The adventure of Inter’s Primavera in the Youth League opened with an extraordinary victory. Against one of the most accredited formations like Manchester City, Andrea Zanchetta’s team found an enthusiastic victory driven by an unleashed Berenbruch.
A match full of emotions and goals, with the citizens taking the lead at the start with Alfa-Ruprech due to a lack of attention in the Inter’s play. After the initial trauma, Berenbruch equalizes the score at minute 8 with a precise left foot that leaves no escape for Wint. At the quarter of an hour, Inter reverses the result: Lavelli earns a penalty and does not miss from 11 meters. Just two minutes later, on the rebound of the English goalkeeper to the shot from the edge of an unstoppable Berenbruch, Alexiou makes it 1-3.
The second half opens with a cold shower for Inter: uncertainty from Alexiou and a double from Alfa-Ruprecht that narrows the gap. After a second half of suffering, the one to definitively close the accounts could only be Berenbruch at the 80′: the midfielder launches a missile from his left from distance that bags under the crossbar. The first European match of Inter’s U19 team that impresses in Manchester ends 2-4.
Manchester City-Inter 2-4, scoreboard and scorers
Scorers: 1′, 47′ Alfa-Ruprecht (M), 8′, 80′ Berenbruch (I), 15′ pen. Lavelli (I), 17′ Alexiou (I).
MANCHESTER CITY (4-3-3): 1 Wint, 2 Henderson-Hall (14 Mfuni 68′), 3 Samuel, 4 Simpson-Pusey, 5 Braithwaite; 8 Oboavwoduo (16 Mukasa 79′), 6 Wright, 10 O’Reilly; 7 Alfa-Ruprecht, 9 Warhurst, 11 Heskey (17 Mcaidoo 68′). Subs: 13 Whatmuff, 31 Hudson, 12 Thomas, 15 Gray, 18 Fletcher. Coach: Ben Wilkinson
INTER (4-3-3): 1 Zamarian; 2 Della Mora (17 Venturini 83′), 6 Alexiou, 5 Re Cecconi (14 Kangasniemi 68′), 3 Cocchi (15 Motta 68′); 8 Topalovic (16 Zarate 59′), 4 Zanchetta, 7 Berenbruch; 10 De Pieri, 9 Lavelli (18 Spinacce 59′), 11 Mosconi. Subs: 12 Taho, 13 Maye, 19 Romano, 20 Pinotti. Coach: Andrea Zanchetta
Booked: Oboavwoduo (M), Mcaidoo (M).
Referee: Ishmael Barbara Assistants: James Muscat-Duncan Spence Fourth official: Benjamin Speedie.
