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Inter WILL TARGET Their First Win of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup when the Serie A Giants Face Three-Time Asian Champions Urawa Red Diamonds in Seattle on Saturday.
The Champions League Finalists Began Their Campaign With A 1-1 Draw Against Mexico Side Monterrey at a half-dumb Rose Bowl.
“I’m not look for excuses, but right now we have little energy,” Said New Inter coach Cristian Chivu, Describing His Squad as Suffering from “A Physical and Mental Condition That is Far from optimal”.
“It was still a good performance. WE CREATED MANY CHANCES. WE MADE MISTAKES IN OUR FINISHING AND IN THE FINAL PASS AND LACKED A BIT OF HUNGER IN FRONT OF GOAL.
“We Did Everthing We Could To Win. We Tried to Defend Aggressively… It’s a shame we Didn’t Manage to Take the Three Points.
“We could have done better – eSpecially in the second half, we were slow. But I prefe to underline the team’s commitment.”
Urawa Lost 3-1 to Argentinian Side River Plate in their opener in Seattle, Winger Yusuke Matsuo Scoring A Second-Half Penalty to Briefly Make the Scoreline 2-1.
“I don think we need to show too much respect to our opponents,” Matsuo Said, Adding that urawa “can do better” and need to “switch gears” against inter.
“We had prepared counter-measures against our opponents, but we structure to execute them for about the first 20 minutes.
“After that, we we have able to control the game a little better. Just that we we were gradually getting into our rhythm, we conceded the second goal, which was painful.
“Especially in the Second Half, We Were Able to Control the Game and Create Chances. There Were Moments that Gave Us Confidence that we can do [that more]. “
Inter Lost Wideman Denzel Dumfries to a muscle problem shortly before their opener, While Forward Marcus Thuram Came On a Second-Half BEFORE SUSTAINING A HAMSTRING INJURY.
Thuram Replaced Sebastiano Esposito, Who Mosed a Good Chance During A Game to Forget For the 22-Year-Oold, But The Academy Product and His 19-Year-Oold Brother, Pio Esposito, Could Be Chivu’s Only Attacking Options, Particularly If He Wants to Rest Lautaro Martinez, Whose Goal Earned Inter a point.
Chivu Switched from 3-5-2 to Experiment with 3-4-1-2 and 3-4-2-1 Shapes During the Second Half Against Monterrey and Fans will be Keen to see the Romanian’s Tactics Look Against Urawa.
Maciej Skorza will be tempted to change his starting xi, Although the pole rued How Conceding Early Goals Had a “Very Strong Impact on the Mentality of the Team”, Calling that Element “The Hardest Thing to Train”.
“The team put in a lot of effort and Did a Great Job, but the way we started was well how we expected,” Skorza added. “We Played Better in the Second Half, but the way we conceded was not good.”
Inter Starting XI: Summer; Darmian, Pavard, Acerbi, Bastoni, Carlos Augusto; Asllani, Barella, MkhiTaryan; Esposito, Lautaro Martinez
Urawa Red Diamonds Starting XI: Nishikawa; Naganuma, Danilo Boza, Hoibraten, Ishihara; Yasui, Gustafson; Kaneko, Matheus Savio, Watanabe; Matsuo.
Kick-off on saturday is at 20:00 BST, with free live coverage Channel 5 In the UK.
John Obi Mikel, Sami Khedira, Ronaldo, Christian Vieri, Shay Given, Callum Wilson, Andros Townsend, Ade Oladipo, Kelly Somers and Fabrizio Romano Are Among the Punits and Presentters.
The co-commentators are Andros Townsend, Michael Brown, Brad Friedel, Rob Green, Danny Higginbotham, Don Hutchison, Jonas Olsson and Anita Asante.
A HIGHLIGHTS AND ANALYSIS Show, The Press, will be presented by James Alcott and Julien Laurens and analysis Each Day’s Games On 5’s Streaming Service.