Maybe it was ‘only’ a German Cup game, but win is a win. And after all, it was against a Bundesliga team who played with their strongest 11, but Julian Nagelsmann’s men finally broke the mental barrier and scored more than one goal. In fact, they scored three and it was more then enough to get them to the Round of 8: Mainz – Bayern 0:4.63 – Thomas Müller will today make his 63rd appearance for FC Bayern in the DFB-Pokal, equaling Sepp Maier for the most appearances for the club in the competition. Legend. #M05FCB @esmuellert_ pic.twitter.com/ttdrsZGvDO— OptaFranz (@OptaFranz) February 1, 2023 The Bavarians were in the series of thee draws since the start of the second part of the season, and everybody in the club were nervous, partly because the team needs to be in top form in February, when they will face PSG in the Champions League. But in this game they looked like an old Bayern, they scored plenty of goals and scored them one time so there was no nervousness this time around.Mainz scored 5 goals against Bochum in Bundesliga, but this was another dimension. These teams have met 37 times previously, with Bayern winning 27 of those to Mainz’s six. And this was an easy 28th win which started with new boy’s Cancelo cross, which was met by Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting for the lead. Less then 15 minutes after, Musiala made a great effort and doubled the lead, before Sane used Choupo-Moting’s assist to score the third goal.In the second half, Mainz tried but couldn’t even get to the ball, while Bayern attacked, but with not more than 80% of their strength. Muller had two good chances but home team defenders got in his way in critical times. Caci had the best chance for Mainz, but the ball went near the bar. Nagelsmann decided to rest his team as much as possible so Daley Blind and Gravenberch came in 30 minutes from time, while Alphonso Davis replaced Cancelo, who started the game on the left side. And it was the Canadian full back who scored the last goal of the game for the Bavarians. This win should help Bayern get into the groove, since they have a tough away game in Wolfsburg on Sunday.DFB Pokal, Round of 16WednesdayRB Leipzig – Hoffenheim 3-1 (2-0)/Forsberg 8, Laimer 41, Werner 83 – Dolberg 76/Mainz – Bayern Munich 0-4 (0-3)/Choupo-Moting 17, Musiala 30, Sane 44, Davis 84/
