Benfica faces Bayern Munich on Tuesday at the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, at a decisive meeting of the 3rd and last day of Group C of the Club World Cup. The calculation for the round of 16 is open to the eagles, which enter the field at 20h00 (time of mainland Portugal, 15h00 local) with the ambition to ensure continuity in the race.
Although the Bavarians have already secured the passage to the next phase, Benfica needs at least a positive result to maintain hopes, depending on the outcome of the other group game between Boca Juniors and Auckland City.
11 do Benfica: Trubin, António Silva, Aursnes, Di María, Pavlid, Barreiro, Schjelderup, Prestiian, Dahl, Otamendi e Renato Sanches.
Diogo Proste, a medium formed at Benfica Campus, stressed the pride of integrating the first team in a competition of this level: “It’s always special to be part of the team. We are focused on passing the group stage.”
Coach Bruno Lage has been working to increase aggressiveness and intensity in training, as Dahl said, underlining the ambition with which the incarnates will address the challenge.
The match will be directed by 36 -year -old French referee François Letexier since 2017. The refereeing team has been composed of Cyril Mugnier and Mehdi Rahmouni (assistants) and Norwegian Eskas Eskas as fourth referee.
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