FIFA Club World Cup: Early goal holds while Benfica Bayern Munich beats to continue to Knock -Outs

Andreas Schjelderup scored early and Benfica held in the midst of oppressive circumstances for a 1-0 win over Bayern Munich on Tuesday afternoon in Charlotte.

Anatoliy Trubin made four Saves to retain Benfica’s second consecutive clean slate and to keep his very first competitive victory over Bayern, while the Portuguese club ended on top of group C and his FIFA Club World Cup campaign.

Benfica (2-0-1, 7 points) is confronted with Chelsea in a Saturday round of 16 collision also in Charlotte. Chelsea was second in Group D by beating Es Tunis later on Tuesday.

A heavily rotated Bayern (2-1-0, 6 points) had already achieved his place in the knockout phase and will be confronted on Sunday opposite group D winner Flamengo in Miami Gardens.

Benfica preceded 13 minutes in a slow first half that was played in the midst of temperatures floating around 97 degrees.

Angel di Maria played a ball wide right in front of Fredrik Aurnes, who then dragged a low cross back to the penalty area. That is where Schjelderup met it in step and a low first finish fired past Manuel Neuer.

Trubet was exceptional after the break when Benfica went through the increasing bayern pressure.

In the 51st minute, Leroy Sane ran on the ball of Joshua Kimmich over the top, but was refused by Trubin, who also made a more comfortable rescue of the follow -up efforts of Thomas Muller seconds later.

Kimmich thought he had scored from the edge of the penalty area in the 61st minute, but the goal was rejected because Harry Kane was in a offside position and at the view of the keeper.

In the 74th minute, Truin Aleksandar Pavlovic denied with a vast leg from about 10 meters after the first cross of Bayern from the right of a few bodies in the area.

Then in the 87th he crossed Sane for the second time on the break after he ran the excellent through the ball on Kane.