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▶ Fluminense, Inter and Dortmund rally for first wins

[2025/06/22 ]

A day of inspired fightbacks at the FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ saw Borussia Dortmund, FC Internazionale Milano and Fluminense FC all record their first victories of the tournament, while CA River Plate and CF Monterrey battled to a 0-0 draw.

The defeats were especially costly for Urawa Red Diamonds and Ulsan HD, who were eliminated from contention of advancing to the Round of 16.

River Plate remain top of Group E on goal difference over Inter and will take on the Italian side on Wednesday 25 June in the teams' group stage finale in Seattle. Monterrey, two points behind in third, will meet Urawa Reds in Los Angeles.

Fluminense are level with Dortmund on four points and lead Group F on goal difference. In third with three points are Mamelodi Sundowns FC, who will face Fluminense on 25 June in Miami. Dortmund will finish the group stage against Ulsan in Cincinnati.

Mamelodi Sundowns FC 3-4 Borussia Dortmund

Group F
TQL Stadium, Cincinnati

Lucas Ribeiro's 11th-minute goal gave Mamelodi Sundowns the shock early advantage, but Borussia Dortmund responded with three first-half goals to take control. The Bundesliga side ended up bagging the three points thanks to Khuliso Mudau's own goal in the 59th minute.

FC Internazionale Milano 2-1 Urawa Red Diamonds

Group E
Lumen Field, Seattle

Urawa Reds were dreaming of an historic win after taking a shock lead with Ryoma Watanabe's 11th-minute goal, but Internazionale scored twice late on to break the hearts of the Japanese side. Lautaro Martinez equalised in the 78th minute, and Valentin Carboni won it in stoppage time for Inter, who had a tournament-high possession rate of 82 per cent.

Fluminense FC 4-2 Ulsan HD

Group F
MetLife Stadium, New York New Jersey

In one of the most entertaining matches of the competition, Fluminense were forced to fight their way back against gritty Ulsan. Despite dominating possession, the Brazilian side trailed 2-1 at the break, but they kept the pressure on Ulsan and earned the three points with second-half strikes by Nonato, Juan Freytes and Keno.

CA River Plate 0-0 CF Monterrey

Group E
Rose Bowl, Los Angeles

River Plate and Monterrey combined for ten yellow cards but no goals in a scrappy match at the Rose Bowl outside Los Angeles. Kevin Castano was sent off in stoppage time after receiving a second yellow to reduce River to 10 men.

Stats

    Brazilian clubs remain unbeaten at the tournament with six wins and two draws in eight matches.

    All four Brazilian teams currently sit top of their groups.

    Fluminense are the fifth team to come from behind to win at the FIFA Club World Cup 2025.

    Fluminense's Jhon Arias is the third player to score directly from a free-kick at the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 after Pachuca's Bryan Gonzalez and Inter Miami's Lionel Messi.

    Argentina lead the way in nationalities that have scored at the global showpiece tournament with 15 goals, followed by Brazil with 10 and France with nine.

- The origianl text resource is from FIFA Official Website

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