European teams will play in Group C of the Club World Cup, which can be considered one of the centrepieces of the third round of the competition. At the same time, the teams from South America in the USA demonstrate such a level that it is time to question the football dominance of the Old World on a global scale. Bayern are approaching the third game day of the group stage in a rather comfortable state. The German team has two victories, which will allow it to take the first place, even in the case of a draw with Benfica. In fact Bavaria will not be satisfied only with a defeat with any score. Then the Germans will finish second. Benfica with four points takes second place in Group C. The Lisbon team is three points ahead of Boca Juniors. If they win, the Portuguese will take the first place in the quartet. If Benfica lose to Bayern Munich and Boca Juniors beat the New Zealand tourists by six or seven goals, the Portuguese team will leave the tournament, losing the play-off spot to the team from Buenos Aires. Any other outcomes will result in Bayern and Benfica making the play-offs. Bookmakers have identified the German club as the favourite for the upcoming confrontation, offering odds of 2.03 on its victory.

Benfica started the Club World Cup with a desperate confrontation with Boca Juniors. In a game that saw three red cards, penalties and a lot of emotion, the Lisbon club lost 0:2, but Di Maria and Otamendi managed to equalise in the very end - 2:2. The game with Auckland City was interrupted for several hours by a new American "tradition". The Eagles scored one goal against New Zealand before the break and five more after the break. Bayern came to the World Cup well energised. The Munich club took a 10-0 thrashing of Auckland City, while Boca Juniors, who scored the winning goal in the final quarter of the match, had a tough time with Boca Juniors. The upcoming match has minimal tournament significance for Bayern. Even if the German team loses, it is not known who is better to get to the 1/8 finals from the adjacent group, where the first goes Flamengo, the second - Chelsea. That is, in the Bayern camp before the 1/8 finals a serious rotation of the squad is possible. Let's bet that Benfica will not lose.