Former Manchester United star s first "disaster" performance in Club World Cup: 20 minutes of injury and retreat + red from the bench

In a match in Group C of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup group stage, Boca youth draws Benfica 2-2 at home. The performance of former Manchester United midfielder Andel Herrera became one of the focus of the game - he not only left the court after playing for 20 minutes, but also received a red card on the bench due to emotional loss.

As a key signing for joining Boca youth this winter, Spanish midfielder Herrera won the starting chance in this game, but his game time was extremely short. Less than 20 minutes into the game, he was substituted for discomfort on his right thigh.

This is the fourth time since joining Boca in January this year, Herrera has suffered a muscle injury. In the past six months, he has experienced three similar injuries and has physical problems almost every two games. The specific severity of the injury has not been announced yet, but judging from his frequent injury records, he is very likely to bid farewell to this Club World Cup in advance.

What is even more disappointing is that Herrera did not control her emotions after the match. When the referee watched Nicholas Otamedi's penalty shooter through VAR, he was extremely dissatisfied with the penalty and made fierce remarks on the spot, which even caused controversy.

This behavior eventually attracted the attention of the referee, and Herrera was expelled from the court with a red card. At that time, security personnel and coaching staff members even needed to come forward to dissuade them, which prevented the situation from escalating further.

This red card means that Herrera will automatically suspend the game and miss the Boca Youth next key group stage against Bayern Munich (June 21). Considering his injury and condition, he is likely to end the tournament journey.

This game was full of gunpowder from the beginning, and the two sides fought fiercely and had frequent confrontations. In addition to Herrera, Boca defender Jorge Figar and Benfica striker Andrea Belotti also received red cards. There were three red cards in the whole game, which was the hottest game since the start of this event.

In the first half, the Boca Youth led 2-0 with goals from Merentière and Batalia;

After that, the situation changed suddenly, Benfica scored with Di Maria's penalty kick, Otamedi scored a header, and chased two goals in a row, and finally tied the score to 2-2.