23/06/2025

SPORTS 30 VALENTIN CARBONI struck the winning goal in stoppage time as Inter Milan came from behind to beat Urawa Red Diamonds 2-1 yesterday and knock the Japanese team out of the Club World Cup. Ryoma Watanabe got an early opening goal for Urawa Reds, who were backed by a noisy contingent of their supporters at Lumen Field in Seattle. But captain Lautaro Martinez, who scored Inter’s equaliser in their 1-1 draw with Monterrey of Mexico in their first match at the tournament, repeated the trick to level matters here with 12 minutes to go. MONDAY | JUNE 23, 2025

Inter strike late to beat Urawa Reds

Mkhitaryan missed the target from a good position in the second half. But they got the leveller in the 78th minute when a Nicolo Barella corner from the left was deftly turned in by Martinez, who scored with an overhead kick as he fell back the way. The stage was then set for Carboni, who had not played a competitive game since early October after suffering a serious knee injury while on loan at Marseille. He was on hand to sidefoot into the net after a Petar Sucic shot hit teammate Francesco Esposito and the ball broke to Carboni inside the area. – AFP

aiming to bounce back from a 3-1 loss against River Plate in their opening game and they went in front in the 11th minute. Takuro Kaneko made the goal with a good run down the right before his low cross was swept home first-time by Watanabe. Martinez hit the crossbar from a header for Inter soon after, and it looked as if the Uefa Champions League runners-up might slip to a shock defeat when Henrikh

The result leaves Cristian Chivu’s team in a good position to now go and qualify for the last 16, while a second defeat in as many matches means Urawa Reds are eliminated. “Our emotion is very bad after this game. We are out of the tournament so now we can only fight in the last game to achieve our one and only win,” said their Polish coach Maciej Skorza. Winners of the Asian Champions League in 2023, Urawa Reds were

Carboni, 20-year-old Argentine who had not made an appearance for Inter in more than two years, then appeared in the 92nd minute to give the Italians the victory. “Our opponents play with their hearts and to counter that as a team we need to play with more pride, be humble and know how to suffer,” Martinez told broadcaster DAZN after Inter were made to work for the victory. the

Dortmund hold off Sundowns

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German side on cusp of Club World Cup knockout stage after narrow win

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Sundowns’ Lebo Mothiba (left) in action with Dortmund’s Ramy Bensebaini yesterday. – REUTERSPIC

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B ORUSSIA DORTMUND held off a spirited comeback from South African champions Mamelodi Sundowns to secure a 4-3 victory yesterday and move closer to the Club World Cup knockout stages. Dortmund were behind after 11 minutes at the TQL Stadium but rallied to win their second game in Group F and move top of the standings with four points, one more than Sundowns. Felix Nmecha, Serhou Guirassy and Jobe Bellingham scored for the Bundesliga club who also profited from an own goal. Lucas Ribeiro had given Sundowns the lead while Iqraam Rayners and Lebo Mothiba scored in the second half as they looked to rally from 4-1 down in a competitive game played in blazing hot conditions with a mid-day kickoff. Ribeiro burst through a static Dortmund defence, picking up the ball on the halfway line and gliding past two opponents to score a shock opener. But the lead last only five minutes before a calamitous error from Sundowns goalkeeper Ronwen Williams, who played a short pass to Nmecha who had an easy tap-in for the equaliser. “We weren’t surprised by Sundowns, we expected a strong start from them. but we worked to impose ourselves on the game,” Nmecha said. Dortmund went ahead after a slick set of one-two passes between Julian Brandt and Guirassy who powered home with his head. Bellingham, in his second appearance for Dortmund, made it 3-1 on the stroke of halftime as Williams parried Brandt’s cross straight at him, and he delayed shooting for a split second before wrong-footing the

goalkeeper. It capped a fine display on his full debut, and by his own admission, it’s something the former Sunderland midfielder has been working on. “It’s a really nice bonus. I am glad we won but there are still a lot of things for me to improve on personally and for the team. I am really pleased with it,” Bellingham told DANZ . “I practise that so many times, not that exact finish, but arriving late on the edge of the box as a midfielder is something you need to be really good at. “If you can score, if you can contribute those kind of goals a certain amount per season then you are doing really well. “I was really pleased because it was something I practised as a kid and at Sunderland so many times, during training, after training. So yeah, I am really proud of it.” Rayners struck the woodwork for Sundowns 10 minutes into the second half but on the hour mark Daniel Svensson’s cross from the left took a wicked deflection off Sundowns’ fullback Khuliso Mudau as Dortmund extended their lead. Two minutes later, the South African side pulled one back as Teboho Mokoena’s freekick was floated to Rayners, who struck the foot of the post but the rebound bounced back onto his head and he did not waste the second opportunity. Mothiba struck in the 90th minute as Sundowns stole away possession and the substitute scored from close range but they could not find an equaliser. “We take away a feeling of disappointment but pride also because we were competitive. I think we earned a lot of respect,” Sundowns coach Miguel Cardoso said. – AFP/Agencies

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