Inter Milan scored twice in the last 18 minutes to beat River Plate 2-0 on Wednesday and progress to the knockout stage of the Club World Cup as Group E winners and send the Argentines home.Teenager Francesco Esposito broke the deadlock soon after River had been reduced to 10 men by the dismissal of Lucas Martinez Quarta with Alessandro Bastoni adding the second in stoppage time.

Inter Milan secured a 2-0 victory over River Plate to advance to the Club World Cup's second round. Francesco Pio Esposito scored in the 72nd minute on Wednesday night's match, just after River Plate’s Lucas Martínez Quarta received a red card.

Facundo Colidio headed their best chance of the game into the arms of Yann Sommer midway through the second half and when Inter countered, Lucas Quarta brought down Henrikh Mkhitaryan as the last man and was sent off, adding to River’s awful disciplinary record at the tournament.