teams, representing Franconia, Lower Bavaria, Upper Bavaria, Upper Palatinate and Swabia. The men from Lower Bavaria topped a final qualifying tournament and earned the privilege of facing FCB at Burghausen’s Wacker Stadium.
Fun for all
“It's an appealing, fun idea,” commented Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, as the club arrived in Burghausen with all the fit members of the senior squad. The players clearly enjoyed their evening to the full, delighting the crowd with flowing football and goals galore. “It wasn’t important how many we scored, this was all about having fun,” an upbeat Franck Ribéry said afterwards.
Bayern opened the scoring on 14 minutes through Marcos Alvarez, one of four FCB II players to feature on the night. Gomez (20, 28, 45), Miroslav Klose (25) and Philipp Lahm (31) made it half a dozen before the interval. The plucky amateurs fought gamely to stem the tide, and almost scored themselves, only for seventh-tier striker Christian Brandl to hit the bar after 30 minutes.
Teasing and tormenting
Andries Jonker sent on Danijel Pranjic, Toni Kroos, Arjen Robben and Ribéry for the second period, and the deadly wing duo were in sparkling form, tormenting their opponents at times with blistering movement and pace. The pair immediately added their names to the scoresheet, Robben netting twice (47, 51) and Ribéry adding one of his own (54), before the wingers turned providers for Kroos (65, 67) and Gomez (78).
Nine minutes from time, the Paulaner XI were rewarded for their courageous display when Herbert Grammetbauer scored a consolation goal, sending his fellow players and the crowd into raptures. Bayern were to have the final word, however, as Gomez rounded off the scoring to make it 13-1 two minutes from time.