Official Starting Lineups – Urawa Red Diamonds: Luis Henrique Starts | OneFootball

Inter Milan coach Cristian Chivu has decided to start Luis Henrique at wingback against Urawa Red Diamonds. Today’s second FIFA Club World Cup group stage match kicks off at 21.00 CET.

Inter Milan take on Urawa Red Diamonds this evening. It will be their second group stage match at the Club World Cup.

The Nerazzurri drew 1-1 with Mexican side Monterrey in their group stage opener.

Therefore, Inter will feel that they must get a win against Japanese side Urawa Reds this evening in order to take control in the group.

In his second match in charge, Inter coach Cristian Chivu has made four changes.

In goal, though, there are no surprises – Yann Sommer takes up his usual starting place.

Then, in defense, Stefan de Vrij replaces Francesco Acerbi in the middle of a back three along with Carlos Augusto and Matteo Darmian.

Luis Henrique Starts For The First Time

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Meanwhile, the most notable name on the teamsheet is that of Luis Henrique.

The Brazilian wingback had already come off the bench for Inter against Monterrey. However, this evening he makes his first start for Inter after joining from Marseille earlier this month.

Next, in midfield, Nicolo Barella and Kristjan Asllani keep their places for Inter.

However, Henrikh Mkhitaryan drops to the bench.

Sebastiano Esposito & Nicola Zalewski Start Behind Lautaro Martinez

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At left-wingback, meanwhile, Federico Dimarco starts.

Then, Inter coach Chivu has switched to a 3-4-2-1 formation. Therefore, rather than a strike partnership, there are two attacking midfielders playing behind Lautaro Martinez.

The two players who flank the Inter captain are Sebastiano Esposito and Nicola Zalewski.

In terms of injuries, meanwhile, Inter are without all of Yann Bisseck, Benjamin Pavard, Denzel Dumfries, Hakan Calhanoglu, Davide Frattesi, Piotr Zielinski, and Marcus Thuram.

Meanwhile, Mehdi Taremi remains in his home country of Iran. The 32-year-old has been unable to travel to the US due to the closure of Iranian airspace amid the escalating conflict with Israel.

Official Starting Lineups: Inter Milan Vs Urawa Red Diamonds: Luis Henrique Makes Full Debut

Inter Milan (3-4-2-1): Yann Sommer; Matteo Darmian, Stefan de Vrij, Carlos Augusto; Luis Henrique, Nicolo Barella, Kristjan Asllani, Federico Dimarco; Nicola Zalewski, Sebastiano Esposito, Lautaro Martinez. Substitutes: Josep Martinez, Raffaele Di Gennaro, Alessandro Calligaris, Francesco Acerbi, Tomas Palacios, Gabriele Re Cecconi, Alessandro Bastoni, Matteo Cocchi, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Petar Sucic, Tomas Berenbruch, Valentin Carboni, Giacomo De Pieri, Francesco Pio Esposito. Coach: Cristian Chivu. Suspended: no one. Injured and unavailable: Piotr Zielinski, Mehdi Taremi, Benjamin Pavard, Yann Bisseck, Hakan Calhanoglu, Denzel Dumfries, Davide Frattesi, Marcus Thuram.

Urawa Red Diamonds (4-2-3-1): Nishikawa; H. Ishihara, Danilo Boza, Høibråten, Naganuma; Gustafson, Yasui; Kaneko, Matheus Savio, Watanabe; Matsuo. Substitutes: Niekawa, Nemoto, Inoue, Matsumoto, Nitta, Hayakawa, Okubo, Sekine, Ogiwara, Takahashi, Thiago, Komori, Yoshida, Nakajima. Coach: Skorza. Suspended: no one. Injured and unavailable: no one.