Boca fans take over Hard Rock in Benfica draw

Nicolás Otamendi headed successful the equalizer successful the 84th infinitesimal to present Benfica a 2-2 gully against Boca Juniors successful the teams' opening lucifer of the Club World Cup that featured 3 reddish cards Monday successful Miami Gardens, Florida.

Otamendi's goal, a nonstop onslaught disconnected Orkun Kökçü's country kick, came erstwhile each broadside was down a man. Boca Juniors, who squandered a 2-0 pb contempt being cheered connected by monolithic instrumentality enactment astatine Hard Rock Stadium, finished the lucifer with 10 men aft Jorge Figal's reddish paper successful the 88th.

Benfica and Boca, representing Portugal and Argentina, respectively, earned 1 constituent apiece to statesman Group C play. Bayern Munich antecedently opened Group C with a 10-0 thrashing of Auckland City.

The scoring began successful the 21st infinitesimal erstwhile Boca's Lautaro Blanco nutmegged his defender and sent successful a transverse for Miguel Merentiel, who tapped the shot to the acold country past Benfica goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin.

Rodrigo Battaglia doubled the vantage successful the 27th. Kevin Zenon took a country footwear and Ayrton Costa headed a walk close to Battaglia for a close-range header goal.

Benfica got connected the committee during first-half stoppage clip erstwhile Carlos Palacios' interaction with Otamendi was deemed a foul aft VAR. Boca's Ander Herrera, who subbed retired successful the 20th infinitesimal owed to injury, drew a reddish paper for arguing the telephone from the bench.

Ángel Di María fired his changeable from the spot into the bottom-left country arsenic Agustin Marchesin dove the incorrect way.

Andrea Belotti was shown reddish for Benfica successful the 72nd infinitesimal arsenic helium kicked Costa successful the caput erstwhile going up for a ball.