by Nashville, Tenn. (AP)-Christian Gray scored the first goal of Auckland City from the World Cup early in the second half for a 50-minute suspension caused by lightning in the area, and the amateur team achieved a 1-1 draw against Boca Juniors on Tuesday when the Argentine club was eliminated.
On a humid day with a game temperature of 93 degrees (34 Celsius), the crowd of 16,899 on 30.109 capacity Geodis Park was forced to wait when the game was suspended in the 54th minute, the fifth weather delay of the group phase of the tournament.
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Boca took place in the 26th minute when the header of Lautaro di Lollo hit a pole from a corner and bounced in the arm of the goalkeeper Nathan Garrow for his own goal.
Gray fixed the score in the 52nd with a header of the corner of Jerson Lagos. The competition was suspended in the 54th.
The start of Ulsan’s match of 17 June against Mamelodi Sundowns in Orlando, Florida, was delayed 65 minutes by thunderstorms and the Salzburg-Pachuca match in Cincinnati was stopped the next day in the 54th minute for a 97-minute delay caused by a Thunderstorm.
A match of June 19 between Palmeiras and Al Ahly in East Rutherford, New Jersey, was stopped 50 minutes in the 62nd minute because of the weather, and the Auckland match against Benfica in Orlando on Friday was suspended for 2 hours, 14 minutes during the break.
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Benfica was the first in group C with a 1-0 win over Bayern Munich. Boca Juniors became third with two points and Auckland, with 17-1 in the tournament, had one point.
Important moment
A goal from Boca Juniors’ Miguel Merentiel in the 59th minute was destroyed in a video review because of a handball by midfielder Kevin Zenón.
Take -away meals
Boca surpassed Auckland 40-3 and Garrow had 10 saves.
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