Bayern knocked the ball around with great composure after the restart and created regular chances, Schweinsteiger chipping just wide of the far post, Mandzukic turning the ball into the net but being flagged offside in the 58th minute, and Ribery making it three in the 61st minute with a brilliant twisting run past three defenders and a dinked finish.
Götze came on a couple of minutes later as Guardiola handed Lahm a well-earned rest, and the sub was at once wriggling into the box and teeing up Schweinsteiger to spin on a sixpence and lash a left-foot shot past Kozacik for the fourth goal.
Götze chipped against the top of the bar as FCB broke after Plzen’s first corner of the match, before the stadium rose to acclaim Ribery when he handed over to Müller in the 67th minute. Claudio Pizarro replaced Mandzukic for the last 20 minutes and immediately aimed a header too close to the keeper, before the match began to resemble a training ground exercise with the Czechs desperately practising their defending.
Fortunately for Vrba’s men, Müller and Götze twice shot wide and Kozacik saved well from Pizarro and Schweinsteiger, but before Mr Kelly blew for time on the one-sided encounter, Götze added a stoppage-time fifth with a skilful touch and finish from Robben’s raking pass.
