Benfica overcame a two-goal deficit, getting Ángel Di María's penalty kick in first-half stoppage time and Nicolás Otamendi's 84th-minute goal for a 2-2 draw against Boca Juniors on Monday night in a heated Club World Cup match that included three red cards,

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.

Two interventions from Nicolas Otamendi helped ten-man Benfica come from 2-0 down to draw with Boca Juniors in a feisty group C game at the Club World Cup in which each team had a player sent off and Ander Herrera also saw red despite having been substituted.