🔎 The Debrief as Club World Cup delivers more surprise results | OneFootball

The Club World Cup continued apace on Tuesday with four games to enjoy.

Here's what happened.

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What happened? 📝

Borussia Dortmund's Group F campaign began with a goalless draw against Fluminense while Mamelodi Sundowns edged out Ulsan in a 1-0 win.

In Group E, River Plate enjoyed a flying start with a 3-1 victory over Urawa Red Diamonds as Inter and Monterrey shared the spoils in a 1-1 draw.

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Player of the day 🔥

Age really is just a number for Sergio Ramos.

At 39, the veteran defender proved he can still perform at the highest level by opening the scoring for Monterrey against Inter to continue an impressive streak.

Remarkably, Ramos has now punished the Serie A giants twice from corners with his last headed goal coming for Real Madrid in the Champions League during 2020.

Stat of the Day 📊

What this means 🤔

Mamelodi Sundowns are the surprise leaders of Group F after their opening win against Ulsan while Dortmund's draw leaves them two points behind in second.

In Group E, River Plate also enjoy a similar advantage over Inter, who spurned several chances to punish their Liga MX counterparts at Pasadena's Rose Bowl.

What they said 🗣️

Fluminense's Renato Gaúcho hailed his team's effort in frustrating Dortmund: "There are many teams that are financially better off than we are but on the pitch it's 11 against 11 and it's up to the attitude of our players and I'm so proud of them."

The Brazilians also received flowers from Dortmund boss Niko Kovač: "As a former player and also as a coach I'm not surprised because I know Brazilian football very well and I knew that they have a lot of quality, a lot of experienced players. I'm convinced that most of these South American teams will pass into the next round."

Meanwhile Inter's Henrikh Mkhitaryan didn't hold back in his assessment of their draw with Monterrey: "I think we could have scored a second goal, which we didn't unfortunately. But this is football. I think we have to be more aggressive in front of goal, we need to score more goals."

Mamelodi Sundowns coach Miguel Cardoso revealed their key to victory: “We prepared tactically and strategically very well, and then we found a commitment between everybody. It was important that we could keep the pace and not stray from the game plan in the second half."

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What's next? 👀

Bona fide European royalty are in action today as Manchester City's Group G campaign starts against Wydad while Real Madrid prepare to do battle with Al-Hilal in Group H.

Elsewhere, Pachuca and Salzburg go head-to-head before Juventus face off with Al Ain at Washington's Audi Field.

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