River This Wednesday fell by 2-0 against Inter and was eliminated from Club World Cup In a match valid for the last date of Group E, held at the Lumen Field of the city of Seattle, United States.
The goals of the meeting for the Italians were made by Francesco Pio Esposito, at 27 minutes of the second half, and Alessandro Bastoni, at 48 of the same period.
For its part, Lucas Martínez Quarta It was expelled at 21 of the complement in the millionaire team, after a hard entry on Henrikh Mkhitaryan, while Gonzalo Montiel He also saw the red at 50.
With this result, those led by Marcelo Gallardo They said goodbye to the tournament after having finished in the third position of the area with 4 points by the 4-0 Victoria del Monterrey de Méxic.
On the side of the European cast, the triumph confirmed them as leaders of Group E and must face the Fluminense (2nd of Group F) on Monday, June 30, starting at 16, for the round of 16 of the championship.
In a balanced first half, with arrivals for both sides and quite friction in the middle of the court, none of the teams could be effective for the arch and break the zero on the scoreboard.
River and Inter the opportunities were distributed with the peace of mind that both were advancing to the round of 16 of the tournament. However, the burst of three goals from Monterrey against Urawa Red Diamonds in ten minutes, generated that the “band” should go out to look for the three points to continue in competition and that opened spaces to a Nerazurro painting that has a great hierarchy on the squad.
The Central Defender of River Lucas Martínez Quarta was key to avoid the first goal of the Italians, at 26 minutes of the initial stage, after intercepting a powerful auction of Francesco Pio Esposito that had an arc fate.
On the other hand, the complement developed largely in favor of those commanded by Cristian Chivu, especially in the first 20, with three clear arrivals of danger in three minutes, but who met the stick, the central defender Paulo Díaz and goalkeeper Franco Franco Armani who prevented the first goal of the match.
However, at 21 the game was even more complicated for Núñez after the expulsion of Martínez Quarta, who threw himself to the ground from behind, as the last man, to cut the attack by the Armenian Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
Six minutes later and with numerical superiority in favor, the attacker Francesco Pio Esposito received the ball inside the area, faced the Chilean defender and defined the left stick strong to open the score and leave River on the edge of the elimination.
On the closure of the match, the central score Alessandro Bastoni controlled the ball in rival field, left two rivals on the ground and took out a strong left -footed shot who overcame Franco Armani’s hands and sentenced the elimination of Núñez from the Club World Cup.
Source: Ambito
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