🎥 Inter held, Lautaro levels after Ramos, but what a miss...🫣 | OneFootball

Inter starts the Club World Cup with a draw. In Los Angeles, Lautaro Martinez responds to Sergio Ramos, it all happens in the first half. For the show and the reaction after the Champions League final, we'll get back to it later.

Instead, it was the Mexicans who risked winning, hitting the post full with former Real Madrid player Sergio Canales at 19' in the second half, probably beating Sommer.

The Swiss goalkeeper didn't seem in top form, and he probably could have done more on Ramos' goal as well.

The main mistake, however, was Acerbi's, who completely lost his mark on the infinite Capitán. Things that happen, especially if - as Lautaro explained in the post-match interview - the Nerazzurri with Chivu are trying to mark zones and not men.

🤔 Lautaro, cross and delight

As mentioned, at 42' it's the Toro who equalizes and does so by closing a perfectly executed scheme. A brilliant ball - and with the right spin - from Asllani, who picks out Carlos Augusto. The former Monza player serves Lautaro a meter from the goal, for the easiest of tap-ins. It's the captain who scores the first goal of the Chivu era.

And to think that it could have been two if in the second half the Argentine hadn't wasted the greatest of opportunities, kicking a penalty in motion into a curve.

Inevitable regret, because winning the debut would have been a great way to present themselves at this Club World Cup, but also and above all to respond to River Plate, already leading the group after the 3-1 win over the Japanese Urawa Reds Diamonds.

At the end of the game, however, Lautaro said he was satisfied with Inter's match:

"We did good things, the field was a bit wet and didn't help. I'm calm, good game. We conceded a goal on a dead ball, where we need to improve a lot. Now we've started defending in zones, we need to work a lot because we need to improve".

📊 Balance in numbers

Looking at the match data, it emerges that the Mexicans had a slight advantage in possession (53% against Inter's 47%), although the Nerazzurri had more ball control. The challenge was balanced, and this is also evident in the offensive numbers, which tell a similar story: Monterrey shot more (15 shots against 13) and the same applies to shots on goal (5-4)

Perhaps not the debut Christian Chivu had hoped for, but still a match that immediately provided the coach with ideas. Who now cannot afford to make mistakes on Saturday evening - at 21 - in the match against Urawa Red Diamonds.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇮🇹 here.

📸 YURI CORTEZ - AFP or licensors