Our prediction for this FIFA Club World Cup match:
Inter
Match Time & Date:
30/06/2025
21:00
Prediction: 1-0
Fluminense
Inter will be aiming to build on a 2-0 win over nine-man River Plate when they take on Fluminense in the FIFA Club World Cup last 16. The Nerazzurri proved their worth in their last group game and they are seen as favourites to win Monday’s showdown as well. Fit-again forward Francesco Pio Esposito should keep his place in the starting line-up after scoring the opener against River Plate, while there are no fresh injury worries in Cristian Chivu’s team.
Fluminense, on the other hand, head into the match following a goalless draw with Mamelodi Sundowns. Thiago Silva and Co. are likely to adopt yet another defence-minded approach in Monday’s clash, but preventing Inter attackers from finding the net is easier said than done. Taking everything into account, we predict that the Serie A outfit will advance to the FIFA Club World Cup semis. The likes of Otavio, Riquelme Felipe, and Isaque Silva are expected to miss out with injuries for the nominal visitors.
Highlighted Player (Thiago Silva):
Brazilian defender Thiago Silva is one of the highest rated defenders in world football. Having emerged from Fluminense youth ranks, the 31-year-old defender established himself as a world-class performer while plying his trade for AC Milan from 2009 to 2012.
Having largely contributed to Rossonerri’s title winning campaign in 2010-11, Thiago Silva moved to Paris Saint-Germain together with Zlatan Ibrahimovic for a reported fee worth €42 million, which made him then second-most expensive defender in football history after Rio Ferdinand.
Silva was an immediate success at the French club, helping Les Parisiens win four consecutive Ligue 1 titles in the process. Heavily linked with a move away from Parc des Princes, fan favourite Thiago Silva remains a key figure at Paris Saint-Germain and a leader of the new wave under head coach Unai Emery. Having already surpassed the 100-game mark for the French giants, Thiago Silva is slowly writing his name in the history books of Paris Saint-Germain.
Highlighted Team (Inter):
Internazionale Milano, known as Internazionale, Inter or Inter named Milan, is a football club from Italy, founded on March 9, 1908 by a number of "rebels" who did not like in the regulations of the Milan Cricket and Football Club, now known as AC Milan. The main objection was that no foreign players were allowed. In 1928 the club merged with US Milanese and strongly entered a time when Ambrosiana-Inter survived.
The club, nicknamed the Nerazzurri or the blue / blacks has had many successes. This is how Inter Milan won 18 national titles, seven times the Italian Cup, the UEFA Cup 3x, and 3x times the Champions League, formerly known as the European Cup I.
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