Benfica bests Bayern Munich in sweltering Group C clincher at FIFA Club World Cup
The loss dropped Bayern Munich to second place as Boca Juniors was eliminated.
The game was played in a 97 degree temperature (36 Celsius).
3 Andreas Schjelderup #21 of SL Benfica is challenged by Sacha Boey #23 of FC Bayern Munchen.
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'It's an important victory. We played a great game, especially in the first half,' Benfica's Nedim Bajrami said. 'In the second half, it was obviously more difficult but we knew how to suffer.'
Benfica winger Gianluca Prestianni was attended by the medical staff in the 25th minute due to heat-related issues and was replaced in the 55th.
3 Harry Kane #9 of FC Bayern Munchen misses a header.
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Schjelderup ran onto a cross from Fredrik Aursnes and scored with a right-footed shot from near the penalty spot.
Bayern's Joshua Kimmich put the ball in the net in the 61st minute but the goal was disallowed because Harry Kane was in an offside position in the line of sight of goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin.
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'Opponents play tough,' Bayern Munich's Thomas Müller said. 'In the end when the goalkeeper is the man of the match, then you did not do everything wrong.'
3 Benfica forward Evangelos Pavlidis (14) heads the ball past FC Bayern Munchen defender Dayot Upamecano.
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Bayern lost its first match of the tournament as it struggled to find a rhythm ahead of the knockout stages later this week, despite a late attacking effort including a disallowed goal.
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