Bayern Munich Secure Preseason Win With Impressive 6–2 Victory Over Wayne Rooney’s DC United in America

• Bayern Munich breezed past Wayne Rooney's DC United in a pre-season friendly game held in Washington
• Sadio Mané and Matthijs de Ligt both got onto the scoresheet in their debut game for Bayern Munich
• Roberto Lewandowski's departure from Bayern Munich has not affected how the team score goals

Bayern Munich proved that they don’t need Robert Lewandowski to be a force to be reckoned with.

The German giants dismantled Wayne Rooney’s DC United 6-2 in a pre-season friendly in Washington.

The German side gave debuts to Sadio Mané and Matthijs de Ligt, and both players got on the scoresheet. Marcel Sabitzer, Serge Gnabry, Joshua Zirkzee and Thomas Müller also got onto the scoresheet for the Bundesliga champions are they put on a show for American fans.

DC United supporters had reason to cheer as Skage Simonsen and Ted Ku-DiPietro got onto the score sheet against the German giants.

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The home team were also without coach, Wayne Rooney, as the English manager currently awaits his work VISA, The Washington Post reported.

Bayern Coach Julian Nagelsmann used a mix of youth and experience for the encounter and was pleased with what he saw at the end of the match.

“In games in the preseason, it’s important to win. To get this kind of winning mood, it’s always important,” Nagelsmann said.

Bayern next takes on Manchester City in their final friendly on Sunday, July 24, before turning their attention to the DFL Supercup Final against RB Leipzig.

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The Bundesliga champions are looking to strengthen their defence ahead of the 2022/23 season after the defender, Nicklas Sule, joined arch-rivals Borussia Dortmund this summer.

Bayern Munich is now set to pay Juventus €80m for Matthijs de Ligt with €70m guaranteed and an extra €10m in add-ons before the move is finalized 90MIN reports.