Bayern Munich showed no signs of rustiness as they kicked off 2015 with a comfortable 4-1 victory over Qatar Stars.
The German champions have not played since beating Mainz 2-1 in the Bundesliga on December 19, but never looked in danger of losing against the Qatari top-flight's representative side.
Mitchell Weiser opened the scoring inside three minutes after Thomas Muller found space in the box before teeing up the 20-year-old for a simple finish.
Weiser, who is yet to find the net for the senior team, doubled the Bayern's advantage 12 minutes later when he cut in from the right and rifled an effort across goalkeeper Claude Amin.
However, the Stars - coached by Lekhwiya coach Michael Laudrup - reduced the deficit against the run of play after 27 minutes.
Al-Arabi's Pablo Hernandez, who formerly played under Laudrup at Swansea City, beat the offside trap and darted down the right wing, before playing a low cross to Hamdi Harbaoui, who slotted home.
Franck Ribery found the net following a Sebastian Rode cut-back shortly before half-time to re-establish the two-goal advantage, but scoring did not come as easily for Bayern after the interval.
One of the biggest second-half positives for Pep Guardiola was the introduction of injury-plagued Holger Badstuber, who has been out since September with a thigh injury.
Bayern finally added to their haul in second-half stoppage time, when Claudio Pizarro gratefully tucked the ball into the bottom corner after being left totally unmarked at a corner.
Posted by Unknown on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 - Rating: 4.5
Title : Qatar Stars 1-4 Bayern Munich: Ruthless Bavarians show gulf in class
Description : Pep Guardiola's side produced a fine performance in this money-spinning friendly, winning comfortably with youngster Mitchell Weiser net...
Description : Pep Guardiola's side produced a fine performance in this money-spinning friendly, winning comfortably with youngster Mitchell Weiser net...
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