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| Possession | Shots (on target) | Corners | Expected Goals |
| 27% 73% | (4) 7 13 (4) | 3 6 | 0.48 1.32 |
 | The eagles played bravely, balanced, and managed to hold onto the lead that Andreas Schjelderup created in an early stage. | |
 | Benfica with 40+ victories: | |
| 40th victory for Benfica this season (59 matches): it's the 5th time they have achieved 40+ wins | |
| Scorer of 150 goals this season, Bayern was kept scoreless had been scoring for 19 matches | |
| Bayern had not lost in 9 matches: the last defeat was against Inter, at home, in the Champions | |
| Bayern suffered their 8th defeat of the season, the 5th in international competitions | |
| 2nd time that Bayern has failed to score in a match against Benfica: the 1st was in 1981, at Luz | |
| Benfica remains undefeated in this Club World Cup | |
| Benfica makes history: wins against Bayern for the 1st time in their 14th match | |
| Benfica will face either Chelsea or Esperance Tunis next Saturday | |
 | Benfica's opponent in the last 16 will be the second-placed team in Group D, a position currently held by Chelsea. | |
 | Anatoliy Trubin (POR) is the oficial Man of the Match | |
 | With this victory, Benfica wins Group C of the Club World Cup! Bayern finishes in second place, and the outcome of the match between Boca Juniors and Auckland, currently suspended, will no longer affect the round of 16. | |
| 90' +9 |  | The referee François Letexier whistles for the end of the match |
| 90' +8 |  | Bayern München: Harry Kane jumps highest following the corner, but heads wide! What an opportunity! |
| 90' +8 |  | It's a corner kick for Bayern München, following a great clearance by Bajrami in the final minute of the match. |
| 90' +6 |  | Bayern München: Konrad Laimer reaches the byline and crosses, but Trubin catches the ball. |
| 90' +4 | | Bayern München: Thomas Müller heads wide after a good cross from Olise, but there's a corner. The ball hit Aursnes. |
| 90' +1 |  | The referee adds 8 more minutes |
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| 87' | | Bayern München: Leroy Sané isolated again, this time after a well-measured pass by Kane (and poorly defended by António Silva), but Trubin again came out of goal to stop Sané. Huge moment for the Benfica goalkeeper!!! |
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| 81' | | Benfica: Orkun Kökçü attempted a surprising shot well before the midfield, but the ball reached Neuer's foot already bouncing. |
| A central defender for the place of a midfielder. It seems that there will indeed be a line of five in the red defense for the end of the game. | |
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| 75' | | Bayern Munich: Aleksandar Pavlovic shot powerfully after much confusion in the area, but Trubin made another great save. Excellent second half from the Ukrainian goalkeeper. |
| 69' | | Another hydration break, at a time when Kokçu is being attended to by the medical team. |
| 66' |  | Konrad Laimer (Bayern München) hit the post, but was in an offside position. |
| Kompany uses up all substitutions half an hour before the end of the match. | |
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| 61' |  | DISALLOWED GOAL Bayern München: Play involving the three players brought on at half-time. Pass from Olise, long-range shot by Kimmich and Kane in an offside position blocking Trubin's view. Still a good shot from the midfielder! |
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| 56' | | Benfica: Kerem Aktürkoglu goes all out and nearly increases the score, after a great controlled reception following a pass from Barreiro. Great save by Neuer! |
| 55' |  | Auckland City drew with Boca Juniors, scoring their first goal in this World Cup, thus making Benfica even more secure in their progression. Moments later, the match was suspended due to the weather. |
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| 51' | | Bayern München: Thomas Müller takes another shot, following a loss of possession by Renato Sanches. Trubin again secure between the posts. |
| 51' | | Bayern München: Leroy Sané appeared alone in front of goal, but Trubin came off his line and made a great save. Kimmich again on the throw-in. |
| 50' | | Bayern Munich: Joshua Kimmich sends a good ball into the box, but Trubin dives to stop Sané from getting there first. |
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| 46' |  | 2nd half begins |
 | With the current results, Benfica leads the group! Bayern would finish second if things stay the same in both games. | |
| Bayern had two great opportunities at the end of the first half, but that does not negate the balance of the game. More ball possession by the Germans, naturally, but more offensive plays by Benfica, who this time, unlike a few months ago, did not shy away from the magnitude of the Bavarians. | |
| 45' +4 |  | The 1st half ends |
| 45' +2 | | Bayern München: Thomas Müller was in the right place to score, after a well-measured cross from Sané, but he fumbled. |
| 45' | | The referee adds 4 more minutes |
| 44' | | Bayern München: Leroy Sané shoots over the goal of Trubin, but before that there was a brilliant work by Gnabry on Aursnes near the sideline! |
| 43' | | Benfica: Gianluca Prestianni sprinted towards the ball bouncing near the goal, but Raphael Guerreiro made the clearance. Portuguese international in a discreet but important moment. |
| 41' | Prestianni returns to the pitch. | |
| 39' |  | Gianluca Prestianni (Benfica) is being attended to and Akturkoglu is warming up. |
| 38' | | Benfica: Ángel Di María completed a move in a way that's hard to define. It was half shot, half cross, but totally off target. |
| 35' | | Bayern München: Sèrge Gnabry created danger with a shot that did not reach the goal because Otamendi blocked it. Leandro Barreiro returned the danger with a poor clearance, but the situation was resolved on the second attempt. |
| 30' | | Cooling Break in North Carolina, where it is very hot. |
| 27' | | Boca Juniors scores the first goal in the other game, against Auckland City (1-0). With this result, Benfica leads the group! |
| 21' | | It's a corner kick for Benfica, after a comical moment where Neuer cuts the ball towards Upamecano. |
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| 17' |  | Pavlidis falls in the area, but the referee says there is no penalty! |
| 16' | Great individual play by Di María, but the shot doesn't come off. | |
Goal for Boca Juniors!
