Benfica classified the round of 16 of the Club World Cup as first of the C. Bayern Munich group had to settle for second place.
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Benfica hit the table this Tuesday and won by the minimum difference (1-0) to Bayern Munich, at the close of the group's group phase. This result allowed the Portuguese to keep the first place in Group C.
The appointment between Lisbon and Bavarian took place at the Bank of America stadium, in Charlotte, east of the United States. The only goal of the afternoon was the work of the Norwegian Andreas Schjelderup, who defined first after connecting a crawl center of his compatriot Frederik Aursnes within the area.
Bayern Munich, who was already classified to the round of 16 after beating Boca Junior on the second date of the group stage, faced this commitment to a mixed payroll. Seeing that the Lusos took advantage, their coach, Vincent Kompany, sent several of his headlines to the court.
Although in the last minutes the German giant besieged the Benfica area and had several clear arrivals, had no effectiveness in the rival arch and had to settle for the second place of Group C. The Germans will be rivals of Flamengo (Brazil) in the round of 16.
Boca, eliminated from the Club World Cup
Boca Juniors, under the technical direction of Miguel Ángel Russo, needed to beat Auckland City for more than six goals and that Bayern gave him a hand with a victory over Benfica. Both games started at the same time, but a storm interrupted the duel between Argentines and Neozylalands.
The Xeneize put an advantage in a 26th minute 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.
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