Benfica supervisor Bruno Lage has claimed his workforce have been ignored earlier than their 1-0 win over Bayern Munich to beat the German giants to prime spot in Group C on the Membership World Cup.
The Portuguese workforce held off a torrent of second-half stress to triumph by way of Andreas Schjelderup’s early strike of their closing group stage sport in Charlotte.
“It’s time for individuals to consider extra within the work we’re doing from our president, our sports activities administrators, me as a supervisor and all my gamers,” stated Lage.
“We have been speaking about beating Boca by lots of targets to [finish] second, and [people] forgot this sport. I by no means forgot that we had three video games. We will [achieve] these victories with assist and help.”
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Benfica vs Bayern Munich
Benfica completed second in Portugal final season and began Matchday 3 of the Membership World Cup two factors behind Bayern, having drawn 2-2 with Boca Juniors of their opener and crushed part-timers Auckland Metropolis 6-0.
The reigning Bundesliga champions have been unbeaten in 10 video games, had received eight and drawn three of their 11 conferences with Benfica within the Champions League and had crushed Auckland 10-0 and Boca 2-1.
“The primary half was superb,” stated former Botafogo and Wolves boss Lage. “We created the higher probabilities.
“Perhaps Bayern deserved a objective however we may have completed the primary half successful 2-0. It means lots for us. It’s good for us to complete first.”
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Left-winger Schjelderup, 21, arrived contained in the field to fit a low right-footed end previous goalkeeper Manuel Neuer from Fredrik Aursnes’s cross within the thirteenth minute.
Benfica will return to Charlotte on Saturday (21:00 BST) to fulfill English heavyweights Chelsea or Tunisian facet Esperance within the final 16.
Fifa Membership World Cup 2025 fixtures, schedule, outcomes
Sunday, June 15
Group A: Al-Ahly 0-0 Miami (Miami)
Group C: Bayern Munich 10-0 Auckland (Cincinnati)
Group B: Paris Saint-Germain 4-0 Atletico Madrid (Los Angeles)
Group A: Palmeiras 0-0 Porto (New Jersey)
Monday, June 16
Group B: Botafogo 2-1 Seattle Sounders (Seattle)
Group D: Chelsea 2-0 Los Angeles FC (Atlanta)
Group C: Boca Juniors 2-2 Benfica (Miami)
Tuesday, June 17
Group D: Flamengo 2-0 Esperance (Philadelphia)
Group F: Fluminense 0-0 Borussia Dortmund (New Jersey)
Group E: River Plate 3-1 Urawa Red Diamonds (Seattle)
Group F: Ulsan 0-1 Mamelodi Sundowns (Orlando)
Wednesday, June 18
Group E: Monterrey 1-1 Inter Milan (Los Angeles)
Group G: Manchester City 2-0 Wydad (Philadelphia)
Group H: Real Madrid 1-1 Al-Hilal (Miami)
Group H: Pachuca 1-2 Salzburg (Cincinnati)
Thursday, June 19
Group G: Al-Ain 0-5 Juventus (Washington)
Group A: Palmeiras 2-0 Al-Ahly (New Jersey)
Group A: Inter Miami 2-1 Porto (Atlanta)
Group B: Seattle 1-3 Atletico Madrid (Seattle)
Friday, June 20
Group B: PSG 0-1 Botafogo (Los Angeles)
Group C: Benfica 6-0 Auckland City (Orlando)
Group D: Flamengo 3-1 Chelsea (Philadelphia)
Group D: LAFC 0-1 Esperance (Nashville)
Saturday, June 21
Group C: Bayern 2-1 Boca Juniors (Miami)
Group F: Mamelodi Sundowns 3-4 Dortmund (Cincinnati)
Group E: Inter Milan 2-1 Urawa Red Diamonds (Seattle)
Group F: Fluminense 4-2 Ulsan (New Jersey)
Sunday, June 22
Group E: River Plate 0-0 Monterrey (Los Angeles)
Group G: Juventus 4-1 Wydad (Philadelphia)
Group H: Real Madrid 3-1 Pachuca (Charlotte)
Group H: Salzburg 0-0 Al-Hilal (Washington)
Monday, June 23
Group G: Man City 6-0 Al-Ain (Atlanta)
Group B: Seattle 0-2 PSG (Seattle)
Group B: Atletico Madrid 1-0 Botafogo (Los Angeles)
Tuesday, June 24
Group A: Porto 4-4 Al-Ahly (New Jersey)
Group A: Inter Miami 2-2 Palmeiras (Miami)
Group C: Auckland 1-1 Boca Juniors (Nashville)
Group C: Benfica 1-0 Bayern (Charlotte)
Wednesday, June 25
Group D: LAFC vs Flamengo (Orlando, 02:00)
Group D: Esperance vs Chelsea (Philadelphia, 02:00)
Group F: Dortmund vs Ulsan (Cincinnati, 20:00)
Group F: Mamelodi Sundowns vs Fluminense (Miami, 20:00)
Thursday, June 26
Group E: Urawa Crimson Diamonds vs Monterrey (02:00)
Group E: Inter Milan vs River Plate (Seattle, 02:00)
Group G: Juventus vs Man Metropolis (Orlando, 20:00)
Group G: Wydad vs Al-Ain (Washington, 20:00)
Friday, June 27
Group H: Salzburg vs Actual Madrid (Philadelphia, 02:00)
Group H: Al-Hilal vs Pachuca (Nashville, 02:00)
Membership World Cup spherical of 16 fixtures
Saturday, June 28
Match 49: Palmeiras vs Botafogo (Philadelphia, 17:00)
Match 50: Benfica vs Group D runners-up (Charlotte, 21:00)
Sunday, June 29
Match 51: PSG vs Inter Miami (Atlanta, 17:00)
Match 52: Group D winners vs Bayern (Miami, 21:00)
Monday, June 30
Match 53: Group E winners vs Group F runners-up (Charlotte, 15:00)
Tuesday, July 1
Match 54: Group G winners vs Group H runners-up (Orlando, 02:00)
Match 55: Group H winners vs Group G runners-up (Miami, 20:00)
Wednesday, July 2
Match 56: Group F winners vs Group E runners-up (Atlanta, 21:00)
Membership World Cup quarter-final fixtures
Friday, July 4
Match 57: Winner match 53 vs Winner match 54 (Orlando, 20:00)
Saturday, July 5
Match 58: Winner match 49 vs Winner match 50 (Philadelphia, 02:00)
Match 59: Winner match 51 vs Winner match 52 (Atlanta, 17:00)
Match 60: Winner match 55 vs Winner match 56 (New Jersey, 21:00)
Membership World Cup semi-final fixtures
Tuesday, July 8
Match 61: Winner match 57 vs Winner match 58 (New Jersey, 20:00)
Wednesday, July 9
Match 62: Winner match 59 vs Winner match 60 (New Jersey, 20:00)
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Sunday, July 13
Match 63: Winner match 61 vs Winner match 62 (New Jersey, 20:00)
Find out how to watch the Membership World Cup: Reside stream, TV channel in UK
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