With Vangelis Pavlidis to score a goal and share two assists, the Benfica He broke the weak Auckland City 6-0 and made a qualifying step in the knockout phase of the World Cup.
Benfica had a very easy task against Auckland City, with the Portuguese crossing the New Zealanders and Vangelis Pavlidis finding the opportunity to fill his statistics even more.
Di Maria opened the scoring with a penalty, while at 53 ′ Pavlidis doubled the goals of Bruno Laza’s team scoring after beautiful atomic energy.
52 ′ Goal! Pavlidis scores @Slbenfica‘s second goal in Orlando!
Watch the @Fifacwc | June 14 – July 13 | Every Game | Free | https://t.co/i0K4eUtwwb | #Fifacwc #The cooktheworld #SLBAKL pic.twitter.com/dOcw5fZBWX
— DAZN Football (@DAZNFootball) June 20, 2025
Renato Sanchez was 3-0, while at 76 ′ Pavlidis became a creator and served 4-0 in Barreir.
76 ′ Goal! Barreiro Scores @Slbenfica‘s fourth goal!
Watch the @fifacwc | June 14 – July 13 | Every Game | Free | https://t.co/i0K4eUu4lJ | #Fifacwc #The cooktheworld #SLBAKL pic.twitter.com/5e4xrHU9uS
— DAZN Football (@DAZNFootball) June 20, 2025
Bariro wrote 5-0 two minutes later, again with Vangelis Pavlidis.
78′ GOAL! @Slbenfica are on a roll here, and Barreiro scores the fifth one for the Portuguese club
Watch the @fifacwc | June 14 – July 13 | Every Game | Free | https://t.co/i0K4eUtwwb | #Fifacwc #The cooktheworld #SLBAKL pic.twitter.com/KYa6NjaarW
— DAZN Football (@DAZNFootball) June 20, 2025
The final 6-0 was again made by Di Maria with a penalty.
It should be noted that the second half started with a long delay and specifically 2 hours and 20 minutes later. The reason was the adverse weather conditions that did not allow the start of the second part in the planned time.
Group compositions:
Benfika: Troumbin, Silva (86 ′ Bayrami), Otamendi, Orsens (71 ′ Gouveia), Kareras (46 ′ Dal), Barreiro, Kaktu (61 ′ Sanchez), Prestiani (71 ′ Regio), Di Maria, Di Maria, Aki
Oakland: Garo, Heire (79 ′ Gray), Boxal, Mitchell, Lagos, Bell, Ilic (60 ′ Manuel), Ziu (46 ′ Gariga), Zeb (60 ′ Manikam), Yu (61 ′ Elis), Bevan (73).
The results of the 2nd match in the 3rd group
Benfica-Auckland City 6-0
21/06, 04:00 Bayern – Boca Juniors
The score in the 3rd group
Benfica 4 points (2 matches)
Bayern 3 points (1 match)
Boca Juniors 1 degree (1 match)
Ouckland City 0 points (2 matches)