Monterrey booked a spot within the knockout rounds of the Membership World Cup with a thumping 4-0 win over Urawa Crimson Diamonds on the Rose Bowl on Wednesday to assert second place in Group E and arrange a final 16 assembly with Borussia Dortmund.
Three objectives in eight first-half minutes despatched Monterrey on their strategy to victory, with beautiful long-range strikes from Nelson Deossa and Jesús Corona coming both facet of German Berterame’s cool end.
Deossa put Monterrey in entrance on the half-hour mark with a swerving shot from 35 yards and Berterame doubled the benefit 4 minutes later.
Corona added the third with the choose of the objectives from distance within the thirty eighth minute earlier than Berterame added the fourth in second-half stoppage time.
The win, coupled with Inter Milan’s 2-0 victory over River Plate, means Monterrey end second and can tackle Dortmund in Atlanta on Tuesday.
“I am actually very comfortable we’re within the subsequent stage,” mentioned Monterrey coach Domenec Torrent. “On Saturday the membership is celebrating 80 years so it is a very particular second.
“We’re very comfortable as a result of we have now a clear sheet, it is not straightforward on this group particularly with the group that we had.”
Urawa, who had been already eradicated after shedding their opening two video games, ought to have gone forward halfway by the primary half when Ryoma Watanabe slid a cross by to Yusuke Matsuo however his poor first contact gave Ricardo Chavez sufficient time to dam the goal-bound strike.
Monterrey’s opener got here on the half-hour mark when central midfielder Deossa discovered area to hit a thunderous, swerving left-foot strike from halfway contained in the Urawa half that left goalkeeper Shusaku Nishikawa flapping.
Monterrey’s second got here 4 minutes later as José Alvarado slipped a cross into Berterame, who bent a low shot into the underside nook of the Urawa aim.
Worse was to come back for the previous Asian champions as Monterrey struck once more from distance, Corona smashing his try from 30 yards out past Nishikawa’s dive.
Nishikawa prevented Monterrey from including to the mauling early within the second half when he blocked Chavez’s effort, and Berterame missed out on his second when he pulled his shot large within the 52nd minute.
Watanabe put a late free kick over the bar because the Japanese facet regarded for a comfort aim however Berterame slid in to stab the ball over from shut vary within the 97th minute to seal an emphatic Monterrey win.
