Benfica take on Bayern Munich in a decisive Group C clash at the Club World Cup as both European side target spots in the knockout rounds.
The teams meet in Charlotte, North Carolina sitting second and first in the table respectively. Benfica drew their opening match 2-2 in a thrilling contest with Boca Juniors before hammering Auckland City 6-0 in their next game. They have four points from two matches but will be at risk of elimination if they lose tonight and Boca Juniors defeat Auckland by a bigger margin.
Bayern, meanwhile, have already qualified for the next stage of the competition and manager Vincent Kompany could decide to rest some of his key players unless he wants to secure first place in the group. A superb 10-0 win over Auckland kicked off their tournament before the Bundesliga champions edged past Boca Juniors 2-1 last time out.
Both group games kick off simultaneously at 8pm BST as the round of 16 line-up begins to take shape at the expanded club tournament.
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Benfica 1-0 Bayern Munich
20 mins: Benfica look lively again, Pavlidis is set loose and one-on-one with the keeper – but with Upamecano hot on his heels he takes a tumble and Neuer hastily collects. It was a hopeful dive and the ref says no penalty.
Renato Sanches is the first to go into the book for a late follow-through on the back of Muller’s shin.
Benfica 1-0 Bayern Munich
16 mins: Di Maria and Aursnes are proving a handful for the German champions. Di Maria outwits the Bayern defence again with some fancy footwork but comes unstuck as he takes one touch too many and goes tumbling in the box… but of his own volition, no penalty.
GOAL! Benfica 1-0 Bayern Munich
13 mins: The Portuguese side have looked more menacing so far and it’s 21-year-old Schjelderup who breaks the deadlock!
Di Maria combines beautifully with Aursnes down the right; Aursnes crosses a delightful ball into the centre of the box and Schjelderup makes the overlapping run to slot home!
It puts the pressure on Boca Juniors in their game against Auckland City, with Benfica – as it stands – topping the group.
CLOSE! Benfica 0-0 Bayern Munich
11 mins: Now Benfica look very dangerous! Bayern fail to clear a move and the ball is recycled to Di Maria, who takes a couple of touches and lets fly a low strike – but Neuer gets his fingertips to it and skews it round the side of the far post!
Benfica come again but this time an attempt is sent straight into the gloves of Neuer.
Benfica 0-0 Bayern Munich
8 mins: Renato Sanches counters, Di Maria is allowed acres of space to square to Schjelderup… who sends it bobbling well wide of goal and behind for a corner.
It’s dealt with by Gnabry and Bayern look to counter immediately, but it drifts too long for Sane to control it.
Benfica 0-0 Bayern Munich
4 mins: Fine work by Bayern as a Benfica shirt is left sprawled on the turf as Stanisic builds an attack… forward to Leroy sane, who has Muller in his sights in the box, driving down the right.
But Antonio Silva jogs back, alert to the danger, and heads it away for a corner.
Benfica v Bayern
It’s 36 degrees in Charlotte… a tough day out for the players, and one that will only add to concerns around weather for next year’s World Cup.
Team news reminder
Benfica XI: Trubin, Aursnes, Antonio Silva, Otamendi, Dahl, Renato Sanches, Barreiro, Di Maria, Prestianni, Schjelderup, Pavlidis
Substitutes: Akturkoglu, Tiago Gouveia, Bajrami, Goncalo Oliveira, Diogo Prioste, Joao Veloso, Rafael Luis, Kokcu, Joao Rego, Bruma, Wynder, Diogo Ferreira, Leandro Santos
Bayern Munich XI: Neuer, Boey, Upamecano, Stanisic, Raphael Guerreiro, Joao Palhinha, Pavlovic, Sane, Bischof, Gnabry, Muller
Substitutes: Aznou, Coman, Tah, Goretzka, Kane, Karl, Kimmich, Kusi-Asare, Laimer, Kiala, Musiala, Olise, Peretz, David Daiber, Urbig