Inter lost 0-2 against the Fluminense in the round of 16 of the Club World Championship, the new FIFA quadrennial tournament in which 32 teams from all over the world participate, underway in the United States. It is therefore out of the tournament, while the Fluminense passes to the quarterfinals: he will face the Saudi team of the Al-Hilal, who beat Manchester City 4-3. On Tuesday at 9 pm Juventus will face Real Madrid instead.
It is a partly surprising result, because Inter is a stronger, equipped and rich team of the Fluminense. However, it was only the fourth game with the new coach Cristian Chivu, who arrived in place of Simone Inzaghi and after a disappointing season. Brazilian teams are playing an excellent club world championship (Palmeiras also qualified for the quarter -finals), showing that the Brazilian championship is quite competitive. For the Fluminense they marked in the first half of the Cano and, in the final minutes, Hércules. In the second half Inter tried to equalize, but was unable to exploit the occasions; He hit a pole with Lautaro MartÃnez.
The Club World Cup is a problematic tournament from many points of view. He arrived at the end of an exhausting season for the European teams and was organized by FIFA mainly with the money of Saudi Arabia, an authoritarian country where many freedoms and rights are denied.
