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Inter Milan 0-2 Fluminense: Inter come up short again in Club World Cup defeat

Goals in the first three minutes and last three minutes are enough for the Brazilians to march into the last eight

Written by Tom Rostance
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Inter Milan 0-2 Fluminense: Inter come up short again in Club World Cup defeat

Brazilian side Fluminense rode their luck late on to hold on and beat Inter Milan and set up a Club World Cup quarter-final against either Manchester City or Al-Hilal.

Champions League finalists Inter were sloppy from the off and fell behind early on when German Cano headed a loose ball past Yann Sommer.

Fluminense were well on top for the first 65 minutes or so as the lethargic Serie A side struggled to create anything of note.

But Inter finally found some threat late on.

First, defender Stefan de Vrij somehow missed from a few yards out after captain Lautaro Martinez headed across.

Martinez was then denied by a fine sve by Fluminense’s 44-year-old goalkeeper Fabio, before he hit a low shot against the post.

The Argentine could barely believe his lack of luck, and Fluminense then marched upfield in added time to add a second through substitute Hercules.

There was still time for Inter to hit the crossbar through Federico Dimarco but the final whistle at a sparsely populated Bank of America stadium in Charlotte saw jubilant scenes from the Fluminense bench.

City or Al-Hilal will have a tough ask in the quarter-final.

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