Fbl | WC | Membership | 2025 | ITA | ARG | Inter | River
Seattle, United States | AFP | Thursday 6/25/2025 – 22:14 UTC-5 | 383 phrases
Inter Milan powered into the final 16 of the Membership World Cup on Wednesday, scoring a stormy 2-0 victory over River Plate that sealed the Argentinian membership’s exit.
Teenage striker Francesco Esposito and Alessandro Bastoni scored the objectives to settle a bodily contest which noticed River end with 9 males.
The ultimate whistle was marred by an unsightly melee which noticed gamers from each side conflict as they sprinted off the pitch, with missiles being thrown by River’s followers at Seattle’s Lumen Area.
Earlier, the 19-year-old Esposito bagged his first aim for Serie A giants Inter with a stunning strike within the 72nd minute to place the Italians 1-0 up.
The tall teenage striker collected a go from Petar Sucic, elegantly misplaced his marker earlier than drilling a shot into the underside right-hand nook previous River goalkeeper Franco Armani.
Bastoni then bagged Inter’s second deep into harm time to seal a win which units up a final 16 assembly in opposition to Brazil’s Fluminense subsequent Monday.
Mexico’s Monterrey, 4-0 winners over already-eliminated Japanese aspect Urawa Purple Diamonds, completed as runners-up in Group E and can face Borussia Dortmund within the final 16 on July 2.
River’s marketing campaign resulted in disarray, with defender Lucas Martínez Quarta despatched off for denial of a goal-scoring alternative within the 66th minute.
Argentina worldwide Gonzalo Montiel then adopted his team-mate off the sphere in harm time after choosing up a second yellow card within the remaining minutes.
Inter and River Plate had gone into the sport with the Group E standings on a knife edge.
However after Monterrey swept into an early 3-0 lead in opposition to Urawa Purple Diamonds in Pasadena, the stakes quickly grew to become clear in Seattle, the place the winner would advance supplied the end in California held.
After a scrappy first half, Inter started to get on high within the second half in opposition to a River aspect who struggled to create a lot of word within the remaining third.
Inter striker Lautaro Martínez squandered a golden likelihood within the fifty fifth minute, capturing straight at Armani after slicing aspect.
The sport tilted decisively in Inter’s favour within the sixty fifth minute when Martinez Quarta was dismissed for bringing down Henrikh Mkhitaryan as the previous Manchester United participant went down on aim.
The sport opened up for Inter after that, Esposito giving the Italians the lead seven minutes later earlier than Bastoni sealed it.
– TIMES/AFP
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