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Hans India
12 hours ago
- Sport
- Hans India
Chelsea Beat Esperance 3-0 to Set Up Club World Cup Clash with Benfica
Chelsea beat Esperance of Tunisia 3-0 on Tuesday in the Club World Cup. With this win, they have reached the last-16 stage. They will now face Benfica. Benfica earlier defeated Bayern Munich 1-0 during a hot afternoon in Charlotte. Andreas Schjelderup scored the only goal in the 13th minute after a pass from Fredrik Aursnes. This was Benfica's first competitive win over Bayern in 14 meetings. The last-16 match between Chelsea and Benfica will take place in Charlotte on Saturday.
India Today
17 hours ago
- Sport
- India Today
Club World Cup: Benfica stun Bayern Munich, Delap opens account in Chelsea's 3-0 win
Benfica took the spotlight after their win over Bayern Munich in the FIFA Club World Cup fixture held at Charlotte, North Carolina, on Wednesday, June 25. Andreas Schjelderup, the Norwegian winger for the Portuguese club, scored the only goal to beat the German giants. The goal came in the 13th minute of the match, when full-back Fredrik Aursnes put in a cross from the right side, which the winger managed to come in and find the back of the had put up a second-string side after they had already secured their position in the next stage of the tournament. The side clearly struggled to compete in the first half as they failed to have a shot on goal. Joshua Kimmich thought he had given his side the equaliser, but the striker, Harry Kane, was caught in an offside position during the hour on the performance, head coach Vincent Kompany had suspicions that his side would struggle to perform, considering the heat and the pitch that was used. "I think our first half wasn't good at all. With the pitch and the heat, I just feared this wouldn't go as fluid as normal," Kompany commented."It's football. If you have chances and don't take them, you pay the price... (against Flamengo) it's going to be a tough game. We know we can create chances," he will look to make the most out of their five-day break as they are set to take on the Brazilian side, Flamengo, for the round of 16 clash in Miami. Meanwhile, Benfica, who have also secured qualification, will be up against DELAP OPENS ACCOUNT FOR CHELSEAChelsea's latest signing, Liam Delap, scored his first goal for the club. The London-based club went on to pick up a dominant 3-0 win over the Tunisian club ES Fernandez was on song for the club as his set-piece provided the first goal, as Tosin Adarabioyo provided the finish during stoppage time in the first half. Delap went on to double the lead just a few minutes later, thanks to another assist by Tunisian club hardly created any chances, ending the game without a single shot on goal. In the final minutes of the game, Tyrique George provided the third goal as they went on to register a dominant victory.- Ends
Straits Times
08-05-2025
- Sport
- Straits Times
Portuguese title on the line as Benfica host rivals Sporting
FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Primeira Liga - Estoril v Benfica - Estadio Antonio Coimbra da Mota, Estoril, Portugal - May 3, 2025 Benfica's Fredrik Aursnes celebrates scoring their first goal with Zeki Amdouni REUTERS/Pedro Nunes/File Photo Sporting and Benfica lock horns in a Lisbon derby on Saturday that could decide the Portuguese league title with a game left in one of the closest races the country has seen in years. The Portuguese capital rivals both have 78 points, with Sporting top by virtue of winning the first clash between the teams 1-0 at the Jose Alvalade stadium back in December. If Sporting win on Saturday they will be champions, while if Benfica triumph by at least a two-goal margin they will reclaim the title with a superior head-to-head record. A one-goal victory for Benfica would mean the title being decided next weekend when goal difference could come into play, with Sporting currently three goals better off than Benfica. If the match is drawn, Sporting will retain the title by at least matching their rival's result on the final matchday. With third-placed Porto long out of the title race, trailing 13 points behind the top two and level on 65 points with Braga, the Lisbon rivalry between Benfica and Sporting has dominated the campaign and not only in the league. Benfica beat Sporting on penalties in the League Cup final in January and they will meet again at the iconic Jamor National Stadium in the Portuguese Cup final on May 25. It will be a clash of two coaches who took charge of struggling sides in mid-season and got them back on track. Rui Borges in late December replaced Joao Pereira, who lasted only 42 days after he was named Sporting manager following Ruben Amorim's move to Manchester United. Amorin left Sporting in comfortable position at the top but a series of bad results forced the club to make a quick change and hire the 43-year-old Borges from Vitoria Guimaraes. Sporting were already feeling the heat from Bruno Lage's Benfica, who was hired in September for a second tenure after Roger Schmidt was fired only four matchdays into the season. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
