Club World Cup: Auckland City hold on for shock draw with Boca Juniors while Benfica top Bayern

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Club World Cup: Auckland City hold on for shock draw with Boca Juniors while Benfica top Bayern

  • Amateur New Zealand side lost 10-0 to open tournament

  • Bayern already assured of spot in knockout round

It might not have been the shot heard around the world but it was a goal that reverberated 13,000km away when Auckland City scored to draw 1-1 with Boca Juniors at the Club World Cup.

Christian Gray, a trainee teacher at Mt. Roskill Intermediate School in Auckland, rose to meet the corner of Jerson Lagos, a barber, and headed in the equaliser as the mostly-amateur team from New Zealand held Diego Maradona’s famous old club to a draw.

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