Izuchukwu OkosiPortuguese top side Benfica on Tuesday night beat Germany Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich 1-0 to progress into the Club World Cup round of 16 as Group C winners amid sweltering temperatures in the United States.
The match kicked off at 8pm Nigerian time ( 3pm local time in the USA) at the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina with the temperature at 36C – and both sides were far from their best in the tough conditions.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelYoungster Andreas Schjelderup scored the only goal of the game in the 13th minute, with a low but assured finish from 15 yards out after Fredrik Aursnes teed him up intelligently.
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The win means Portugal’s Benfica will play the Group D runners-up, which will be Chelsea, as long as Enzo Maresca’s side avoid defeat against Tunisian outfit ES Tunis in their match on Wednesday morning (2am).
Bayern had already qualified and boss Vincent Kompany made seven changes from the side that beat Argentina’s Boca Juniors 2-1 on Friday.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
