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Taking care of business: Bayern Munich’s new motto.

Still smarting from the pain of the heavy Champions League defeat to FC Barcelona, Vincent Kompany’s squad responded in the only way they could, by putting their heads down and getting straight back to work. On Wednesday the German record champions dispatched a second straight opponent by a wide margin, this time dismantling Mainz 05 in a 4-0 DFB-Pokal road victory.

Bayern started the match with gumption, pouring intense pressing and energy and creating an early first goal, arriving from Jamal Musiala via Alphonso Davies. It was only the second minute, but already by then it felt like it had been a long time coming.

To their credit though, the hosts played as underdogs have often successfully done against the Bavarians: aggressive. They trapped Bayern in their own defensive half when they could and flew into every challenge, knowing that to sit back against the Rekordmeister was to invite defeat.

That was not nearly enough, however. Jamal Musiala earned himself a first-half hat-trick — once again scoring with his head — and Leroy Sané, in his first start under Vincent Kompany, buried one home just before the whistle. The talented winger with much to prove looked still just a little hesitant, but the goal should do wonders for his confidence going forward.

A quiet second half saw run outs for youngsters Arijon Ibrahimović and Mathys Tel, although very little of note happened in any direction. Both sides settled for the 4-0 scoreline that the half began with, and Bayern — apparently lucky not to face a powerful lower division side like Holstein Kiel or FC Saarbrücken — advances past the second round of the cup.

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