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Boca Juniors vs. Auckland City at Club World Cup, what is needed to advance

Boca Juniors play Auckland City on Tuesday at the Club World Cup and there are a few factors determining how they could advance to the next round.

Group C at the Club World Cup will be finalized on Tuesday with Boca Juniors against Auckland City and Benfica against the already advanced Bayern Munich. Boca Juniors drew 2-2 against Benfica in their opening match at the Club World Cup and lost 2-1 against Bayern Munich.

They are presently third in the group with one point, ahead of the already eliminated Auckland City who have zero point but behind second place Benfica on four points and first place Bayern Munich who have six points. Boca have a -1 goal advantage while Benfica have a +6 goal advantage.

The Argentine club play Auckland City who let in 10 goals against Bayern Munich and six goals against Benfica. Boca will need to win by eight goals and hope that Benfica lose against Bayern to advance to the next round at the Club World Cup. If Benfica get a draw or a win, Boca Juniors are eliminated.

For Benfica, Ángel Di María is joint top scorer at the Club World Cup with three goals, having scored once against Boca Juniors and twice against Auckland City. Nicolás Otamendi also has one goal for Benfica.

Both matches on Tuesday will be played at the same time.

Lionel Messi with Inter Miami to play his former team Paris Saint-Germain

Lionel Messi with Inter Miami will play against his former team, Paris Saint-Germain.

Messi is going to play against the reigning Champions League winners. After drawing 2-2 against Palmeiras in their last group stage match, Inter Miami will play PSG on Sunday.

With Paris Saint-Germain, Lionel Messi won two league titles and a Trophée des Champions during his two years with the club.

Tadeo Allende scores for Inter in 2-2 draw vs. Palmeiras in Club World Cup

Tadeo Allende scored for Inter in their 2-2 draw against Palmeiras in the Club World Cup.

Allende got his first goal in the Club World Cup as Inter Miami got a point and are in the next round of the tournament. With the score at 0-0, Allende ran half of the pitch off a counter attack and would score to give Inter Miami the 1-0 lead.

Inter Miami would play well in the second half with both teams creating chances. Luis Suárez would score one of the best goals of the Club World Cup to give Inter Miami the 2-0 lead before being substituted out.

Palmeiras would score two goals to come back and make it 2-2 to top the group. Inter Miami finish second in their group and qualify for the next round of the tournament.

Lionel Messi will play his old team, Paris Saint-Germain in the next round.

Atletico Madrid eliminated from Club World Cup, Botafogo and PSG advance

Atletico Madrid have been eliminated from the Club World Cup as Botafogo and Paris Saint-Germain advance.

Diego Simeone’s team, which consists of six Argentina players have been eliminated. Despite their 1-0 win against Botafogo, it was a 4-0 loss against Atletico Madrid which brought Atletico’s goal difference to -1 as they, Botafogo and PSG each finished on six points. Scoring four goals,

No Argentine player scored a goal for Atletico in the Club World Cup.

Argentina in Club World Cup preview, Lionel Messi, Inter Miami and Atletico Madrid

The last set of fixtures of the group stages at the Club World Cup begins on Monday with Lionel Messi, Inter Miami and Atletico Madrid all aiming for qualification.

Lionel Messi and Inter Miami are in second place in Group A and they will play first place team Palmeiras. A draw would qualify both teams but a win for Inter Miami would take them top of the group.

Messi scored a free kick for Inter Miami in their 2-1 win against FC Porto. There are nine Argentine players with Inter Miami.

In the same group, Alan Varela, Nehuén Pérez and Tomás Pérez with FC Porto play Al Ahly. Both teams are on one point each.

Atletico Madrid have six Argentine players and they play first place team Botafogo. Atletico Madrid are tied on three points with Paris Saint-Germain but the reigning Champions League winners won 4-0 against Diego Simeone’s team and also have a five goal difference in their favor.

Pedro de la Vega and Seattle Sounders play Paris Saint-Germain in their last match.

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