In Charlotte, a goal by the Norwegian Andreas Schjelderup, in the 13th minute, and three 'huge' saves by Trubin sealed the victory for the 'encarnados', who had accumulated three draws and 10 defeats in the 13 official games against Bayern.

Bruno Lage's team finished the group with seven points, against Bayern's six, who had already qualified after the second phase, while the match between Boca Juniors (one point) and Auckland City (zero) has not yet finished due to the weather.

Benfica, who will face Chelsea or Espérance Tunis on Saturday at 4pm local time (9pm in Lisbon), again in Charlotte, will be the only Portuguese representative in the ‘round of 16’, as FC Porto was third in Group A, with two points, leaving the competition as the worst European team.