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Europe and South America collided passionately! It was obviously a fight, but I was carrying a football

7:13pm, 18 June 2025Football

The 4th day of the Club World Cup, which game is the most exciting? I believe that the answer in most fans' hearts should be this game - Boca Youth 2-2 Benfica.

South American football and European football collided passionately, and the Argentine giants and Portuguese giants met on a narrow road.

Penalties, red cards, passionate blood, conflict... most of the dramatic elements that fans can imagine come as scheduled in this game.

Some netizens who are familiar with South American football said that these are routine operations. Some fans also joked that they could fight directly, but they had to bring a football...

What's more interesting is that 3 of the 4 goals in this game were scored by Argentine players, two of which belong to Benfica.

In other words, it was the Argentine players who blocked the Argentine team's victory. Looking at it from another perspective, this game can be considered an "Argentine derby".

Meet together on a narrow road, and the four teams, Bayern Munich, Boca Youth, Benfica and Auckland City, were assigned to Group C of this Club World Cup.

Bayern is the strongest, Auckland City is the weakest, and the game that has ended between the two teams (Bayern 10-0 Auckland City) shows that Oceania's only seedlings does not have the ability to compete with the other three teams at all.

Therefore, the head-on confrontation between Boca and Benfica is particularly critical. If anyone can win this "double-scout duel", they can basically qualify with Bayern.

Benfica's total value is 364 million euros, and Boca Youth Team's total value is 86.4 million euros (data source: German "Transfer Market" website).

Take the five major league teams as a reference. Benfica's value is similar to Athletic Bilbao and Stuttgart, and Boca youth's value is similar to Celta and Augsburg.

Benfica has the advantage in strength, but Boca also has the power to fight.

According to foreign media reports, Boca Youth fans are the group of fans who bought the most tickets in this Club World Cup. In the Boca Youth vs Benfica, a total of 55,574 fans came to watch the game, of which the Boca fans exceeded 45,000.

Although the game was played at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, avid Boca fans turned it into their own candy box stadium. After the start of the game, the Boca Youth Team indeed showed the momentum of home fighting.

In the 21st and 27th minutes, the Boca player scored two goals in a row, which made Benfica a little confused.

The first goal, Lautaro Blanco's crotch penetration shows his spirituality, and Melentiel's light attack is just right.

The second ball is taken from the corner kick to the header back, and then the header relay scores. The idea is clear and the execution is in place.

Before the end of the first half, Di Maria took a corner kick, and Otamendi grabbed the spot in the penalty area and was kicked down by the Boca player. VAR then intervened, and the referee won a penalty after watching the video replay, and Di Maria took the penalty and scored a penalty. When the referee watched the video replay, Herrera on Boca's side received a red card because she protested the referee. Herrera started this game but was injured, so his red card did not make Boca's number of players on the field smaller.

Boca's red card did not cause 10 to 11, but Benfica encountered a 10 to 11 situation.

In the 70th minute, Belotti kicked the Boca player's head with his foot. The referee immediately showed a yellow card, and after VAR reminded him and watched the playback in person, the red card was changed. Boca, who fights one more person, wants to defend the victory in a safe way, but countless classic battles tell us that when the party who has the advantage chooses conservative, it often comes at a price.

In the 84th minute, Kirk Cho took a corner kick and Otamendi headed the ball in front of the ball! The score became 2-2!

In the 88th minute, Boca defender Figar made a malicious foul and was sent off with a red card. The number of players on both sides became 10 to 10, and they were unable to score in the final stage.

The whole game ended, the two teams tied 2-2 with a score of 2-1, and Boca won 2-1, but the number of people on the field drew 10-10. After the game, Boca Youth Club Chairman Riquelme took a photo with Benfica player Di Maria. Two Argentine football celebrities, who do you prefer?

Argentines, dominating the game, Boca Youth has a total of 15 people appearing in this game, of which 10 Argentines.

Benfica had a total of 16 people playing in this game, including 3 Argentines.

The four goals scorers in this game are:

Melentiel (Boca Youth, Uruguay)

Batalia (Boca Youth, Argentina)

Di Maria (Benfica, Argentina)

Otamendi (Benfica, Argentina)

The two teams sent 13 Argentine players, 3 of whom scored goals, but two of them were from the Portuguese Super League giants. In other words, it was two Argentinians who "spite" the victory of the Argentine giants.

Boca fans may be disappointed by the gains and losses of victory, but for those who like Argentine football, there is nothing to regret in this game because the Argentine players have enough highlights.

South American teams have strong attacks

As we all know, the favorites to win the Club World Cup come from Europe, and teams on other continents have very little hope of winning the championship..

Although South American football is full of talents, since the top South American players basically play in European clubs, it is difficult for South American teams to compete with the South American team's competitiveness in the World Cup.

But then again, even if South American clubs cannot compete for the championship in the Club World Cup, they are still the most confident to challenge European clubs.

Since this year's Club World Cup, the South American team's record is 2 wins and 2 draws, as follows:

Palmeiras 0-0 Porto

Botafogo 2-1 Seattle Bayer

Boca Youth 2-2 Benfica

Flamenco 2-0 Tunisia Hope

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