Valentin Carboni scored a last winner to break up the hearts of Urawa Reds and move Inter Milan at the top of the E group at the Club World Cup.
He seemed to be an afternoon of frustration for the Serie A team, who worked after having lagged behind in the first match of Ryoma Watanabe in Seattle.
But Lautaro Martinez scored a spectacular equalizer with 12 minutes to go and the drunk effort of carboni deeply in the stop time set a low -quality meeting and eliminated the Japanese side.
Late drama and a late goal!
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Inter led the first half, without creating a multitude of opportunities.
The chances they had had been wasted and they paid the price with ruthless Urawa in comparison despite spending a large part of the 45 minutes on the rear foot.
The Nerazzurri started vividly and only two minutes had passed when the Nicola Zalewski cross was a few centimeters from Sebastian Esposito to the distant post.
Inter continued to camp on the edge of the Urawa region to be caught by a sucking punch after 11 minutes.
Watanabe suffocates inter
Takuro Kaneko beat his man on the right and his cut was perfect for Watanabe to pass in front of Yann Sommer.
Intern did not have the ball race and another goal scorer of the goal mouth allowed them to equalize four minutes after having lagged behind – Luis Henrique and Carlos Augusto denied.
Inter frustration grew up with Martinez then approaching with a head that crashed from the transverse bar.
The second half continued in a similar vein with an internal ball, but managing only half of the chances.
Kristjan Asllani fired widely from the edge of the area while Federico Di Marco voted a brand effort on the bar.
And, as they did in the first half, Urawa led a threat to the counter.
They could have doubled their advantage after 69 minutes with a break of three against two led by Watanabe. The striker should have played in a teammate but chose to shoot and his effort flew over the transverse bar of Sommer.
Martinez and Carboni have the last word
It was to prove a pivotal moment as the pressure of Inter finally said it.
It did not seem much danger when another corner flew to the Urawa region, but the star of Argentina Martinez produced a kick above that exceeded goalkeeper Shusaku Nishikawa and online defenders.
77 ′ lautarrrrrrrro! 🚲🐂🇦🇷
Incredible strike from Martínez and @Between are level!
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It always seemed that Urawa had done enough to win a point – and give their noisy fans something that their commitment probably deserves – only for a bullet curly inside the area to fall just at the feet of Carboni and he placed a shot in the lower corner to the left.
