Cincinnati, June 16 -- Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich kickstarted their FIFA Club World Cup campaign on a high, delivering a devastating 10-0 beating to Auckland City at TQL Stadium on Sunday night.

The standouts were Thomas Muller being among three players scoring a brace, and Jamal Musiala delivering a brilliant hat-trick.

Kingsley Coman started the destruction of the New Zealand-based club with the help of a close-range header in the sixth minute. The German giants then upped the attack, with Sacha Boey (18th minute), Michael Olise (20) and Coman (21) again delivering three quick goals, making sure that they were out of harm's way by miles before even the clock hit 30 minutes.

By the time half-time had arrived, Muller, associate...