River Plate netted a trio of headers to defeat Urawa Red Diamonds 3-1 on Tuesday within the groups’ Group E opener of the Club World Cup in Seattle.
Facundo Colidio struck first for Argentina’s River Plate (1-0-0, 3 factors) with a header within the twelfth minute assisted by a exact cross from Marcos Acuna. River Plate doubled its lead shortly after halftime with a objective by Sebastian Driussi.
Japan’s Urawa Red Diamonds (0-1-0, 0 factors) lower the deficit to 2-1 with a 58th-minute penalty kick transformed by Yusuke Matsuo, however Maximiliano Meza shortly regained River Plate’s two-goal lead within the 73rd minute.
River Plate managed the ball all through, possessing it for practically 60 % of the match and making an attempt 13 pictures to Urawa Red Diamonds’ 9. Franco Armani tallied 5 saves on the day for River Plate, whereas Shusaku Nishikawa notched two for Urawa Red Diamonds.
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