Monterrey, Inter Milan, Dortmund and Fluminense in Club World Cup last 16

Inter Milan overcame River Plate 2-0 successful a heated clash, portion Monterrey thumped Urawa Reds 4-0 to participate the knockouts.

Mexican nine Monterrey person booked a spot successful the knockout rounds of the Club World Cup with a thumping 4-0 triumph implicit Japan’s Urawa Red Diamonds astatine the Rose Bowl.

Three goals successful 8 first-half minutes sent the broadside connected their mode to triumph connected Wednesday, arsenic they claimed 2nd spot successful Group E down Inter Milan, whose 2-0 triumph implicit River Plate eased immoderate nerves for the European giants.

Stunning long-range strikes from Nelson Deossa and Jesus Corona came either broadside of German Berterame’s chill decorativeness to acceptable up Monterrey a past 16 gathering with Borussia Dortmund.

Deossa enactment Monterrey successful beforehand connected the half-hour people with a swerving long-range changeable and Berterame doubled the vantage 4 minutes later.

Corona added the 3rd with the prime of the goals from region successful the 38th infinitesimal earlier Berterame scored the 4th successful second-half stoppage time.

“I’m truly precise blessed we’re successful the adjacent stage,” said Monterrey manager Domenec Torrent.

“We’re precise blessed due to the fact that we person a cleanable expanse , it’s not casual successful this radical particularly with the radical that we had.”

Nelson Deossa and Sergio Ramos observe Monterrey’s extremity against Urawa Red Diamonds astatine the Rose Bowl stadium successful Pasadena [Yuri Cortez/AFP]

Meanwhile, Inter Milan kept their chill to bushed nine-man and destruct River Plate, booking a knockout necktie against Fluminense.

The Champions League runners-up faced a pugnacious conflict successful Seattle against an assertive River Plate side, who had Lucas Martinez and Gonzalo Montiel sent disconnected successful beforehand of 45,000 fans astatine Lumen Field.

Francesco Esposito scored his archetypal Inter extremity to enactment the Italians up and Alessandro Bastoni made the crippled harmless aboriginal connected for Christian Chivu’s side.

“In the archetypal fractional we were amazed by their intensity, aggression and pressure,” said Chivu.

“Then successful the 2nd fractional we raised our level of intensity… We’re strong, assured and person players who tin play specified a game.”

With Monterrey up against Urawa, River needed a victor to progress, but their occupation got harder erstwhile Martinez was sent disconnected aft 66 minutes for hacking down seasoned Henrikh Mkhitaryan.

Inter Milan’s Denzel Dumfries argues with River Plate’s Marcos Acuna astatine the extremity of their lucifer [Pablo Porciuncula/AFP]

Six minutes aboriginal teenage striker Esposito steered location the opener to permission River connected the brink.

Bastoni ensured Inter’s advancement arsenic helium drilled home, earlier River’s Gonzalo Montiel picked up a 2nd yellowish and was dismissed.

There were disfigured scenes astatine the extremity arsenic River fans threw objects astatine Inter players leaving the pitch.

Both Argentinian teams astatine the tournament, River and their rivals Boca Juniors, person been eliminated contempt their fans creating vibrant atmospheres.

“It’s a shame for each the radical who came en masse to ticker the squad that we couldn’t springiness them the accidental to support going,” said disappointed River manager Marcelo Gallardo.

Fans of River Plate question flags to cheer for their squad during the lucifer against Inter Milan [Pablo Porciuncula/AFP]

Also successful Group F, Fluminense could lone gully 0-0 against South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns, but it was capable to assertion 2nd spot down Dortmund, who defeated Ulsan HD 1-0 to assertion apical spot successful Group F.

Sundowns’ exit means nary of the 4 African clubs who came to the tourney volition diagnostic successful the past 16, but their performances mean they tin spell location with their heads held high.

“We permission and spell location with our heads up due to the fact that we are overmuch stronger than we were erstwhile we came here,” said the South African champions’ coach, Miguel Cardoso.

On Thursday, Manchester City look Juventus successful a conflict for apical spot successful Group G, portion Spanish giants Real Madrid look RB Salzburg arsenic they bid to advancement from Group H.

Mamelodi Sundowns had plentifulness of enactment during their tally astatine the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 [Chandan Khanna/AFP]