Bayern Munich: Robert Lewandowski Rebounds from Poor Euro 2016 in Jena Rout

Bayern Munich strolled to the second round of the DFB-Pokal on Friday evening, hammering Carl-Zeiss Jena in a 5-0 rout.

The match was always going to be a struggle for the fourth-tier hosts, who haven’t been in the professional (1. and 2. Bundesliga) German leagues since 2007-08 and were relegated to the Regionalliga Nordost in 2012.

And sure enough, Bayern found it to be a cakewalk. They went ahead inside three minutes and were 3-0 up at half-time, at which time they were stroking the ball about as though the game were a training exercise: Casual flicks and clever flair moves came at the expense of efficiency, which by that point was of little necessity. The game was over.

Bayern’s win may have been as comfortable as it was expected, but the noteworthy story from the action was Robert Lewandowski’s performance. The Poland international scored all three first-half goals, then assisted Arturo Vidal for Bayern’s fourth after the break. Mats Hummels added a fifth in the 77th minute. 

Lewandowski indeed is Bayern’s main striker. In fact, he’s the only true striker in Carlo Ancelotti’s squad. He was the focal point of the attack. But he also entered the match with a point to prove.

The Poland international had had a woeful Euro 2016. True, he did score a key goal against Portugal in the quarterfinals, but it wasn’t enough to put his side through and was the only goal he scored at the tournament.

Lewandowski, who had scored 13 times in qualifying, was held scoreless against Northern Ireland, Germany, Ukraine and …

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