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Inter Milan expels River Plate from the Club World Cup

Inter Milan tops the fifth group and avoids confronting Borussia Dortmund in the price of the FIFA Club World Cup final, after beating Argentine River Plate 2-0 Wednesday at Lumin Field in Seattle, in the third round.

Young Francesco Pio Esposito scored the first match in the 72nd minute with a creeping shot from inside the area after a pass from the Croatian Bitar Socic alternative, and Alessandro Bastoni added a second goal with a wonderful individual effort and a shot from the penalty area (90+3).

Inter was the lead with seven points, and was accompanied by Monterrey Mexican after his victory over Urawa Reed Diamonds 4-0.

The Champions League runners -up will meet the Brazilian Fluminness on Monday at the Bank of America stadium in Charlotte, while Monterrey Dortmund, the South Korean Ulsan, faces on Tuesday at Mercedes -Benz Stadium in Atlanta.

River Plate was out of the accounts after Monterrely advanced with two clean goals in the second match, due to the three teams’ tie with the number of points, and Inter was out of the Argentine team with the number of goals scored in the direct confrontations between the same teams.

River Plate needed a 2-2 draw after Monterrey made 3-0 in the first half, in order to accompany him to the round of 16.

However, the result in the second match meant that Inter is in second place, which led him to pressure to win his match.

It seemed that River Plate would not qualify after defender Lucas Martinis Kawatra was sent off with a red card directly after his Armenian Henrik Mikhaletian obstructed in the 66th minute, six minutes before Inter scored the first goal, taking advantage of the numerical deficiency.

Gunsalo Moni was expelled from River Plate in the 90th+6 minute with a second yellow card.

The match witnessed the first participation of the Dutch back Denzel Damfreys, who missed Inter in the first two games due to the injury.

At the Rose Paul stadium in Los Angeles, Monterrey settled its match against Urawa in the first half via the Colombian Nelson Dyosa (30), Germain Berterme (34) and Jesus Corona (38), before Bertermei added a fourth goal (90+7).

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