First it was the Gauls, then the Visigoths, and now a football club from Bavaria. In a spellbinding display of attacking quality, Bayern Munich sacked The Eternal City on Tuesday evening with a 7-1 victory over a Roma side that’s probably still busy trying to figure out what happened.
To merely describe the dominance of Pep Guardiola’s fußball machine—their slick passing patterns, hypnotic off-ball runs, and clinical, workmanlike finishing—would not be enough. No, we need something more. We need a few Vines.
Here’s the five goals they scored in 36 minutes, condensed into six seconds of fury:
And here’s a killer save made by Manuel Neuer, just in case those goals weren’t enough:
Even the Bayern mascot, the normally mild-mannered Berni, couldn’t help but offer his praise:
Today, Bayern didn’t just win they put on a clinic in the home of Italy’s second best team.
Like Pep Guardiola’s always said, this is what happens when you practice hard and believe in yourself (and have ungodly amounts of natural talent and sporting intelligence, too).