Inter club retained the Italian Super Cup title in football, by defeating its rivals Milan 3-0, on Wednesday, at King Fahd International Stadium in the Saudi capital, Riyadh.
Inter won the title for the seventh and second time in a row, in the first half, with goals from Federico Di Marco (10) and Bosnian Edin Dzeko (21), before Argentine Lautaro Martinez added the third goal in the second half (77).
This cup is the first title of the season for Inter, who is seeking to return to the coronations, following losing the race to preserve the “Scudetto” title last season, once morest Milan, in particular, in the final meters.
The two teams met face to face in this competition once, it was in 2011 and it ended in favor of Milan 2-1, thanks to the goal of the veteran Swede, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who returned to the ranks of the club, but he will not be available because he did not recover from a knee injury that kept him out of action for several months.
The two teams met in the league this season, and the match ended with a dramatic victory for Milan 3-2 on the third of last September in the fifth trip, and they will meet once more on the fifth of next February.
Inter coach Simone Inzaghi won the fourth Super Cup title in his fourth final, following winning it as a coach with Lazio twice in 2017 and 2019 and with his current team last season, and thus equaled the record for the number of times registered in the name of famous coaches Fabio Capello and Marcello Lippi.
Inter had won this title on six previous occasions, in 1989, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2021. With this seventh coronation, he has, along with Milan, the second best record behind Juventus, the record holder for the number of titles (9 times).
On the other hand, Milan was hoping to take advantage of this cup to restore its balance following being tied in two matches in the domestic league following the resumption of activity following the Qatar World Cup, which allowed Napoli to move away by 9 points in the lead, in addition to its exit from the local cup competition by losing it to Turin 0-1 following Extension, noting that the latter completed the match with ten players.
This is the third time that Riyadh has hosted the Italian Super Cup in a busy week in the Saudi capital, following four teams competed in the Spanish Super Cup and ended with Barcelona’s outright victory over Real Madrid 3-1 in the final on Sunday.
