FIFA Club World Cup: River Plate Settles for Draw with Monterrey at Rose Bowl
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, JUN 21 – Monterrey goalkeeper Esteban Andrade made eight saves to maintain a clean sheet, leaving River Plate unable to secure a win crucial for advancing in the tournament.
- River Plate and Monterrey played to a 0-0 draw on June 21, 2025, at the Rose Bowl in the FIFA Club World Cup 2025.
- River Plate needed a win to secure advancement to the knockout stage but the match featured many fouls and few clear chances.
- River Plate missed several good scoring opportunities, including a volley by Lucas Martinez Quarta and two shots by Franco Mastantuono saved by Monterrey’s goalkeeper Esteban Andrada.
- Marcelo Gallardo, who leads River Plate, expressed that his team believed they deserved the victory and performed better, while Monterrey’s coach Domenec Torrent described the game as unpleasant and fiercely contested.
- The draw left River Plate and Inter Milan tied atop Group E with four points each, while Monterrey remained third with two points, setting up decisive final matches on June 25.
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Football is a disputed territory between Mexico and Argentina. In the history of the World Cup and tournaments of clubs such as the Copa Libertadores, the countries of the Southern Cone and the northern part of the continent have been watching for years the agitation and rivalry that exists every time one confronts the other. The Club World Cup is no exception. In a hundred-year-old Rose Bowl stadium turned into a smoking boiler, about 57 thousa…


Soccer-Goalkeeper Andrada denies River Plate to earn draw for Monterrey
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Monterrey held on to claim a 0-0 draw with River Plate in Group E of the Club World Cup at the Rose Bowl on Saturday as both clubs maintained their hopes of advancing to the knockout rounds. Read full story ...
With a majestic setting in the historic Rose Bowl of Pasadena, Mexico's Monterrey drew a 0-0 draw against Argentina's River Plate on Saturday and placed itself in a good position to advance to the next round of the Club World Cup.
The Mexican team made a draw with its Argentine counterpart (0-0) at the end of a fiercely contested match.
Argentine giants River Plate missed out on a chance to advance to the round of 16 at the FIFA Club World Cup in Group E, where European giants Inter are also playing. Despite dominating the match, the Argentine record holder only drew (0:0) with Mexican Monterrey in Los Angeles, but remains top of the group. Fluminense, on the other hand, managed a major turnaround in Group F.
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