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Dark clouds over the stadium where Salzburg and Pachuca played their Club World Cup match

Key Takeaways:

RB Salzburg started the Club World Cup with a 2:1 win over Pachuca in Group H
The match was interrupted for nearly an hour due to a thunderstorm in Cincinnati
Onisiwo scored the winning goal after Pachuca had equalised from a free-kick

RB Salzburg began their participation in the Club World Cup with a 2:1 win over Mexican side Pachuca in a Group H match. The encounter in Cincinnati offered everything – fast pace, chances, a thunderstorm, a one-hour interruption, and three beautiful goals.

The Austrian champions took the field with an offensive strategy and created pressure on Carlos Moreno’s goal from the opening minutes. Petar Ratkov and Edmund Baidoo were active early on, while Oscar Gloukh was the most involved from a deeper position. It was the young Israeli who opened the scoring in the 42nd minute with a powerful low shot into the far corner.

RB Salzburg edge out Pachuca to secure all three points in their Club World Cup debut!💪 pic.twitter.com/ezwDIl9Vfm
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Pachuca were not passive and had earlier struck the post through Salomon Rondon. The Austrian side’s goalkeeper Christian Zawieschitzky had to make several key saves. The Mexican team came close to equalising before halftime, but misses from Kennedy and Rondon kept the Red Bulls ahead by a slim margin.

After the break, play was halted for nearly an hour due to a thunderstorm above the stadium. The pause benefited Pachuca, who equalised seconds after the restart – Bryan Gonzalez scored directly from a free-kick with a great strike in the 56th minute.

The Mexicans pushed for a full comeback and Kennedy had a golden opportunity to reverse the score but missed the target. Instead, in the 76th minute, Karim Onisiwo punished defensive hesitation and headed in the winning goal for RB Salzburg – 2:1.

Thus, the European team secured a crucial opening victory in the tough Group H, while Pachuca were left with the disappointment of a missed opportunity in a match that had everything – including the whims of the weather.