Chelsea FC progress into Club World Cup quarter-finals despite storm suspension
Bruno Lage's Benfica, meanwhile, had limited efforts on the Chelsea goal, with Robert Sanchez hardly tested. There was one cross-shot from Frederik Aursnes in the second half that the Spaniard misjudged, expecting a simple delivery from the makeshift right-back, which he had stepped off his line for. The former Brighton 'keeper had to scramble back to claw the ball off his line, but that is as close as the Liga Portugal side came to notching a goal.
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