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Benfica beat Bayern Munich, but the two parties progress from group C, while the Auckland volumes draw 1-1 with Boca Juniors.
Chelsea entered the KO of the World Cup of FIFA after beating Esperance of Tunisia 3-0 and will play his draw in the last match against Benfica, who beat Bayern Munich 1-0 earlier in Heat Heat.
Chelsea began with a 3-0 clinical victory against Experance at Lincoln Financial Field in group D in Philadelphia on Tuesday.
Liam Delap’s new signature opened his account for the club with a skillfully taken finish taken in time at the end of the first half, a few moments after Tosin Adarabioyo had led the Blues in front.
The talent of teenagers Tyrique George added the deeply third of Chelsea in the injury time at the end of the match with a low shot which slipped under the Esperance Guir Ben Guardian.
Flamengo, who had already insured first place in the section after victories on Chelsea and Esperance, finished his first-round campaign with a 1-1 draw against the Lafc already eliminated in Orlando.
Los Angeles striker Denis Bouanga threatened to give the MLS team an upset victory in his last tournament match after a cool end in the 84th minute, only for Wallace Yan to equalize for Flamengo two minutes later.
In Charlotte, Andreas Schjelderup scored the only goal for Benfica during their group C clash with Bayern in front of 33,287 fans, finishing the first time of a reduction in his Norwegian compatriot Fredrik to the 13th minute.
The German champions, who left Harry Kane and Michael Olise on the bench at the start, could not return in stifling afternoon conditions in North Hit Caroline.
Kane and Olise took half-time, and Bayern then looks more dangerous, but Leroy Sane was refused when he is unique by the Ukrainian goalkeeper of Benfica, Anatoliy Trubin.
A draw would have allowed Bayern to go beyond the section, but an effort by Kimmich who found that the net was excluded for the offside, and Trubin refused Sane again while Kane has a late head late.
It was Benfica’s very first victory in 14 competitive meetings with Bayern, and it meant that they finished first and will then play the finalists of the Chelsea group in Charlotte in the last 16 Saturday.
‘Tiny club with a huge heart’
This result meant everything that Boca has done against Auckland City in Nashville would not be enough to qualify, but the Argentinian giants had to do better than drawing 1-1 against the daughters of the New Zealand tournament.
Auckland had lost 10-0 against Bayern and 6-0 against Benfica, but this time, they recovered from late in the first half when goalkeeper Nathan Garrow took a head of Lautaro Di Lollo in his own net.
Christian Gray equalized with a head in the second half to win the only representatives of Oceania a remarkable point.
“You cannot say that we have not learned from the experience of being at the tournament. I am delighted for the players and the club; this is wonderful. This is something to go to my house,” said city coach Paul Posa.
“We are a small club with a huge heart, and it’s obvious for everyone.”
The match was the fifth so far at the tournament to be suspended due to a weather warning, the game stopping for almost an hour. When the action restarted, no drop of rain had fallen to Geodis Park.
Elsewhere Tuesday, FIFA opened a disciplinary investigation into Gustavo Cabral de Pachuca after allegations, it made a racist comment to Antonio Rudiger from Real Madrid.
The incident came to the end of Sunday’s match between the two teams, which won 3-1.
