Boca Juniors played in a home-like environment with the Argentine club’s supporters making up most of the 55,574 crowd at Hard Rock Stadium against one of Portugal’s premier teams. Both teams

After watching Bayern Munich dismantle amateur side Auckland City FC 10-0 to kick off play in Group C, Boca Juniors and Benfica will know that each will need all three points in this match at the Club World Cup.

Boca Juniors raced into a 2-0 lead in the first half thanks to well-taken goals from Miguel Merentiel and Rodrigo Battaglia. But they were stung on the stroke of half-time after conceding a soft penalty that was coolly converted by Angel Di Maria.