Identifying 4 clubs eliminated from FIFA Club World Cup

After a 1-3 defeat to River Plate in their opening match, Urawa Reds faced a formidable challenge from Inter Milan in the second match of Group E. In fact, the Japanese representatives played a great match. However, they still could not resist fate.

Xác định 4 CLB bị loại ở FIFA Club World Cup - 1 — Urawa Reds (white shirt) were eliminated after losing to Inter Milan (Photo: Yahoo).

In this match, Urawa Reds caused a big surprise when they took the lead early thanks to Watanabe in the 11th minute. In the following time, the Japanese representative retreated to defend and caused many difficulties for Inter Milan.

However, at the decisive moment, Inter Milan showed their mettle to squeeze through the narrow door. In the 78th minute, Lautaro Martinez skillfully finished, leveling the score 1-1. In the 90+2 minute, Carboni brought a thrilling victory to the Italian representative.

With this result, Inter Milan has a high hope of advancing with 4 points after two matches. Meanwhile, Urawa Reds was eliminated after losing all two matches.

Sharing the same fate as Urawa Reds is Ulsan HD. In the opening match, the Korean representative lost 0-1 to Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa). In the second match, they faced Fluminense (Brazil).

Xác định 4 CLB bị loại ở FIFA Club World Cup - 2 — Ulsan HD (blue and white shirt) also stopped early at the FIFA Club World Cup (Photo: Getty).

Ulsan HD played very hard when leading 2-1 against Fluminense after the first half ended. However, that was all they could do. In the second half, Ulsan HD showed that they were much weaker than the Brazilian representative. They received 3 goals in turn thanks to Nonato (66th minute), Freytes (83rd minute) and Keno (90+3rd minute).

Thus, Ulsan HD was eliminated with no points after two matches. In this group, Dortmund and Fluminense led with 4 points, Mamelodi Sundowns ranked 3rd with 3 points. In the final round, Dortmund met Ulsan HD, while Fluminense clashed with Mamelodi Sundowns.

Previously, the first two teams eliminated from this tournament were Auckland City (Group C) and Los Angeles FC (Group D). On the other hand, the two clubs Bayern Munich (Group C) and Flamengo (Group D) were sure to have tickets to the next round.