by Inter Milan came from behind to beat Urawa Red Diamonds and hit the Japanese team from the World Cup on Saturday, while Borussia Dortmund held Mamelodi Sundowns to win a thriller with seven goals.
In the Lumen Field in Seattle, Ryoma Watanabe achieved an early opening goal for Urawa Reds, which was supported by a loud contingent of her followers.
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But Captain Lauutaro Martinez, who in her 1-1 draw with Monterrey of Mexico in her opening game Inters compensated, repeated the trick to separate 12 minutes before the time with a clever overhead kick.
At that time, Valentin Carboni was the unlikely hero when he packed the winner two minutes after the injury time.
The 20-year-old Argentina had not played a competition game since the beginning of October after suffering a serious knee injury to Marseille.
Carboni hadn’t appeared for Inter for over two years, but he had a side foot home when the ball in the area fell on him.
“Our opponents play with their hearts and to counteract this as a team, we have to play with more pride, be humble and know how to suffer,” said Martinez to the broadcaster after the interlocated.
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The result was temporarily the top group E on four points, one point in front of the river plate, before the Argentine giants were later confronted on Monterrey in Pasadena.
A second defeat in just as many games means that Urawa-Reds are eliminated and many of their supporters were in tears full-time.
“Our emotions are very bad after this game. We are no longer out of the tournament, so we can only fight in the last game to achieve our only win,” said her Polish coach Maciej Skorza.
– Bellingham strikes –
Jobe Bellingham used to score his first goal for Dortmund when his new club in Cincinnati overcame heat to beat Sundowns with 4: 3 and on four points from two games in Group F.
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The South African champions had surprised an early lead with a fine solo goal by Lucas Ribeiro.
The goalkeeper of Sundowns Ronwen Williams was enough for Dortmund on a plate and handed over the ball directly to Felix Nmecha, who stroked home.
Serhou Guirassy took the lead with his 35th goal since the beginning of the season.
The English midfielder Bellingham, who hit the footsteps of the older brother Judas in the German side of Sunderland this month, started for Dortmund for the first time and reached it 3-1 shortly before the break.
Khuliso Mudau’s own goal scored 4: 1 before the hour, but Sundowns saved a little proudly by reducing the deficit by IQRAAM Rayners and Lebo Mothiba.
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“I sweat as if I had just come from a sauna,” said Dortmund coach Niko Kovac when I was asked about the conditions in a game that started at lunchtime.
“It was difficult for both teams, but the opposition is used to it. We certainly didn’t give our best performance, but that was not possible today.”
Sundowns will still enter their last game in Group F and qualify for the last 16 qualifications.
“The boys did a wonderful performance … it was a damn game. I’m not happy, but very proud,” said her Portuguese coach Miguel Cardoso.
Fluminense, who was 0-0 in her first game Dortmund, later found on Saturday against Ulsan from South Korea in the Metlife Stadium in East Rutherford in the game of Group F.
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