FIFA Club World Cup

FT Tuesday, June 17, 2025
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Match Report

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River Plate start CWC with win over Urawa Red Diamonds

River Plate opened their Club World Cup campaign with a 3-1 win over Urawa Red Diamonds on Tuesday,

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
3
1
Corner Kicks
1
2
Saves
5
41.5
Possession
58.5
9
SHOTS
13
6
ON GOAL
5
0.7
On Target %
0.4
2
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
302
Accurate Passes
476
391
Passes
558
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
4
13
Crosses
11
0.3
Cross %
0.4
45
Long Balls
60
20
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
2
10
Effective Tackles
12
16
Tackles
13
0.6
Tackle %
0.9
9
Interceptions
10
15
Effective Clearances
30
15
Clearances
30

Lineups

RIV · 4-3-3

  1. 1Franco ArmaniG
  2. 28Lucas Martínez QuartaCD-L
  3. 6Germán PezzellaCD-R
  4. 21Marcos AcuñaLB
  5. 4Gonzalo MontielRB
  6. 24Enzo PérezCM
  7. 22Kevin CastañoLM
  8. 26Ignacio FernándezRM
  9. 15Sebastián DriussiF
  10. 11Facundo ColidioLF
  11. 30Franco MastantuonoRF

URA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Shusaku NishikawaG
  2. 5Marius HoibratenCD-L
  3. 3Danilo BozaCD-R
  4. 88Yoichi NaganumaLB
  5. 4Hirokazu IshikaraRB
  6. 8Matheus SávioAM
  7. 25Kaito YasuiLM
  8. 11Samuel GustafssonRM
  9. 24Yusuke MatsuoF
  10. 13Ryoma WatanabeAM-L
  11. 77Takuro KanekoAM-R

Timeline

  1. 12' Goal! River Plate 1, Urawa Red Diamonds 0. Facundo Colidio (River Plate) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marcos Acuña with a cross.
  2. 24' Enzo Pérez (River Plate) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 34' Samuel Gustafson (Urawa Red Diamonds) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, River Plate. Maximiliano Meza replaces Enzo Pérez.
  5. 45' Substitution, River Plate. Giuliano Galoppo replaces Ignacio Fernández.
  6. 48' Goal! River Plate 2, Urawa Red Diamonds 0. Sebastián Driussi (River Plate) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  7. 51' Substitution, River Plate. Miguel Borja replaces Sebastián Driussi because of an injury.
  8. 58' Marcos Acuña (River Plate) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 58' Goal! River Plate 2, Urawa Red Diamonds 1. Yusuke Matsuo (Urawa Red Diamonds) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  10. 60' Germán Pezzella (River Plate) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 71' Substitution, Urawa Red Diamonds. Thiago Santana replaces Matheus Sávio.
  12. 71' Substitution, Urawa Red Diamonds. Takahiro Sekine replaces Takuro Kaneko.
  13. 73' Goal! River Plate 3, Urawa Red Diamonds 1. Maximiliano Meza (River Plate) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marcos Acuña with a cross following a corner.
  14. 75' Substitution, River Plate. Gonzalo Martínez replaces Facundo Colidio.
  15. 81' Substitution, Urawa Red Diamonds. Taishi Matsumoto replaces Kaito Yasui because of an injury.
  16. 81' Substitution, Urawa Red Diamonds. Takuya Ogiwara replaces Yoichi Naganuma.
  17. 87' Ryoma Watanabe (Urawa Red Diamonds) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  18. 87' Substitution, Urawa Red Diamonds. Genki Haraguchi replaces Samuel Gustafson.
  19. 89' Substitution, River Plate. Milton Casco replaces Marcos Acuña.
  20. 90'+2' Giuliano Galoppo (River Plate) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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