🌍 Club World Cup: River stopped, Fluminense's wild comeback | OneFootball

River wasted a great chance to qualify for the round of 16 and was stopped by Monterrey. In the other match, Fluminense put on a show.

Here's how the matches went tonight.

🛑 River, missed opportunity!

River Plate's evening was marked by missed opportunities and decisive interventions by Monterrey's Argentine goalkeeper, Esteban Andrada, former Boca Juniors player. The Millionaires were unable to overcome him, missing the three points that would have guaranteed passage to the round of 16 from Group E.

The match, in front of 57,393 spectators at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, heated up in the first minutes, with Monterrey being more proactive. Sergio Canales put Armani in difficulty after a nice incursion, but the match then slid onto fragmented tracks, with 23 fouls already in the first half (at the end of the match, there will be 10 yellow cards and 40 fouls).

In the second half, River continued to push without finding the goal: Mastantuono, a future talent of Real Madrid, was stopped by Andrada at 67'. At 76', Borja wasted another great opportunity, kicking the ball at the goalkeeper after a filtered pass by Colidio. The final blow came in the recovery: Kevin Castano received the second yellow card and was sent off.

🤯 Crazy Fluminense: gets caught up then scores four!

Fluminense won 4-2 against Ulsan, thus conquering the first three points of the group. After the draw with Al-Ittihad, the Brazilian team rises to four points and will now play for first place against Manchester City. The Asians, on the other hand, remain at zero points and are eliminated.

The match is literally crazy: it opens with a lightning-fast goal by Arias after just two minutes, followed by a goal from Nonato at 17' that brings the score to 2-0. Ulsan tries to react by narrowing the gap with a goal from Kim, but before the interval, Freytes signs the third goal for Flu. In the second half, Keno scores the fourth goal, making the second Korean goal useless.

Fluminense confirms itself as a solid and cynical team in front of goal, taking advantage of the defensive distractions of the opponents. With the success against the Korean club, the Brazilians will need at least a draw in the last match to reach the round of 16. For Ulsan, on the other hand, the defeat sanctions the elimination from the tournament.

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