Chicago Fire Fall 4-0 to FC Bayern Munich in Bastian Schweinsteiger Testimonial Match
Published on August 28, 2018 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
Chicago Fire FC News Release
MUNICH, Germany - The Chicago Fire fell 4-0 to reigning German Bundesliga champions FC Bayern Munich in Bastian Schweinsteiger's testimonial match on Tuesday evening at the Allianz Arena in Munich. Schweinsteiger captained the Fire for the first half and represented his former side in the second half.
Serge Gnabry opened scoring for the hosts in the seventh minute with a low, driven shot that deflected off a Fire defender and into goal.
Sandro Wagner doubled the lead in the 38th minute with his header on the far post.
Bayern pulled ahead 3-0 with Arjen Robben's left-footed shot in the 63rd minute.
On a night celebrating his career, Schweinsteiger capped off scoring in the 83rd minute to give Bayern the 4-0 win.
Chicago Fire Midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger's Postgame Reaction: Click Here
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Chicago Fire 0:4 FC Bayern Munich
Aug. 28, 2018
Allianz Arena - Munich, Germany
Attendance: 75,000
Scoring Summary:
FCB - Serge Gnabry 7'
FCB - Sandro Wagner 38'
FCB - Arjen Robben 63'
FCB - Bastian Schweinsteiger 83'
Chicago Fire: Stefan Cleveland (Richard Sanchez HT); Nicolas Hasler (Mo Adams 83'), Johan Kappelhof, Bastian Schweinsteiger © (Brandt Bronico HT), Christian Dean (Nicolas Del Grecco 83'), Brandon Vincent; Djordje Mihailovic (Drew Conner 76'), Dax McCarty (Grant Lillard 83'); Michael de Leeuw (Alan Gordon 76'), Nemanja Nikolic (Daniel Johnson 83'), Aleksandar Katai (Elliot Collier 76')
FC Bayern Munich: Sven Ulreich (Manuel Neuer 60'), Sandro Wagner (Robert Lewandowski 61'), Mats Hummels © (Bastian Schweinsteiger HT), James Rodriguez (Jerome Boateng HT), Juan Bernat (Thomas Muller 61', Meritan Shabani 81'), Leon Goretzka (Jeong Woo Yeong 37', Thiago 62'), Serge Gnabry (David Alaba 61'), Corentin Tolisso (Franck Ribery 60'), Joshua Kimmich (Rafinha HT), Lukas Mai (Kilian Senkbeil HT, Oliver Batista Meier 81'), Renato Sanches (Arjen Robben 60')
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