Live Benfica – Auckland City, Lusitanii are looking for the first victory at the World Club Championship
Article by Darius Stanescu – Published on Friday, June 20, 2025, 6:33 pm / Updated Friday, June 20, 20:36
Benfica and Auckland City They meet today, in the second stage of the World Club Championship in 2025. The match starts at 7:00 pm and can be watched LiveText on GSP.ro and live on TV on Pro Arena, but also online on Voyo and Dazn platforms.
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32 teams, distributed in eight groups, participate in the World Club Championship;
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The first two teams in each group qualify in “optimals”;
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The final takes place in New York, on July 13, at 10:00 pm.
Live from 7pm »Benfica – Auckland City, at the club world
Benfica – Auckland City, Start teams
Benfica (4-2-3-1): Trubin – Barreiro, A. Silva, Otamengi, Carreras – Arsnes, Kokcu, – Di Maria, Prestiani, Akturkoglu – Pavlidis
Coach: Bruno Lage
Auckland City (5-2-3): Garrow – Lagos, Merchell, Den Heijer, Boxall, Bell – Zhou, Ilic – Yoo, Bevan, Zeb
Coach: Ivan Vuksich
Referee: Salman Ahmad Falahi (Qatar)
Stadium: Inter & Co Stadium (Orlando, FL), capacity: 25,000 spectators
Benfica is looking for the first victory at the World Club Championship 2025
Benfica is looking for the first victory at the club world, after getting an equal tormented in the first match of the World Club Championship, 2-2 with Boca Juniors. For Benfica they marked Di Maria from the penalty in the extension minutes of the first half and Nicolas Otamengi, in the 84th minute.
The match between Boca and Benfica was a tense one, the referee showing three red cards. The Portuguese striker, Andrea Belotti, was eliminated in the 72nd minute.
On the other hand, Auckland City has recorded a negative record for goals received in this competition, 10 goals from the German champion, Bayern Munich.
It is for the first time that the two teams meet in an official match.
