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0-2 to 2-2, Benfica tied Boca! 37-year-old Di Maria made history, and 3 red cards were produced in the whole game

5:05am, 18 June 2025Football

On June 17, the Club World Cup continued. In the Group C game, Benfica, a giant team from the Portuguese Super League, played against Boca Youth in the traditional Argentine team. In another game in this group, Bayern beat New Zealand's Auckland City 10-0. The match between Benfica and Boca Youth is the focus of the group. As a result, 0-2 to 2-2, Benfica tied Boca! At the age of 37, Di Maria made history and produced 3 red cards in the whole game.

Benfica has a 433 formation in this game, with Bruma, Pavlidis and Di Maria forming a trident on the front line, with 3 midfielders Sanchez, Luis, and Orsnes, defenders Fernandez, Otamendi, Silva, and Dahl, and goalkeeper Trubin. Boca youth formation is 4321, from the front to the backcourt, including Melentiel, Palacios, Velasco, Zenon, Batalia, Herrera, Blanco, Costa, Figar, Adventura, and Marchesin.

In the 20th minute of this game, the Boca youth made a substitution adjustment. Herrera, who had played for Manchester United and Paris, was substituted and Belmont came on the bench. Benfica started with a passive start and conceded the ball first in the 21st minute. Blanco passed through the crotch and made a cross, assisting Melentiel to score a goal, and Boca youth took the lead. Just 6 minutes later, the Boca Youth relied on a corner kick opportunity to expand the score with Costa assisting Batalia to head the ball.

Before the end of the half, two Argentine players of Benfica team made contributions, Otamendi fell to the ground after being fouled in the penalty area, and Benfica received a penalty. Faced with the referee's penalty, Herrera, who was substituted by Boca youth, was very dissatisfied and verbally attacked the referee and received a red card. Di Maria took the penalty and deceived the goalkeeper, pushed the ball into the lower right corner, helping Benfica score a goal. Di Maria made history. This game was the first appearance of the Club World Cup in Benfica. Angels scored the first goal of the Club World Cup in Benfica.

At the beginning of the second half, Benfica substituted and Beloti replaced Dal. The two teams' movements in the game became more and more intense, and Benfica suffered another blow in the 72nd minute. Beloti pedaled on Costa's head with a red card and was sent off. Benfica fell behind in the score and played one less person, so it was difficult to play in this game. But Benfica was very tenacious. In the 84th minute of the game, Kirk Cho took a corner kick, Otamendi jumped high, and headed Benfica tied Boca. After that, the red card appeared again, and Boca youth defender Figar was sent off for a foul. In the end, in this tragic game, the two teams tied 2-2, with 3 red cards and 4 yellow cards appearing in this game.

After the group stage, what two teams in this group will eventually qualify?

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