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 | Aursnes took the cross from the right, Prestianni couldn't deflect it and the ball fell to Schjelderup, who finished calmly. Good play by Benfica! | |
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| 10' | | Benfica: the corner kick ends with a long-range shot from Renato Sanches. Neuer easily caught it. |
| 9' | | Benfica: Ángel Di María picked up the leftovers at the edge of the box and took a shot towards the goal. Neuer saved it for a corner. |
| 7' | | Benfica: also benefited from a corner kick, but Upamecano cleared it. |
| 5' | Again António Silva clears the corner out of the box. | |
| 4' | | Bayern München: Thomas Müller crossed into a dangerous area, but António Silva cleared it for a corner. |
| 1' |  | The match begins |
| The teams are already entering the field at Bank of America Stadium, in North Carolina. | |
 | Tom Bischof, 19 years old, will make his absolute debut for Bayern as a starter. | |
Welcome to our live coverage of today's football match!
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| Benfica will advance to the knockout stage if: - they beat Bayern Munchen (they will advance in 1st place); - they draw (they will advance in 2nd place); - they lose and Boca Juniors do not beat Auckland City; - they lose, Boca Juniors beat Auckland City, but they have a better goal difference than the Argentinians | |
| Florentino is the notable absentee from the Benfica team sheet. The midfielder suffered an acromioclavicular sprain in his right shoulder and, despite having returned to training, is not available for this match. | |
 | On the bench for Bayern München: Jonas Urbig, Daniel Peretz, Jonathan Tah, Adam Aznou, Cassiano Kiala, Joshua Kimmich, Jamal Musiala, Lennart Karl, Leon Goretzka, Konrad Laimer, David Daiber, Michael Olise, Jonah Kusi-Asare, Harry Kane, Kingsley Coman | |
| On the bench for Benfica: Diogo Ferreira, Leandro Santos, Tiago Gouveia, Adrian Bajrami, Gonçalo Oliveira, Joshua Wynder, João Rego, Orkun Kökçü, Diogo Prioste, João Veloso, Rafael Luís, Kerem Aktürkolu, Bruma | |
 | Manuel Neuer is the captain of Bayern München | |
 | Bayern München's line-up is already announced: Manuel Neuer, Sacha Boey, Dayot Upamecano, Josip Stanisic, Raphaël Guerreiro, Aleksandar Pavlovic, João Palhinha, Tom Bischof, Leroy Sané, Sèrge Gnabry, Thomas Müller | |
| Benfica's line-up is already announced: Anatoliy Trubin, António Silva, Nicolás Otamendi, Samuel Dahl, Leandro Barreiro, Renato Sanches, Fredrik Aursnes, Ángel Di María, Gianluca Prestianni, Vangelis Pavlidis, Andreas Schjelderup | |
| Nicolás Otamendi is the captain of Benfica | |
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| Benfica | Bayern München | |||
| 8 | 2 | Shots | 5 | 7 |
| 8 | 1 | Shots on target | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | 4 | Total Tackles | 3 | 8 |
1 | Tackles Won | 1 | ||
| 7 | 11 | Ball steals | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | 36 | Total Passes | 102 | 7 |
| 8 | 25 | Passes Completed | 97 | 7 |
| 7 | 4 | Saves | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | 1 | Fouls Committed | 2 | 7 |
2 | Fouls Suffered | 2 |
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