Pre-season: Inter Beats Lyon

A bumpy pitch and hot weather took the shine off Inter Milan’s 1-0 victory over Lyon yesterday in a pre-season friendly held in China. The match at Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre – home of Chinese Super League’s Jiangsu Suning – saw both sides struggle with the poor surface and humidity. The city’s weather bureau issued a red heatwave alert earlier in the day, ordering all outdoor work in the city to be stopped as temperatures hit 39 degrees Celsius, although the mercury dropped by the start of the match.