<p>Seattle: River Plate opened their Club World Cup campaign with a 3-1 win over Urawa Red Diamonds on Tuesday, with goals from Facundo Colidio, Sebastian Driussi and Maxi Meza enough to see off a spirited challenge from the Japanese side.</p><p>The Argentine team got off to a dominant start and opened the scoring after 12 minutes when Colidio headed home a fine cross from Marcos Acuna on the left.</p><p>"We needed to start the tournament like this we knew we could do it, it was a tough game like we knew it was going to be," Colidio told DAZN.</p><p>"Today we were very effective and that's why we won. We knew we had to be intense too and we took our chances."</p><p>Urawa went close to equalising before the break, with Marius Hoibraten having a goal ruled out for offside and Takuro Kaneko drawing a sharp save from goalkeeper Franco Armani.</p>.Mbappe doubtful for Real Madrid’s Club World Cup opener against Al-Hilal.<p>However, Driussi doubled the lead three minutes into the second half, capitalising on a poor header back from Hoibraten to head the ball over the advancing goalkeeper Shusaku Nishikawa and into an empty net.</p><p>Striker Driussi was forced off soon after, having picked up an injury in the build-up, and Urawa pulled one back in the 58th minute through Yusuke Matsuo, who calmly converted a penalty following a foul by Acuna.</p><p>While Urawa pushed hard for an equaliser, substitute Meza delivered the decisive blow in the 73rd minute, with yet another header from Acuna's corner, his second assist of the match.</p><p>"I'm happy with the first game. There was a lot of nerves, it was important to win," River coach Marcelo Gallardo said.</p><p>"They are a physical, fast and dynamic team, we knew it was going to be like that. The goals gave us peace of mind... we have room for improvement for what's to come."</p><p>River will face Mexico's Monterrey on Saturday, while Urawa take on Champions League runners-up Inter Milan in Group E. </p>
<p>Seattle: River Plate opened their Club World Cup campaign with a 3-1 win over Urawa Red Diamonds on Tuesday, with goals from Facundo Colidio, Sebastian Driussi and Maxi Meza enough to see off a spirited challenge from the Japanese side.</p><p>The Argentine team got off to a dominant start and opened the scoring after 12 minutes when Colidio headed home a fine cross from Marcos Acuna on the left.</p><p>"We needed to start the tournament like this we knew we could do it, it was a tough game like we knew it was going to be," Colidio told DAZN.</p><p>"Today we were very effective and that's why we won. We knew we had to be intense too and we took our chances."</p><p>Urawa went close to equalising before the break, with Marius Hoibraten having a goal ruled out for offside and Takuro Kaneko drawing a sharp save from goalkeeper Franco Armani.</p>.Mbappe doubtful for Real Madrid’s Club World Cup opener against Al-Hilal.<p>However, Driussi doubled the lead three minutes into the second half, capitalising on a poor header back from Hoibraten to head the ball over the advancing goalkeeper Shusaku Nishikawa and into an empty net.</p><p>Striker Driussi was forced off soon after, having picked up an injury in the build-up, and Urawa pulled one back in the 58th minute through Yusuke Matsuo, who calmly converted a penalty following a foul by Acuna.</p><p>While Urawa pushed hard for an equaliser, substitute Meza delivered the decisive blow in the 73rd minute, with yet another header from Acuna's corner, his second assist of the match.</p><p>"I'm happy with the first game. There was a lot of nerves, it was important to win," River coach Marcelo Gallardo said.</p><p>"They are a physical, fast and dynamic team, we knew it was going to be like that. The goals gave us peace of mind... we have room for improvement for what's to come."</p><p>River will face Mexico's Monterrey on Saturday, while Urawa take on Champions League runners-up Inter Milan in Group E. </p>