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Live Blog! Auckland City vs Boca Juniors at the Club World Cup
Welcome to another round of the first edition of the revamped Club World Cup. This Tuesday, Auckland City will face Boca Juniors at Geodis Park, in a match corresponding to the third matchday of Group C.
The match is over, Boca is eliminated from the Club World Cup, one of the tournament's most exciting players is leaving, thank you for being with us, see you in the next match.
Goal disallowed in the 59th minute for a handball by a Boca player
Match restarts
The match will resume in 10 minutes.
Explanation of this security protocol
In the 55th minute, the match was suspended due to a thunderstorm.
Auckland City goal in the 52nd minute, tying the score, score T. Gray
The second half of the match begins
At the end of the first half, Boca still has hope, although the outlook is getting complicated
Boca goal in the 26th minute, resulting from Garrow own goal.
Match starts
This is Boca's 11
Exciting definition in Group C
Group C qualification will be decided in a simultaneous day of high voltage. Boca Juniors vs. Auckland City and Bayern Munich vs. Benfica will be played at the same time, in a match that promises to be a thrilling finale.
After drawing 2-2 against Benfica and losing 2-1 against the powerful Bayern Munich, the team coached by Miguel Ángel Russo is not only obliged to win, but must do so by a wide goal difference. In addition, they need a hand from the German team in the other group match.
Group C is now in the lead ahead of the final round of matches.
The battle for second place is hotting up. Bayern Munich have already secured their qualification with six points and a goal difference of +11. Behind them is Benfica with four points and a goal differential of +6. Boca Juniors, with only one point and a goal difference of -1, needs an exact combination of results to reach the top 16 of the competition.
Group C table (before the third matchday):
1st Bayern Munich | 6 pts | +11
2nd Benfica | 4 pts | +6
3rd Boca Juniors | 1 pt | -1
4th Auckland City | 0 pts | -16
What Boca needs to qualify for the round of 16
To advance, the Xeneize must win and hope Benfica loses. However, a win by the minimum will not be enough: goal difference will be key in this definition.
Here are some of the possible scenarios for Boca Juniors to achieve the feat:
* If Benfica loses 1-0, Boca must win at least 6-0.
* If Benfica loses 2-0, Boca also needs a 6-0 win.
* If Benfica loses 3-0, Boca can win 5-0.
* If Bayern wins 4-0, Boca qualifies with a 4-0.
* And so on: for every goal that Bayern's difference increases, Boca needs one goal less.
This is because, if both teams are equal on points, the first tie-breaking criterion is goal difference. In the event of parity also in that category, the number of goals scored will be used.