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Milan edges Inter in Beijing
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 07 - 08 - 2011

Prince Boateng (top) dives for a header as he is challenged by Inter Milan's Walter Adrian Samuel (bottom) and Dejan Stankovic during their Italian Super Cup soccer match in Beijing Saturday. — Reuters
BEIJING — In a match that looked and felt like a real Milan derby, AC Milan prevailed over Inter Milan 2-1 to win the 2011 Italian Super Cup in Beijing.
Milan had to thank a fantastic second half performance by the Rossoneri and an astute substitution by Max Allegri. Inter went in front in the first half, but Milan was the superior side in the second 45 minutes and deserved the win.
The opening goal was scored by Wesley Sneijder. Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored the equalizer in the 60th minute and Kevin-Prince Boateng followed picked up a rebound to score the eventual winner. This is the sixth time in Milan's history that it has lifted the Italian Super Cup.
Real dazzles in China
In Tianjin, China, Real Madrid thrashed Tianjin Teda 6-0 in a pre-season friendly Saturday as it wrapped up its China tour with a warning to fierce rival Barcelona ahead of their Spanish Super Cup clash. Kaka opened the scoring with a penalty. Angel Di Maria added another minutes later and striker Gonzalo Higuain made it 3-0. Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema, who added a double, completed the tally.
Stuttgart, Wolfsburg
off to flying starts
VfB Stuttgart and VfL Wolfsburg, both Bundesliga strugglers last season, got off to flying starts Saturday with 3-0 wins over Schalke 04 and Cologne respectively in their opening matches of the new campaign.
In other matches it was: Augsburg 2, Freiburg 2; Werder Bremen 2, Kaiserslautern 0.
Champion Borussia Dortmund made a dream start by outclassing Hamburg SV 3-1 Friday.
Leicester makes winning start
Sven Goran Eriksson's Leicester justified its billing as one of the Championship's promotion favorites by grinding out a 1-0 win at Coventry on the opening day of the season Saturday.
Eriksson was handed a substantial transfer kitty by Leicester's Thai owners during the close-season and splashed out over £8 million on 10 new signings.
Scholes on target
Paul Scholes was on the scoresheet as he marked his Manchester United farewell with a goal in a 6-0 win over New York Cosmos as the former England midfielder waved goodbye to a packed Old Trafford Friday.


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