Riyadh s crescent counterattack can break Manchester City but cannot fight the tough battle. Fruminense unbeaten 2-1 into the quarterfinals

At 3 am on July 5, the first quarter-finals of the 2025 Club World Cup started, with Fruminense vs. Riyadh Crescent.

In the first half, Cancelo made a mistake in clearing and gave a gift. Martinez turned around and shot halfway through the deadlock. Fabio made a wonderful save. Leonardo made a point and Fruminense led 1-0 in the first half. In the second half, Leonardo equalized the score for Riyadh Crescent, Cano missed a one-on-one shot, Heckles scored a substitute and helped Fruminense take the lead again. New Moon was unable to rewrite the score again.

In the end, Fruminense defeated Riyadh Crescent 2-1 and advanced to the semi-finals of the Club World Cup with an unbeaten record. Inzaghi Jr. suffered his first defeat after taking office as Riyadh Crescent!

Fruminense vs Riyadh Crescent, Gojo ranks 352 formations, with a starting value of 38.1 million euros; Inzaghi ranks 532 formations, with a starting value of 124 million euros.

Riyadh Crescent's ultimate counterattack battle in the 1/8 finals eliminated Manchester City and advanced, but it is difficult to face the Riyadh Crescent, which needs to fight an attack battle. This is the world problem in football. Weak teams have the advantage in counterattack battles, and strong teams have difficulty in fighting tough battles! Riyadh Crescent played two tactics in the knockout matches of the Club World Cup in two games. Facing Manchester City, the favorite team to win the championship, Riyadh Crescent just needs to make a counterattack, which is simple and efficient. Facing Fruminense, whose starting value is less than 1/3 of it, Riyadh Crescent needs to attack and break through intensive defense. Under such different situations, the role of Riyadh Crescent has changed. This Riyadh Crescent lost 1-2 with the advantage of ball possession, shots and shots. This is the essence of football, and breaking the dense is hard to beat in the world. Faced with the tough battle, Malcolm, who performed extremely well against Manchester City, would not have so much room for him to sprint, and his performance would naturally not be so highlighted.

It can be said that Fruminense defeated New Moon with Riyadh Crescent against Manchester City, and advanced to the semi-finals of the Club World Cup with an unbeaten record. Inzaghi Jr. suffered his first defeat after coaching New Moon. In this way, it seems that any team will be a problem to break intensive defense. Whoever attacks in the Cup may suffer. In the whole game, Fruminense had a possession rate of 43%, with a total of 10 shots, including 3 shots; Riyadh Crescent had a total of 15 shots, including 4 shots.