Within the framework of the International Cup of Champions there were two teams that, against the background of the other participants of the tournament, look not so strong - Inter had to fight with Lyon. The Italian team was replaced by a coach and there are serious questions about the future of one of the leaders - Perisic desperately wants to leave for Manchester. Lyons finally broke up with Lacazette and got stronger - Alexander Diaz was replaced by Diaz from Real and Traore from Chelsea. Not bad, huh?.
From the first minutes of the team gave hope for an open attacking game, but we did not see any goals scored. Traore from the "weavers" camp tried to show his individual skills, but Miranda got busy with the ex-Chelsea player, so Bertrand could only hope for long-range strikes that lacked precision. The Brazilian defender Inter, by the way, managed to remember at the gate of others. "Neradzurri" often served angular at the near post, where Miranda was regularly found, but the captain of the nominal owners did not excel.
At the end of 30 minutes of the game, Markal was replaced. Fernando suffered damage in one of the joints - we hope that this is only a precautionary measure. Teams tried to excel, but really dangerous moments were very few. Darder after the error of the opponent tried to throw Handanovich, but the ball flew and the Slovenian, and the gate. Diaz, in turn, wanted to surprise Genezio with the slalom pass, but Miranda was magnificent on that day and "eaten" everything that moved. At the rest of the team left at "zeros" on the scoreboard.
After the break, the coaches made many substitutions, which significantly changed the picture of the game. Inter looked much more active than his opponent, which resulted in dangerous moments. Jovetic brilliantly passed several opponents withstood a pause and hit the goalkeeper. And Gabigol, in turn, raced off to a rendezvous with Gorzhelen, but could not beat the vis-a-vis. Lyon began to respond somewhere in the middle of the second half, but without much difficulty for Padelli, who replaced in the frame of the goal Handanovicha.
At the 75th minute Inter scored his goal - Mariu wound his opponent and rolled under the blow Jovetic, and Stevan shot an empty gate. Note that the goal was preceded by a mistake of one of the midfielders "weavers", who lost the ball near his own penalty. Wards Spalletti could double the advantage, but Perisic did not have time to strike - an excellent tackle Tete within the rules stripped the Croat of the ball.
Team Genozio could not hold the final assault, so the referee's whistle recorded a minimum victory of Inter. Lyon stopped his performances at the International Cup of Champions, and "Nerazzurri" on Thursday will meet with Bayern.
Artem Androsyan, Football. Ua Inter - Lyon 1: 0.
Goals: Jovetic, 75 Inter:
Handanovich (Padelli, 46) - Nagatomo (Valietti, 46), Miranda (Ranokkia, 67), Murillo (Screenier, 46), D'Ambrosio-Gallardini (Kondogbia, 46), Borja Valero , 67) - Eder (Perisic, 46), Joao Mariou (Byabjani, 89), Kandreva (Gabigol, 46) - Pinamonti (Jovetic, 46) Lyon: Lopez (Gorzhelen, 46) - Raphael (Tete, 46), Marcelo Diakabi, 60), Morel, Markal (Mendy, 30, (N'Kulu, 60)) - Tusar (Ferry, 60), Darder (Grenier, 60) - Depay (Mamman, 68), Fekir (Auar, 46), Traore (Maulida, 46) - Diaz (Gohiri, 46) Warnings: D'Ambrosio - Dard.