Karim Onisiwo lifts RB Salzburg over Pachuca after delay

Field Level Media|published: Wed 18th June, 21:46 2025

[Subscription Customers Only] Jun 18, 2025; Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; General view inside the stadium as the match is delayed due to adverse weather during a group stage match of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup at TQL Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kai Pfaffenbach-Reuters via Imagn Images

Substitute Karim Onisiwo powered in a 76th-minute header to lift FC Red Bull Salzburg to a 2-1 victory over CF Pachuca on Wednesday night in a FIFA Club World Cup Group H clash in Cincinnati.

Oscar Gloukh's 42nd-minute strike from beyond the penalty area opened the scoring for the Austrian side, which moved to the top of the group after Real Madrid and Al-Hilal drew their tournament opener earlier.

The match had an approximately 90-minute delay early in the second half due to severe weather, and Pachuca's Bryan Gonzalez delivered a 56th-minute free-kick equalizer only moments after play restarted. The ball snuck in at the near post after looping over the defensive wall.

However, that was the only ball to get past 18-year-old Salzburg goalkeeper Christian Zawieschitzky, who was making his senior debut.

On the opening goal, Gloukh received Valentin Sulzbacher's pass on the left side of the penalty area, cut the ball across lunging defender Pedro Pedraza to his right foot, then drove his strike beyond Carlos Moreno's dive inside the far right post.

Before Gloukh's opener, Zawieschitzky denied Pachuca's Salomon Rondon twice and Elias Montiel to keep his side level.

Two minutes after the break, the Salzburg goalkeeper stood tall to thwart Alexei Dominguez at his near post, then kept his composure to stop Rondon again after the veteran Venezuelan reached Kenedy's early cross.

--Field Level Media

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