Bayern humiliates Lille 6-1 in UEFA Champions League

 BERLIN, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Bayern Munich crushed Lille 6-1 as Claudio Pizarro donated a hat rick to ensure the German champions' third win in group F at outsold Allianz Arena¹ in UEFA Champions League on Wednesday.

The "Bavarians" made short work of harmless Lille to establish a 5-0 advantage before the break.

Bayern Munich staged a bright start as Bastian Schweinsteiger curled a dead ball from 22 meters over the wall into top left with five minutes into the match.

The host gave Lille no peace as Claudio Pizarro doubled the lead at the 18th minute when he utilized² a combination with Franck Ribery.

Lille remained over-challenged with the performance by the Germans, thus Arjen Robben tripled the lead when he slotted a deflected³ dead ball goal from central position.

Relentless⁴ Bayern Munich were not done with the scoring as Pizarro added another two goals, to make it 5-0 on the scoreboards, before the break owing to the neat crosses by Philipp Lahm.

At the second half the visitors showed a vital sign when Salomon Kalou was able to score the consolation⁵ with a powerful effort at the 58th minute.

Finally, Bayern Toni Kroos rounded off the goal spree over Lille when he exploited a diagonal pass by Lahm to net the 6-1 lead with 66 minutes on the clock.

The German record champions sit on second position of group F, behind Valencia and followed by Borisov and Lille.

"We staged great passing and scored beautiful goals, including two direct free kick goals. However, Lille was not the very first class," Bayern Munich coach Jupp Heynckes said.

1 arena   

n.竞技场，运动场所；竞争场所，舞台

参考例句：

• She entered the political arena at the age of 25. 她25岁进入政界。
• He had not an adequate arena for the exercise of his talents.他没有充分发挥其才能的场所。

2 utilized   

v.利用，使用( utilize的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• In the19th century waterpower was widely utilized to generate electricity. 在19世纪人们大规模使用水力来发电。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The empty building can be utilized for city storage. 可以利用那栋空建筑物作城市的仓库。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 deflected   

偏离的

参考例句：

• The ball deflected off Reid's body into the goal. 球打在里德身上反弹进球门。
• Most of its particles are deflected. 此物质的料子大多是偏斜的。

4 relentless   

adj.残酷的，不留情的，无怜悯心的

参考例句：

• The traffic noise is relentless.交通车辆的噪音一刻也不停止。
• Their training has to be relentless.他们的训练必须是无情的。

5 consolation   

n.安慰，慰问

参考例句：

• The children were a great consolation to me at that time.那时孩子们成了我的莫大安慰。
• This news was of little consolation to us.这个消息对我们来说没有什么安慰。