Inter Milan’s Valentin Carboni celebrates scoring their second aim in opposition to Urawa Purple Diamonds at Lumen Subject, Seattle, Washington, US on June 21, 2025. — Reuters
SEATTLE: Inter Milan got here from behind to beat Japan’s Urawa Reds 2-1 on the Membership World Cup on Saturday, due to a late profitable aim from Valentin Carboni.
The younger Argentine scored deep into stoppage time to seal the victory, after Lautaro Martinez had earlier introduced Inter stage.
Ryoma Watanabe scored an early opener for Urawa Reds, who have been backed by a loud contingent of their supporters at Lumen Subject in Seattle.
However captain Lautaro Martinez, who had netted Inter’s equaliser of their 1-1 draw with Monterrey of Mexico of their first match on the event, repeated the feat to stage the match with 12 minutes remaining.
Carboni, the 20-year-old Argentine who had not featured for Inter in over two years, then appeared within the 92nd minute to provide the Italians 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 informed broadcaster DAZN after Inter have been made to work exhausting for the win.
The consequence leaves Cristian Chivu’s group in a powerful place to qualify for the final 16, whereas a second defeat in as many matches means Urawa Reds are eradicated.
“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,” stated their Polish coach Maciej Skorza.
Winners of the Asian Champions League in 2023, Urawa Reds have been seeking to bounce again from a 3-1 loss in opposition to River Plate of their opening sport, and so they took the lead within the eleventh minute.
Takuro Kaneko created the aim with a powerful run down the precise earlier than his low cross was swept in first-time by Watanabe.
Martinez struck the crossbar with a header for Inter shortly after, and it seemed as if the UEFA Champions League runners-up may endure a shock defeat when Henrikh Mkhitaryan missed the goal from a superb place within the second half.
However Inter acquired the equaliser within the 78th minute when a Nicolo Barella nook from the left was deftly turned in by Martinez, who scored with an overhead kick as he fell backwards.
The stage was then set for Carboni, who had not performed a aggressive match since early October after sustaining a severe knee harm whereas on mortgage at Marseille.
He was available to sidefoot into the online after a Petar Sucic shot struck teammate Francesco Esposito and the ball broke to Carboni inside the realm.
