Mkhitaryan opened a bold victory for Inter. Photo: CBS Sports.
Inter Milan launched a pretty strong squad with names like Nicolo Barella, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Edin Dzeko… Therefore, they easily controlled the game, creating a lot of opportunities towards the Salzburg goal right after the opening whistle. .
In the 20th minute, Mkhitaryan opened the scoring for coach Simone Inzaghi’s army with a situation to penetrate the penalty area and finish a neat touch from Federico Dimacro’s cross. Before the break, the Serie A representative doubled the lead thanks to Francesco Acerbi’s close-range header in the 41st minute. The RB Salzburg players made a mistake when they forgot the Inter midfielder.
In the second half, Inter Milan continued to maintain the initiative with the ball control rate of 61%. Thanks to that, they had two more goals after Fernandes da Silva’s own goal in the 72nd minute and Valentin Carboni’s close-range situation.
Salzburg made a number of personnel adjustments to improve the game, but to no avail. They accept defeat 0-4.
Another Serie A representative who also played a friendly match on the morning of December 8 was Napoli. Their opponent is Antalyaspor, the team is ranked 11th in the Turkish national championship. Napoli led 2-0 in the first half thanks to goals from Giacomo Raspadori, Matteo Politano.
Early in the second half, Admir Mehmedi shortened the score for Antalyaspor but Raspadori continued to shine to help Napoli re-establish the gap of 2 goals. In the 86th minute, Hakan Ozmert scored to rekindle the hope of a draw for Antalyaspor but the remaining time was not enough. The Turkish representative accepted a 2-3 defeat.
Hoang Nguyen | 08:30 December 8, 2022
