FIFA Club World Cup: Dortmund edge Sundowns 4-3 as Inter knock out Urawa

Dortmund interruption South African hearts successful Cincinnati ‘sauna’before Inter and Fluminense grounds casual wins connected matchday two.

Inter Milan person travel from down to bushed Urawa Red Diamonds and sound the Japanese broadside retired of the Club World Cup, portion Borussia Dortmund held disconnected Mamelodi Sundowns to triumph a seven-goal thriller successful blistery conditions.

Fluminense rallied successful the 2nd fractional to bushed Ulsan 4-2 and sound retired the South Korean side, portion Monterrey and River Plate played retired an entertaining goalless gully arsenic the tourney entered its 2nd week connected Saturday.

At Lumen Field successful Seattle, Ryoma Watanabe got an aboriginal opening extremity for Urawa Reds, who were backed by a noisy contingent of their supporters.

But skipper Lautaro Martinez – who got Inter’s equaliser successful their 1-1 gully with Monterrey of Mexico successful their opening crippled – repeated the instrumentality to level matters with a clever overhead footwear 12 minutes from time.

Valentin Carboni was past the improbable leader arsenic helium grabbed the victor 2 minutes into wounded time.

The effect near immoderate Urawa fans successful tears and Inter level connected 4 points with River Plate with the 2 teams gathering next.

River Plate were fto down by their finishing successful a scrappy, foul-ridden brushwood with Mexico’s Monterrey, who beryllium connected 2 points.

Esteban Andrada, Monterrey’s Argentinian keeper, made a bid of saves portion River’s forwards were incapable to enactment distant the fewer chances that came their way.

Monterrey could inactive marque it into the past 16 if they bushed Urawa and River, oregon Inter triumph their game.

River Plate’s defender Marcos Acuna and Monterrey’s midfielder Nelson Deossa combat for the shot during their FIFA Club World Cup 2025 Group E lucifer astatine Rose Bowl stadium successful Los Angeles [Yuri Cortez/AFP]

Dortmund interruption South African hearts successful Cincinnati ‘sauna’

Earlier, Jobe Bellingham got his archetypal extremity for Dortmund arsenic his caller nine overcame stifling vigor successful Cincinnati to bushed Sundowns 4-3 and determination to 4 points from 2 matches successful Group F.

The South African champions had taken a astonishment aboriginal pb done a good solo extremity from Lucas Ribeiro.

However, Sundowns goalkeeper Ronwen Williams handed Dortmund their equaliser connected a plate, passing the shot consecutive to Felix Nmecha, who stroked home.

Serhou Guirassy gave Dortmund the pb with his 35th extremity since the opening of the season.

English midfielder Bellingham, who this period followed older member Jude’s footsteps successful joining the German broadside from Sunderland, started for the archetypal clip for Dortmund and made it 3-1 conscionable earlier the break.

Khuliso Mudau’s ain extremity made it 4-1 earlier the hr mark, but Sundowns salvaged immoderate pridefulness by reducing the shortage done Iqraam Rayners and Lebo Mothiba.

Sundowns’ Iqraam Rayners, left, is congratulated by teammate Teboho Mokoena aft scoring his team’s 2nd extremity [Federico Parra/AFP]

“I’m sweating similar I’ve conscionable travel retired of a sauna,” said Dortmund manager Niko Kovac erstwhile asked astir the conditions successful a crippled which started astatine midday section time.

“It was pugnacious going for some teams, but the absorption are utilized to it. We surely didn’t springiness our champion performance, but that wasn’t imaginable today.”

Sundowns volition inactive spell into their last crippled successful Group F with a accidental of qualifying for the past 16.

“The boys made a fantastic performance… it was a hellhole of a match. I’m not blessed but precise proud,” said their Portuguese manager Miguel Cardoso.

A instrumentality of Mamelodi Sundowns cheers for her squad during the lucifer astatine TQL Stadium successful Cincinnati [Federico Parra/AFP]

South Korea’s Ulsan gave Fluminense a existent scare successful their Group F clash astatine MetLife Stadium successful New Jersey, starring 2-1 until the 66th infinitesimal earlier the Brazilians ran retired 4-2 winners, eliminating the K-League champions successful the process.

Colombian striker Jhon Arias enactment Fluminense up with a 27th-minute free-kick, but goals from Lee Jin-hyun and Um Won-sang gave Ulsan the vantage astatine the break.

Nonata levelled for the Brazilians successful the 66th infinitesimal earlier Juan Freytes enactment Fluminense up successful the 83rd minute, slotting location aft a scramble successful the box.

Keno added a 4th successful stoppage clip to permission Fluminense connected apical of the group, level connected 4 points with Borussia Dortmund up of their last crippled against South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns successful Miami connected Wednesday.

A triumph oregon gully for the Rio nine successful their last radical crippled volition guarantee their transition into the past 16.

Ulsan HD’s players respond aft conceding Fluminense’s 4th extremity astatine MetLife Stadium successful East Rutherford, New Jersey [Franck Fife/AFP]