Cristi Chivu suffers the first defeat on Inter Milan's bench and leaves the World Club Champion

In “quarters”, Fluminense will play against the winner between Manchester City and Al-Hilal.

Cristi Chivu, without reply in front of Fluminense

“Nerazzurri” began the match, and goalkeeper Yann Sommer was close to a monumental blunder from the 1st minute. The Swiss could commit a penalty if he could not release the ball a second before.

The errors series continued, and Fluminense opened the score in the 3rd minute. Stefan de Vrij was a simple pass in the middle of the field, and the Brazilians managed to escape the counterattack. Bastoni failed to reject the center, which reached the cano striker. The Argentinian sent his head, and the ball passed through Sommer's feet.

The first occasion of the team trained by Cristi Chivu belonged to Federico Dimarco, in the 11th minute. Mkhitaryan was ideally served in Italian, but his shot was rejected by Veteran Fabio.

The first half was shaded by an unwanted moment on the football field. In the extensions, Mkhitaryan hurried to throw from the edge, but Fluminense's coach intervened to stop him, which annoyed the Armenian, who resorted to a reckless gesture, pushing Renato Sancho. The players of both teams intervened quickly, and the conflict could degenerate. The phase ended with a yellow card for the Brazilian technician.

Lautaro Martinez came to the ramp in the second half, and in the 69th minute the Argentine ideally recently recently with the ball in the box, but Stefan de Vrij missed out of only 3 meters.

The same Martinez had two monumental occasions in just 60 seconds. In the 82nd minute, the captain of Inter shot inside the box, but Fluminense's goalkeeper managed to reject the ball. After a few seconds, the ball returned to Martinez, but the Brazilian shot shook the right bar, and the score remained intact.

After the waves of Cristi Chivu's team, Fluminense escaped the counterattack, and Hercules scored with a shot at the long corner.

Inter Milan thus leaves the World Club Championship in the phase of the final, after Cristi Chivu's first defeat on the “Nerazzurilor” bench.

Final »Inter Milan – Fluminense 0-2

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• They scored: Cano '3, Hercules 90+3

Minute 90+3: Hercules marks at the end of a counterattack and closes the table!
Minute 82: Lautaro Martinez had a huge opportunity, but Fluminense's goalkeeper achieved a new exceptional intervention. At the next phase, the captain of the Inter has a huge new chance, but the ball hit the bar!
Minute 75: Federico Dimarco executed a new free kick, from 25 meters from the gate, but the Italian shot passed a bit of the right bar.
Minute 69: Monumental occasion for Inter! Lautaro Martinez raised the ball with the head near the gate, but Stefan de Vrij missed the shot from 3 meters.
Minute 54: Cristi Chivu decided to make three changes: Luis Henrique, Petar Susic and Valentin Carboni entered the field, those changed being Denzel Dumfries, Kristjan Asslani and Henrikh Mkhotaryan.

Minute 45+4: General scandal on the edge of the land! Mkhotaryan wanted to quickly restore the ball from the edge, but Fluminense's coach pushed the ball in front of the Armenian, who gave him a branch. The players of both teams jumped to intervene, and the situation could degenerate. Later, technician Renato Gaucho received the yellow card.
Minute 39: Spectacular phase successful by fluminense. A series of 3 passes with the head surprised Chivu's defense, but the scored goal was canceled because of an offender.
Minute 37: Federico Dimarco performed a free kick from about 20 meters, but Fabio managed to retain the ball.
30th minute: Samuel Xavier shot the ball rejected by Sommer, but the Brazilian shot passed a little near Inter.
Minute 11: Henrikh Mkhotaryan ideally served Federico Dimarco, but the strong Italian shot was rejected by Veteran Fabio goalkeeper.
Minute 3: De Vrij was a pass a pass at the middle of the field, the Brazilians escaped the counterattack, the sticks failed to reject the center, which reached the cano, and the Argentine striker marked his head, the ball passing through Sommer's feet.
Minute 1: Yann Sommer, Inter Milano's goalkeeper, was close to a monumental blunder right at the beginning of the match. The Swiss was positioned wrong and was close to faulting an opponent.

Start teams at Inter – Fluminense

Inter (3-5-2): Sommer – Darmian, de Vrij, Bastoni – Dumfries, Barella, Aslani, Mkhityan, Dimarco – Thuram, Martinez
reserves: Acerbi, Berenbruch, Calligaris, Carboni, Carlos Augusto, Cocchi, De Pieri, Di Gennaro, Esposito, Luis Henrique, Martinez, Palacios, Recconi, Susic, Zalewski
Coach: Cristian Chivu

FLUMINENSE (3-5-2): Fabio – Ignacio, Thiago Silva, Freytes – Samuel Xavier, Nonato, Bernal, Martinelli, Rene – Arias, Cano
reserves: Canobbi, Everaldo, Fuentes, Guga, Hercules, Keno, Lezcano, Lima, Maneol, Paulo Baya, Ganso, Serna, Seldo, Thiago Sandos, Vitor Euges
Coach: Renato Gaucho

Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)
Stadium: Bank of America Stadium (Charlotte, NC), with a capacity of 74,867 spectators

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