Boca Juniors had been held to a 1-1 draw by Auckland Metropolis and failed to achieve the knockout stage of the Membership World Cup on Tuesday in steamy Nashville, Tennessee, the place the match was suspended for almost 50 minutes resulting from stormy climate.
Boca got here into the sport needing each a convincing win towards already-eliminated Auckland Metropolis to overturn a seven-goal distinction with Benfica and for the Portuguese membership to lose to German champions Bayern Munich within the different Group C fixture.
Auckland Metropolis had simply drawn degree shortly after the break when lightning within the space compelled gamers off the sphere. By the point play resumed, Benfica had secured a 1-0 win to qualify prime of Group C and attain the final 16 together with Bayern.
Boca went forward within the twenty sixth minute when Lautaro Di Lollo obtained a well-delivered nook and headed it towards the submit earlier than the ball bounced off Auckland Metropolis goalkeeper Nathan Garrow’s arm and into the web for an personal objective.
Auckland scored their first objective of the match within the 52nd minute when Christian Grey despatched a header inside the best submit and previous an outstretched Agustín Marchesín moments earlier than play was suspended.
Boca thought that they had pulled again in entrance shortly after the restart however a VAR determination overturned Miguel Merentiel’s objective resulting from a handball by teammate Kevin Zenón.
Boca completed third within the group with two factors, yet one more than Auckland Metropolis who additionally exited the Membership World Cup.
Fifa President Gianni Infantino was amongst these on the recreation the place temperatures at kickoff had been round 96F/35.5C.
The steamy circumstances did little to dampen the spirits of the passionate Boca supporters who spent the period of the match singing to the beat of drums, together with throughout the climate delay when many refused calls to move to the concourse.
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Benfica 1-0 Bayern Munich
Benfica’s Andreas Schjelderup struck within the first half to seal a 1-0 win over Bayern Munich in sweltering warmth on Tuesday, sending the Portuguese aspect to the highest of Group C on the Membership World Cup.
After securing their first-ever victory over Bayern, Benfica will face Chelsea or Esperance de Tunis within the final 16. Bayern, ending second, are set to face Group D leaders Flamengo.
Schjelderup broke the impasse after 13 minutes with a first-time end off Fredrik Aursnes’ low cross from the best, capitalising on a lapse in Bayern’s backline.
With Bayern already assured of a spot within the subsequent spherical, their rotated lineup lacked urgency. The Germans improved after the break and Joshua Kimmich thought he had equalised, however his effort was dominated out for Harry Kane being offside.
