ERIC MAXIM CHOUPO-MOTING scored four goals Wednesday as Bundesliga giant Bayern Munich thrashed fifth-tier minnow Bremer 12-0 in the first round of the German Cup. The original tie was postponed at the start of August after an outbreak of COVID-19 in the squad of Bremer, which plays in Bremen’s regional league. Bayern players showed their hosts little mercy. They were 8-0 up when Bremer was reduced to 10 men for the last 13 minutes after defender Ugo Nobile hauled down Bayern replacement midfielder Michael Cuisance, who was through on goal. Even with their star striker Robert Lewandowski and Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer both rested, Bayern strolled into this Sunday’s draw for the second round. Choupo-Moting wrapped up his hat trick within the opening 35 minutes and, having been handed the captain’s armband for the second half, grabbed his fourth and Bayern’s 10th in the dying stages. “We threw ourselves into it from the first to the last minute, that’s why the game turned out like it did,” he said. Germany winger Leroy Sane provided Choupo-Moting with simple tap-ins for his first two goals before the Cameroon star headed in his third goal after the host defense failed to clear the danger. Former England youth star and now German international midfielder Jamala Musiala, 18, was involved in two first-half goals, then netted again just after the break. He fired home from a tight angle, then flicking the ball past the Bremer goalkeeper, which was helped into the net by defender Jan-Luca Warm for an own goal. It was 5-0 at half-time, but Bayern then added two goals in quick succession when 19-year-old replacement striker Malik Tillman took full advantage of a mistake in the defense before Musiala grabbed his second.(SD-Agencies) | 