Julian Green proved the hero on home soil for Bayern Munich as he scored three first-half goals to help thrash Inter Milan 4-1 in North Carolina on Saturday evening.
The American winger took just 35 minutes to complete his hat-trick in the International Champions Cup clash, giving home supporters plenty to cheer about at the Bank of America Stadium.
Green has been used sparingly by Bayern in the past, but the USA international did his hopes of a squad place no harm when glancing home with seven minutes on the clock.
Franck Ribery was also on target for Bayern, picking his spot from the edge of the six-yard box to double his side's advantage early on in Charlotte.
Soon after scoring, Ribery turned provider when finding Green with a through-ball which the youngster was happy to smash into the back of the net to double his personal tally.
The third of the evening for Green arrived prior to the break as he rounded off a fine passing move, but Roberto Mancini and his players felt that the offside flag should have been raised.
A raft of changes at the interval meant that the Bundesliga champions lost the momentum gradually built up in the first half, but Inter themselves failed to find any real foothold in the game.
Inter did have a goal to cheer late on, though, after David Alaba's error was pounced on by Mauro Icardi who charged through and slotted past the largely untested Tom Starke.
Daniel Lewis
