Auckland City FC suffer big loss to Benfica
- Dave Worsley
- 1 day ago
- 1 min read
Auckland City FC has suffered another big loss, although they can hold their heads high after a tight first half at the FIFA Club World Cup in Orlando.
The Auckland side were eventually humbled by Portuguese side Benfica 6-0 after the score was 1-0 at halftime after a late penalty goal in the half by a diving former Manchester United star Angel Di Maria.
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The match featured a delay of more than two hours at halftime due to a heavy storm.
The results mean Auckland City have no chance of qualifying for the knockout stage, and will only be playing for pride in their final match against Argentina side Boca Juniors on Wednesday morning.
Vangelis Pavlidis and Renato Sanches added goals soon after the break, before Leandro Barreiro scored in the 76th and 78th minutes and Di Maria converted a second goal from the spot to round out the scoring.
In their first game of the tournament Auckland were beaten 10-0 by Bayer Munich.
