Inter vs. Urawa Red Diamonds : Match Guide
FIFA Club World Cup
— Jun 21st 2025Facts and figures on the Nerazzurri's second match of the FIFA Club World Cup 2025
It's time to get back on the pitch. After the 1-1 draw with Monterrey in the first game of Group E of the 2025 Club World Cup, Inter will face Urawa Red Diamonds, the Japanese team beaten 3-1 by River Plate on Matchday One. The match will be at the Lumen Field in Seattle on Saturday 21 June at 12:00 (local time, 21:00 CEST in Italy).
THE PREVIOUS MEETING IN 2004
There's been just one meeting between Inter and the Urawa Red Diamonds, when the Nerazzurri went on tour in Japan in 2004 to take part in the Saitama City Cup, a friendly tournament which takes place in the city of Saitama. On that occasion, the Nerazzurri took part with some of the squad, as some of the squad was also involved in a summer tournament in Italy with Inter, Juventus and AC Milan.
Fernando Orsi coached the side, as Roberto Mancini stayed with the other team in Italy.
Saitama (Japan), 27 July 2004, Final Urawa Red Diamonds 1-0 Inter Goal: 51' Emerson (U) Inter: Toldo (88' Bindi), Dellafiore, Adani, Giani, Coco (80' Visconti), Karagounis (87' Di. Marino), Farinos, Lamouchi, Zicu (46' Costanzo, 78' M. Lombardo), Recoba, Choutos (7' Meggiorini). Coach: Orsi Urawa Red Diamonds: Tsuzuki (45' Yamagishi), Alpay, Horinouchi (71' Muroi), Uchidate, Iamada, Hasebe (82' Arai), Hirakawa, Yamase (77' Chishima), Suzuki (71' Sakai), Nagai (71' Okano), Emerson. Coach: Buchwald Referee: Nishimura (Japan)
NERAZZURRI NEWS
During the day on Thursday, the team had their last training session at the Wallis Annerberg Stadium, the University of California's football stadium. It was the training venue of the team, who drew their first games of the Club World Cup in Pasadena against Monterrey. The team have flown to Seattle, where our next two Group E games will be: Urawa Red Diamonds and River Plate are the opposition.
THE CAPTAIN'S NUMBERS
With the goal scored in the first game against Monterrey, Lautaro Martinez has scored nine goals in nine games in international competition in 2025 (UEFA Champions League and the FIFA Club World Cup). The captain is the first Nerazzurri to score in the new form of the global competition.
THE SEASON FOR THE URAWA RED DIAMONDS
The side from Saitama qualified for the FIFA Club World Cup thanks to their AFC Champions League 2022 win, when they won the double final in May 2023 against Al Hilal (1-1 and 1-0). The Urawa Red Diamonds have been Japanese Champions on five occasions, but have won the J1 League just once (in 2006). They have won the AFC Champions League three times, a Japanese record. They've participated in the old version of the Club World Cup three times, with their most recent appearance coming in the 2023/24 season when they were beaten by Manchester City in the semi-final. In the land of the rising sun, the league is played from February to December: in the current season, the Urawa Red Diamonds are currently third with 34 points after 21 matches. They are currently six points behind the Kashima Antlers, who have two games in hand. In the 2024 edition of the league, won by Vissel Kobe, the Urawa Red Diamonds came 13th with 48 points (12 wins, 12 draws and 14 losses). After the continental win against Al Hilal, the Japanese side played in the AFC Champions League 2023/24, where they were eliminated in the group stage: in that edition they finished second in their group alongside Pohang Steelers (South Korea), Hà Nội (Vietnam) and Wuhan San Zhen (China), failing to qualify as one of the best second-place teams.
GRUPPO E: GARE E CLASSIFICA
1ª GIORNATA GRUPPO E
River Plate - Urawa Red Diamonds 3-1 (12' Colidio (R), 48' Driussi (R), 58' rig. Matsuo (U), 73' Meza (R)).
Monterrey - INTER 1-1 (25' S. Ramos (M), 42' Lautaro (I)).
2ª GIORNATA GRUPPO E
21 giugno, ore 12:00 (locali, 21:00 in Italia) INTER - Urawa Red Diamonds - Lumen Field, Seattle
21 giugno, ore 18:00 (locali, 03:00 del 22 giugno in Italia) River Plate - Monterrey - Rose Bowl, Los Angeles
3ª GIORNATA GRUPPO E
25 giugno, ore 18:00 (locali, 03:00 del 26 giugno in Italia) INTER - River Plate - Lumen Field, Seattle
25 giugno, ore 18:00 (locali, 03:00 del 26 giugno in Italia) Urawa Red Diamonds - Monterrey - Rose Bowl, Los Angeles
CLASSIFICA
River Plate | 3 |
CF Monterrey | 1 |
Inter | 1 |
Urawa Red Diamonds | 0 |
INTER VS. URAWA RED DIAMONDS, WHERE TO WATCH ON TV
Inter vs. Urawa Red Diamonds, on Matchday 2 of Group E of the 2025 Club World Cup, will be streamed live on DAZN. All 63 matches will be streamed live and for free on DAZN, thanks to an exclusive agreement with FIFA. Every fan can follow Inter and the excitement of the Club World Cup wherever you are, in many languages, and on every device: smart TV, smartphone, tablet or console.
The match between Inter and Urawa Red Diamonds will also be live on Mediaset channels (Canale 5). On Infinity, you can watch it on the app or on mediasetplay.mediaset.it/
REFEREE
The referee of Inter vs. Urawa Red Diamonds, on Matchday 2 of Group E of the 2025 Club World Cup, will be the Mauritian Dahane Beida. His assistants will be Jerson Santos (Angola) and Stephen Yiembe (Kenya), with the New-Zealander Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh as fourth official.
Referee: Beida (MTN) Assistants: Santos (ANG) - Yiembe (KEN) Fourth Official: Kawana-Waugh (NZL) VAR: El Fariq (MAR) AVAR: Soto (VEN) SVAR: Dankert (GER)