WC 2018
Rory McIlroy: "I hope Germany play as badly as Bayern"
Northern Irish golfer Rory McIlroy jokes that the national football team will have a chance against Germany in their FIFA World Cup qualifier - as long as the world champions are playing as badly as Bayern Munich.
![Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland speaks in a press conference during practice prior to the 2017 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at The Old Course on October 4, 2017 in St Andrews, Scotland.](https://img.asmedia.epimg.net/resizer/v2/GUWZ3SKGBNIBHHXO6HFOSZUTVA.jpg?auth=2fc6baa26280d36ea077c7e192b1e8278eddcb35f08fad0155f48d82b7bcb321&width=360&height=203&smart=true)