Yousef Belaili scored in the 70th minute and Esperance de Tunis beat LAFC 1-0 in Nashville, Tennessee on Friday night in the FIFA Club World Cup to remain in contention to advance and eliminate the MLS team.

LAFC had one final chance to tie it in the 99th minute on Dénis Bouanaga’s right-footed shot off a penalty kick just in front, but goalkeeper Béchir Ben Säid smothered it.

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban were in the crowd of 13,651 at 30,000-seat GEODIS Park on a steamy late afternoon.

After a back-and-forth pace, Belaili came through with a right-footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner through goalkeeper Hugo Lloris’ legs.

Esperance will finish the round Tuesday night against Chelsea, with second place in Group D and a spot in the round of 16 on the line.

Not only was LAFC eliminated, it had two goals wiped out by offsides in the first half.

“Overall, I didn’t think we played well enough tonight to win,” LAFC coach Steve Cherundolo said.

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

Di María, who teamed with Lionel Messi to win the 2022 World Cup with Argentina, scored his first goal from the penalty spot deep into added at the end of the first half. His second score, and the team’s sixth, was again from the penalty spot and deep in added time at the end of the match.

Auckland City exchanged counterattacks with the Portuguese powerhouse in the first half of the Group C match, but was still outshot 18-1.

The second half went Benfica’s way. Vangelis Pavlidis made it 2-0 in the 53rd minute, Renato Sanches added a third a short time later and Barreiro then scored a pair of goals to increase the lead to 5-0.

A thunderstorm delayed the start of the second half for more than two hours. When the match resumed, the goals came pouring in for Benfica.

Flamengo 3, Chelsea 1: Danilo scored the go-ahead goal in the 65th minute and Flamengo scored three second-half goals to move atop its group at the Club World Cup with a victory over Chelsea in Philadelphia.

Coupled with Esperance’s 1-0 win against LAFC in the later group match, Flamengo became the first team in the field to advance to the knockout round.

Flamengo’s win also kept South American teams undefeated at the Club World Cup in nine matches.

Pedro Neto gave Chelsea the early lead. The ball bounced off a Flamengo defender and Neto gained control, charging toward the goal before putting it away in the 13th minute.

Flamengo drew even in the 62nd on Bruno Henrique’s goal on a tap-in in front of the goal. Moments later, the Brazilian giants took the lead off a corner with Danilo’s goal.

Wallace Yan all but put the game out of reach for the Blues with a goal in the 83rd.

The Blues, the 2021 Club World Cup winner, defeated LAFC 2-0 in their opening match in Atlanta. Flamengo downed Esperance 2-0 in its opener.

Bayern Munich 2, Boca Juniors 1: Michael Olise fired Bayern Munich into the knockout stages of the Club World Cup, scoring in the 84th minute for a win over Boca Juniors in Miami Gardens, Florida.

German champion Bayern made it two wins in Group C and advanced to the round of 16 with a game to spare.

Olise secured the victory at Hard Rock Stadium after Miguel Merentiel had put Boca in position for a draw with a brilliant solo goal in the 66th.

Bayern, which tops the group, took the lead on Harry Kane’s clinical finish in the 18th and went on to miss of a slew of chances before Merentiel’s equalizer.