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ESTHE FEAT WAS NOT POSSIBLE In Yokohama, River lost 3-0 against Barcelona and finished second in the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup.
With thousands of fans encouraging from the stands, the team of Marcelo Gallardo faced the powerful Barcelona in Japan and it could not fulfill the dream of becoming world champion. With one goal by Messi and two by Luis Suárez, the Spanish team won 3-0 and lift the cup.
El Millonario began the match well concentrated, pushing and looking to cut the circuits of the opponent, which had the ball but could not break the defense. In the minute 10, Barovero frustrated the first goal of Messi, while River had its best chance in the minute 29, with a shot from Alario that was controlled by Bravo. Ten minutes before the end of the first half, Barcelona opened the scoreboard through Messi, who received a ball in the area and defined despite the pressure from Maidana.
In the second half, River tried to play a more offensive game; therefore Gallardo ordered the entry of Lucho González and Gonzalo Martínez. However, before the first five minutes of the second half, the Spanish team stole a ball in its field, counterattacked and Suárez, hand in hand with Barovero, scored the second goal of the evening. In the minute 23, he would score the third goal, this time by a header, after a good pass by Neymar.
In River best goal situations, the goalkeeper deflected a header by Alario and the post a very good left shot by Martínez. Thus came the end: Barcelona as a champion of the Club World Cup and El Millonario in the second place.
RiverPlate: Marcelo Barovero; Gabriel Mercado, JonatanMaidana, Éder Álvarez Balanta, Leonel Vangioni; Carlos Sánchez, Matías Kranevitter, Leonardo Ponzio, Tabaré Viudez; Rodrigo Mora, Lucas Alario. Substitutes: Julio Chiarini, Augusto Batalla, Leandro Vega, Milton Casco, Emanuel Mammana, Camilo Mayada, Gonzalo Martínez, Luis González, Leonardo Pisculichi, Nicolás Bertolo, Sebastián Driussi, Javier Saviola. Coach: Marcelo Gallardo.
Barcelona: Claudio Bravo; Dani Alves, Gerard Piqué, Javier Mascherano, Jordi Alba; IvanRakitic, Sergio Busquets, Andres Iniesta; Luis Suárez, Lionel Messi, Neymar. Substitutes: Ter Stegen, Jordi Masip, Douglas Pereira, Marc Bartra, Munir El Haddadi, Sandro, Sergi Roberto, Adriano, Thomas Vermaelen, Jeremy Mathieu, Sergi Samper, Gerard Gumbau. Coach: Luis Enrique.
Changes: González by Ponzio, Martínez by Mora, Driussi by Viudez (RP); Sergi Roberto by Rakitic, Vermaelen by Mascherano, Mathieu by Neymar (BFC).
Cautioned: Kranevitter, Ponzio (RP); Jordi Alba, Rakitic, Neymar (BFC).
Referee: AlirezaFaghani; Assistants: Reza Sokhandan and MohammadrezaMansouri (all from Iran).
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