Auckland City players celebrate Christian Gray 1-1. The assistance was from Jerson Lagos.
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Boca Juniors closed his participation in the Club World Cup with a surprising 1-1 draw with Auckland City, the only semiprofesional team, which participated in the contest. The appointment was at the Geodis Park in Nashville, where a storm interrupted the game for several minutes.
The Xeneize painting needed to beat the New Zealand champion for more than six goals and that Bayern Munich gave a hand with a victory over Benfica to qualify for the round of 16 as the second of Group C. None of the two results occurred and the Plusted won the Germans 1-0.
Boca put an advantage at minute 26 in a stopped ball action that concluded with Nathan Garrow autogol. The goalkeeper of the Oceania champion had the bad luck that the ball, after giving on the stick after a header from Lautaro Di Lolol, bounced in his torso and ended at the bottom of the network.
Despite controlling the ball and having players with greater hierarchy, Boca suffered to find spaces, while Auckland City players were increasingly confident to find spaces in rival territory, so much so that they managed to score their first goal in the tournament.
The oceanic balanced the score at minute 52, when Colombian Jerson Lagos charged a corner kick from the right side that his partner, Christian Gray, turned into the tie thanks to an accurate header that overcame the resistance of Agustín Marchesín.
The party was suspended shortly after provisional due to the storm protocol. After the pause of more than 50 minutes, Boca tried to recover the advantage, but he did not get it and said goodbye to the Club World Cup without knowing the victory.
“Sadness, because we have to stay out of the competition, but we must continue, we have seen very good things and that is what we have to get positive. It was a complicated group, it could not be given, so you have to continue working and improving,” said Edinson Cavani, Boca striker, at the end of the commitment.
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