Inter ease past Bayern

Eder at the double

SINGAPORE, July 27, (RTRS): Inter Milan striker Martins Eder scored two first-half headers as the Italian side continued to impress on their pre-season tour of Asia with a comfortable 2-0 victory over Bayern Munich at the Singapore National Stadium on Thursday.

Inter have started well under new coach Luciano Spalletti, beating Lyon 1-0 in Nanjing, China on Monday, and their well-organised unit were able to both contain a formidable Bayern forward line and punch holes in the German side’s defence.

The Italians would have been delighted with their first-half performance as Spalletti’s defence closed down almost every Bayern threat with the 2-0 scoreline also reflecting just how dangerous they were on the counter-attack.

After a lively opening, Bayern manufactured the first good opportunity when winger Franck Ribery cut in from the left and unleashed a ferocious rising shot that Inter goalkeeper Samir Handanovic did well to tip over.

The action switched ends as Inter opened the scoring a minute later when Bayern Munich’s Thomas Muller (left), fights for the ball with Inter Milan’s Ivan Perisic during their International Champions Cup football match in Singapore on July 27.

(AFP)