Article 6Y1B6 Boca let slip two-goal lead as Benfica claim late point at Club World Cup

Boca let slip two-goal lead as Benfica claim late point at Club World Cup

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Barney Ronay at Hard Rock Stadium
from US news | The Guardian on (#6Y1B6)
  • Group C: Boca Juniors 2-2 Benfica

  • Both sides see red before Otamendi heads equaliser

Well, that was different. On a violently hot Monday night in Miami Gardens, day three of Fifa's sport-style entertainment event, something unexpected happened. A football match broke out.

And not just the styling, the outlines, the aesthetic sense of a football match. As Boca Juniors tore into a 2-0 first half lead against Benfica, as the stadium interior was transformed into a sustained static field by the Boca fans, as the coaching staff on both benches leapt up in random rotation, like the world's angriest improv night, this already felt like the real thing, blood, vim, borrowed life.

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