🌍 Club World Cup | Night highlights: Benfica v Boca, Flamengo v Espérance 🎥 | OneFootball

Two matches valid for Groups C and D of the Club World Cup were played tonight: Boca Juniors-Benfica and Flamengo-Espérance.

Let's see how these two games went and what the situation is in the two groups.

🤯 Benfica - Boca Juniors: 2-2 and three expulsions

Boca Juniors started very strong and in half an hour seemed to have already closed the deal: Merentiel (21') and Battaglia (27') scored twice, but Benfica didn't collapse. Di María reopened everything on the penalty (45+3') that also generated the expulsion of Ander Herrera on the bench, who came out due to injury during the first half: red card for trying to advance towards the monitor and the referee.

In the second half, the fury continued: at 72′ Andrea Belotti – who had come on – received a direct red card for a very high and dangerous intervention on Ayrton Costa, a decision confirmed after VAR review.

A few minutes before the final whistle, Nicolás Figal also left the field early: a violent entry on Advíncula ignited new clashes, with players and benches almost ready to fight.

Boca wasted the knockout blow and at 84′ Otamendi punished with a header from a corner kick. It's a draw that tastes like a defeat for the Xeneizes.

Group C

💥 Flamengo-Espérance: 2-0 and assist Jorginho

Flamengo immediately imposed their rhythm and crushed the Tunisian team Esperance with a relentless ball possession and enveloping maneuvers. After just 17 minutes, de Arrascaeta finalized with precision an action refined by Araújo, opening the scoring and the curtain on a one-way game.

The Tunisians tried to react but never really managed to become dangerous: the carioca defense was impenetrable and the goalkeeper remained almost inactive. At 70', Araujo closed the accounts with a powerful shot from the limit, served with intelligence by Jorginho.

Group D

It's a clear victory that launches Flamengo towards the match with Chelsea: decisive for the top of the group.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇮🇹 here.

📸 MOHAMED TAGELDIN