Chelsea on Tuesday beat Tunisia's Esperance 3-0 to advance to the knockout stages of FIFA Club World Cup Group D.
Chelsea will now face Benfica in the last 16. Portugal's Benfica defeated Bayern Munich 1-0 to confirm their trip to this stage. With this win, Benfica has also won Group C.
team has 7 points from 3 matches. Bayern finished second with 6 points. This is the first time Bayern have been defeated by Benfica in a competitive match. Before this match, Bayern was already certain to enter the knockout stage. So coach Vincent Kompany fielded his second choice player in the game. The deciding goal of the game was scored by Andres Sejederup.
In the next match of this group, Auckland City held Boca Juniors to a 1-1 draw. With this result, Boca Juniors are out of the competition. Benfica coach Bruno Lage was naturally pleased with his team's performance. He said, "This victory is more historic in the history of the club. We won, because our strategy was successful.'
Bayern will now face Flamingo in Brazil. Brazilian giants Flamingo drew 1-1 with Los Angeles FC in Group D match. After this result, Flamingo remained at the top of the group with 6 points from 3 games, while Chelsea had 6 points. Esperance was limited to 2 points and remained in third place. The bottom Los Angeles could collect only one point.
In Chelsea's victory, Tosin Adarabioyo gave the team the lead by scoring at the end of the first half. Liam Delap added a second goal soon after. Triquay George scored the third goal. Coach Enzo Maresca said after the game, "Now our goal should be the last eight." Benfica is a very strong opponent. So the game will be very difficult.'
Praising his new player Delap, he added, 'We have no doubts about his utility. What we knew was that he would score at some point. For the first time since 2013, Chelsea and Benfica are facing each other. At that time, Chelsea won the Europa League final.
