Overview
- Bayern Munich beat Union Berlin 7-0 at the Allianz Arena, with Michael Olise scoring a first professional hat-trick and Harry Kane adding two goals.
- Union Berlin's official X account posted a joking message that singled out Barcelona's Lamine Yamal in response to the heavy defeat.
- Yamal had told Movistar that the Ballon d'Or should go to "the best player in the world" and should not be decided by sheer goal totals.
- Bayern sporting director Max Eberl publicly pushed back on Yamal's comments by saying top players do not need campaigning and saying Olise belongs in Ballon d'Or conversations, and Kane said he prefers to let his performances speak for themselves.
- The exchange of on-field milestones, social-media barbs and public statements is sharpening club-led campaigning and could shape how journalists weigh individual stats versus style and trophies ahead of the Oct. 26 vote.