Auckland City get shock draw as Boca crash out

Boca Juniors were held to a 1-1 gully by Auckland City and failed to scope the knockout signifier of the Club World Cup connected Tuesday successful steamy Nashville, Tennessee, wherever the lucifer was suspended for astir 50 minutes owed to stormy weather.

Boca came into the crippled needing some a convincing triumph against already-eliminated Auckland City to overturn a seven-goal quality with Benfica and for the Portuguese nine to suffer to German champions Bayern Munich successful the different Group C fixture.

Auckland City had conscionable drawn level soon aft the interruption erstwhile lightning successful the country forced players disconnected the field. By the clip play resumed, Benfica had secured a 1-0 triumph to suffice apical of Group C and scope the past 16 on with Bayern.

Boca went up successful the 26th infinitesimal erstwhile Lautaro Di Lollo received a well-delivered country and headed it against the station earlier the shot bounced disconnected Auckland City goalkeeper Nathan Garrow's limb and into the nett for an ain goal.

Auckland scored their archetypal extremity of the tourney successful the 52nd infinitesimal erstwhile Christian Gray sent a header wrong the close station and past an outstretched Agustin Marchesin moments earlier play was suspended.

Boca thought they had pulled backmost successful beforehand soon aft the restart but a VAR determination overturned Miguel Merentiel's extremity owed to a handball by teammate Kevin Zenon.

Boca finished 3rd successful the radical with 2 points, 1 much than Auckland City who besides exited the Club World Cup.

But a gully against the South American giants provoked enthusiastic celebrations from Auckland's players, galore of whom had to instrumentality permission from their full-time jobs successful bid to marque the travel to the United States.

The 13-time OFC Champions League winners are the lone amateur squad astatine the Club World Cup and mislaid their erstwhile radical matches 10-0 to Bayern Munich and 6-0 to Benfica.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino was among those astatine the crippled wherever temperatures astatine kickoff were astir 96 degrees Fahrenheit (35.5 degrees Celsius).

Information from Reuters was utilized successful this report.