By Alastair Himmer
Yokohama - Substitute Adriano fired an 82nd-minute winner as Brazil's Internacional beat Barcelona 1-0 to win the Club World Cup in a smash-and-grab raid on Sunday.
Barcelona had totally dominated in front of 67 000 in Yokohama until Adriano latched on to Iarley's clever ball to beat goalkeeper Victor Valdes with the deftest of flicks.
"I said yesterday that we didn't need to fear Barcelona," Inter coach Abel Braga told reporters, before revealing a unique motivational method for the final.
'I'm over the moon' "We shut the players in a room for 15 minutes yesterday to get their spirits up for this game.
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"The only thing that would give me more joy would be to win this again next year - or to become coach of the Brazil national team and win the World Cup."
Adriano's strike was a bolt from the blue and stunned Barcelona into action.
Deco forced a superb save from Inter goalkeeper Clemer moments later and Ronaldinho shaved the post with a free kick from 25m in the 85th minute as Barca tried to respond.
Barcelona struggled to reproduce the same form they showed in their 4-0 demolition of Mexico's America in the semifinals.
'Deco was voted player of the tournament' But Inter, who scraped past Egypt's Al Ahli 2-1 in their previous game, rarely threatened and Adriano's breakaway winner came from a rare upfield raid by the Libertadores Cup holders.
"I'm over the moon," beamed the match winner Adriano, who only came on after an injury to Inter captain Fernandao in the 76th minute.
"I wasn't expecting to come on. To come on and score the winning goal is a dream come true."
Ronaldinho squandered Barcelona's best chance of the first half, blasting into the side-netting after goalkeeper Clemer had spilled Deco's long-range shot in the 19th minute.
Substitute Xavi forced a sharp save from Clemer in the 74th minute after a clever flick from Deco but Barca failed to add the finishing touch to their slick build-up play.
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