At the Lumen Field in Seattle in the last challenge of the group and the Club World Cup, a beautiful Inter beat 2-0 the River Plate and goes to the round of 16 as before group E. decides the first goal in the Nerazzurri of Pio Esposito at 72 ‘with the Argentines in 10 for the expulsion of Martinez fourth for the last man on Mkhihurt at 65’. The net: Sucic takes space and serves the striker who controls, turns, jumps the man and bags.
First half balanced, but in the second it is Inter that dominates and going close to the goal several times. At the end of the race, at 89 ‘, it is MkhiTaryan who failed a sensational opportunity to close the game. Instead, captain sticks in the second minute of recovery is not wrong. Inter to the round of 16 from before the group.
At the end of the match fights on the pitch with all the players And the Inter technician Chivu to block the Argentine Acuna who chases Dumfries, guilty of hitting him (and for this reason he was warned). Inter will return to the field for the round of 16 next Monday at 9 pm against the Brazilians of the Fluminense.
The chronicle of the match
Christan Chivu surprise from the first minute the 19 -year -old Pio Esposito not only author of the goal that unlocked the match, but also a splendid game. Inter immediately relied on the centimeters and banks of the former Spezia attacker, while on the other front the River struggles to set the Mastanduono jewel in a race that soon turns into a high intensity battle on each ball. Inter adapts to the irrigation of the Argentines, managing to better manage possession (53% the first half figure) and to create the most dangerous opportunity of the first forty -five minutes: at 26 ‘Barella from the right serves in the center of the Esposito area, which kicks a safe hit, finding the decisive rejection of Martinez Quarta. At the beginning of the second half it is the most famous Martinez on the pitch to take the scene: at 50 ‘Lautaro skips diaz, he takes time at Acuna and falling with the diagonal hits the pole. Shortly after the Toro is still the protagonist: steering in the area and conclusion with the left -handed, but this time it is Armani who say no to his compatriot.
The turning point of the match is at 65 ‘: Martinez Quarta spreads Mkhigyanan launched on the net and receives the red directed by the referee Uzbeko Tantashev. The game turns into an siege and Inter finds the goal at 72 ‘thanks to two young people new faces: Sucic – who had taken the place of Barella – invents in the area for Francesco Pio Esposito, who stems and swells the net. The last image of the magical evening of the 2005 class is the relay with his brother Sebastiano. In the recovery there is also room for the 2-0, a fantasy magic that bears the signature of a defender: sticks jumps two opponents with number and tunnels and holes the Armani guard. In the final the nerves with Montiel jump that remedies the second yellow after the sparks with Dumfries. In the end it is Festa Inter who will return to the field on Monday 30 June (9 pm) to challenge the Fluminense to Charlotte.