Ballon d’Or winner Kane receives guard of honour as Bayern Munich enters German Cup Round of 16

Kane received a guard of honour from his Bayern teammates before kick-off as the 75,000 fans at the Allianz Arena saluted the Ballon d’Or winner, two days after his triumph in London. | Photo Credit: AP

Newly-crowned Ballon d’Or winner Harry Kane was left on the bench as Bayern Munich sailed to a 6-1 win over second-tier Magdeburg in the German Cup last 32 on Wednesday.

Bayern had no difficulty without its star striker, with Michael Olise grabbing a double and Ismael Saibari, Alphonso Davies, Nathaniel Brown and teenager David Santos Daiber also getting on the scoresheet.

Kane received a guard of honour from his Bayern teammates before kick-off as the 75,000 fans at the Allianz Arena saluted the Ballon d’Or winner, two days after his triumph in London.

Bayern got some more good news pre-match, with coach Vincent Kompany discharged from hospital, five days after collapsing at training on Friday.

“We’re also winning for him of course,” Brown said of Kompany. “It’s really good that he’s back home now. He should get some rest, but hopefully we’ll see him again soon.”

Olise tapped in an excellent Saibari assist from close range after 10 minutes but the unfancied visitors levelled five minutes later through Mateusz Zukowski.

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Olise returned the favour by setting up Saibari midway through the opening half and added a third from the spot early in the second half before smiling and pointing to Kane, Bayern’s regular penalty taker, on the bench.

Teenage forward Lennart Karl set up goals for Davies and Brown before Santos Daiber added more gloss to the victory with a stoppage-time goal.

Kane remained on the bench for the entire match, with Saturday’s home Bundesliga clash with Borussia Dortmund in mind.

Bayer Leverkusen came from two goals down to win 5-2 against Nuremberg, with defender Edmond Tapsoba netting twice and Patrik Schick, Jonas Hofmann and Lucas Vazquez scoring goals.

Earlier on Wednesday, Germany forward Deniz Undav’s 90th-minute strike took Stuttgart to a 1-0 win at 10-man Paderborn.

Japan forward Keisuke Goto scored twice in the final 15 minutes to overturn a 2-1 deficit as Freiburg won 3-2 at home against Wolfsburg.

Elsewhere, second-division sides Dynamo Dresden and Hertha Berlin both won 2-0 against Schalke and Jeddeloh respectively, while Kaiserslautern eliminated Hannover.

Published on Oct 29, 2026

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