Facundo Colidio lead the goal scoring as River Plate beat Urawa Red Diamonds 3-1 in their Club World Cup opener, MySportDab reports.
The Argentina club made sure their opponent was no match for them all through the 90 minute of actions which was one side.
Full Match Report
It was a calm start for both teams who looked organized at the back while they pushed forward in search of something.
The first 10 minutes of the encounter was calm with nothing both teams could make happen from their end.
River Plate broke the deadlock in the 12th minutes through a header from Facundo Colidio who was assisted by Marcos Acuna that made it 1-0.
The match carried on with nothing happening while both teams size each other out with the scoreline staying 1-0.
They ended the 45 minutes with same scoreline before returning to finish off what they started in the first half.
More action saw the Argentine club increased their lead to 2-0 in the 48th minutes through a well placed header from Sebastian Driussi.
Both teams carried on with more pace until Yusuke Matsuo scored from the penalty spot in the 58th minutes to narrow down things to 2-1.
The lead was furthered increased to 3-1 with yet another header which came in the 73rd minutes with Marcos Acuna making the assist.
River Plate finished the match with a 3-1 victory against Urawa Red Diamonds which earned them all the three points.
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