By JACKSON CASTELLANO
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Ángel Di María and Leandro Barreiro every scored two objectives Friday to assist Benfica rout Auckland Metropolis 6-0 at Inter&Co Stadium in a Membership World Cup sport that was delayed at halftime due to thunder and lightning.
Di María, who teamed with Lionel Messi to win the 2022 World Cup with Argentina, scored his first aim from the penalty spot deep into added time on the finish of the primary half. His second rating, and the workforce’s sixth, was once more from the penalty spot and deep in added time on the finish of the match.
Auckland Metropolis exchanged counterattacks with the Portuguese powerhouse within the first half of the Group C match however was nonetheless outshot 18-1.
The second half went Benfica’s approach. Vangelis Pavlidis made it 2-0 within the 53rd minute, Renato Sanches added a 3rd a short while later and Barreiro then scored a pair of objectives to extend the result in 5-0.
A thunderstorm delayed the beginning of the second half for greater than two hours. When the match resumed, the objectives got here pouring in for Benfica.
Key second
Auckland midfielder Tong Zhou went down with an obvious head damage simply earlier than halftime. Trainers attended to Zhou on the sector, and Benfica defender Alvaro Carreras complained in regards to the delay. He was given a yellow card after a spat with sport officers.
Takeaways
With the win, . Bayern Munich, which beat Auckland Metropolis 10-0 in its opening match, performs Boca Juniors later Friday in Miami Gardens.
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