The Inter Milan team dramatically achieved a victory against the Japanese Urawa Red Diamonds 2:1 with a goal by the young Valentin Carboni in the second minute of added time of the Club World Cup match played in Seattle. The Japanese had previously taken the lead through Ryoma Watanabe, and Lautaro Martinez equalized for the "Nerazzurri", BTA reported.
The match started badly for the Champions League finalist Inter Milan, as in the 11th minute, during a quick counterattack, Takuro Kaneko broke through from the right and passed a parallel pass into the penalty area to Ryoma Watanabe, who shot with one touch and after the ball ricocheted off a defender's foot, fooled the Italian goalkeeper Jan Sommer - 0:1.
Inter captain Lautaro Martinez came close to equalizing a little later, but his header hit the post. A little later, Nikola Zalewski from the Italian team fell into the penalty area and sought a penalty, but referee Dahane Beida from Mauritania signaled for the game to continue.
At half-time, Milan coach Cristian Chivu made a double substitution, bringing on Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Francesco Pio Esposito. The "Nerazzurri" They put up a strong push and a shot by Christian Aslani in the 52nd minute was deflected by the defense. A little later, Federico Dimarco also volleyed, and the ball flew dangerously over the goal.
In the 70th minute, during a quick counterattack, Ryoma Watanabe again got into a shooting position, but his shot went over the crossbar. In the counterattack, Nicolo Barella from Inter passed to the uncovered Mkhitaryan, who shot with his left foot past the right post of the Japanese team's goal.
In the 78th minute, Inter equalized. After a corner kick from Barella, Lautaro Martinez, with his back to the goal, directed the ball into the near corner between a bunch of defenders with a technical kick - 1:1. In the second minute of added time, an Inter shot was blocked, but the ball reached Valentin Carboni, who with a technical shot into the right corner made it 2:1.
Thus, Inter achieved its first victory under its new coach Cristian Chivu and came out on top in the Group "E" standings with 4 points, and in its last match it will play against the Argentine giants River Plate. Urave Red were eliminated from the tournament with two losses.