Whereas Bayern Munich walked almost without effort to a monster victory (10-0) a few days earlier, Benfica had a lot more difficult with Auckland City. The Portuguese did dominated, but there was no scoring. With art and flying work, the most obscure team of this World Championship survived for a long time against Orkun Kökcü and associates.
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Only in the injury time of the first did it go wrong and Benfica got a penalty kick. Angel di Maria shot this cool. Then the players remained hidden in the dressing room for a long time.
Weather protocol FIFA
This has everything to do with the bad weather in and around Orlando, where the competition was finished. It was the fourth case this tournament in which the weather conditions ensure an interruption.
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The FIFA protocol contains this World Cup strict requirements with regard to thunderstorms. If a thunderstorm is spotted within a radius of ten kilometers from the stadium, the competition cannot be continued until it has been pulled away. Earlier this week, the Palmeiras – Al Ahly Al Stillag match, despite the fact that blue sky above the stadium was shown.
The question now is whether FIFA will continue to use this protocol next summer if the Country World Championship also takes place in the United States, Mexico and Canada. The World Football Association will not consider such breaks to be desirable.
Benfica walks further after a long break
It took more than 2.5 hours for the players and spectators to show themselves again. Despite the extra long rest, Auckland turned out to be cracked, because Benfica had a lot easier after the break. Vangelis Pavlidis, on a pass from Kökcü, made the 2-0. Then Renato Sanchez and twice Leandro Barreiro (both times on a pass from Pavlidis) lifted the score to 5-0. Di Maria also made his second deep in injury time, again from eleven meters.