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Bayern humiliate ten-men Shakhtar Donetsk 7-0 in UEFA Champions League

Xinhua, March 12, 2015 Adjust font size:

An early straight red card for Donetsk got the ball rolling for clinical and dominant Bayern who celebrated a 7-0 goal festival on home soil at the second leg in UEFA Champions League round of 16 on Wednesday.

Bayern Munich cruised into the Champions League quarterfinals for the eighth time in nine years meanwhile ten-men Shakhtar Donetsk crashed out following a harmless performance and a heavy 7-0 loss.

The visitors from Donetsk ensured the worst possible start into the game as Olexandr Kucher saw the fastest red card in the Champions League history for bringing down Mario Goetze inside the box as the last man, with just three minutes played. As a consequence, Bayern took the lead from the spot when Thomas Mueller converted by sending Donetsk goalkeeper Andriy Pyatov the wrong way.

Bayern controlled the proceedings on the pitch with a high percentage of ball possession against decimated visitors. Yet, the hosts had to wait until the 34th minute before Jerome Boateng doubled the lead. The defender made use of a saved effort by Mueller to tap into the open goal at the far post corner from very close range.

After the restart Bayern started where they left off whereas ten-men Donetsk struggled to keep the hosts on the distance. Thus, Bayern combined their way through the visitor' s defence when Franck Ribery slotted home a one-two with David Alaba to make it 3-0 on the scoreboards with just four minutes into the second half.

Donetsk were unable to put up some resistance as Thomas Mueller sealed his brace only three minutes later into the empty net.

The German giants where not done with the scoring as Holger Badstuber headed home Bayern' s fifth goal before Robert Lewandowski chested down a long ball to overcome Pyatov for the six goal lead. Bayern still kept pressing for another goal and they were rewarded as Mario Goetze rounded off the 7-0 lead in the dying minutes of the game.

Bayern reached the quarterfinals for the fourth consecutive time, in addition, they equal their highest win from 2012 against FC Basel. Endi