These are humbling times for Auckland City FC at the Fifa Club World Cup. Saturday’s 6-0 defeat to Benfica was a much-improved performance but the result still stings, off the back of the 10-0 rout against Bayern Munich last Monday.

Auckland needs to find a way to bounce back, or its hopes of advancing will diminish to zero. Benfica will attempt to take control of the second spot in the Group C standings with

Di María and Leandro Barreiro each scored two goals to help Benfica rout Auckland City 6-0 in a Club World Cup game that was delayed at halftime because of thunder and lightning.