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Atletico beats Inter to win Super Cup
By Jerome Pugmire
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 28 - 08 - 2010

Jose Antonio Reyes and Sergio Aguero scored second-half goals as Atletico Madrid beat Inter Milan 2-0 to win the European Super Cup for the first time Friday.
Atletico continued its run of form after winning the Europa League last season. Inter won the Champions League under former coach Jose Mourinho, who has been replaced by former Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez.
“We have the squad to win titles. Today we showed it,” Reyes said.
Atletico took the lead in the 62nd minute when Inter failed to clear the ball on the edge of the area and it fell to Reyes, who glided past Maicon with a neat touch and drove a shot into the bottom left corner past goalkeeper Julio Cesar Aguero tapped into an empty net in the 83rd.
Inter striker Diego Milito's last-minute penalty was superbly saved by Atletico goalkeeper David de Gea.
Benitez, who guided Liverpool to its fifth Champions League title in 2005, remained upbeat despite the defeat.
“I think we played well, we had three dangerous situations in front of the goal,” the Spaniard said.
Moments before Atletico's opening goal, Cesar had denied Reyes with a brilliant one-handed save low to his right as the former Arsenal forward cut inside down the right side and curled a shot goalward.
Milito, Inter's star when it beat Bayern Munich to win the Champions League, saw his shot deflected for a corner as Inter started brightly before gradually losing steam.
Samuel Eto'o, playing in a role out on the left, looked frustrated as he rarely got on the ball, but in the 32nd, he jinked past two defenders and hit a low shot which flew just past the right post.
Atletico striker Diego Forlan, the star of Uruguay's run to the World Cup semifinals, was well contained by the Inter defense and the Spanish side's most threatening player in the first half was the Argentina forward Aguero.
Roared on by Atletico's noisy fans, Aguero found space in the penalty area moments before the interval, but drove his powerful shot over the crossbar.
Atletico got on top in the second half, mainly because Inter failed to contain the pace of Reyes and the clever runs off the ball of Aguero as their defenders still had to keep an eye on the sleek and elusive Forlan.
Inter still might have set up a grandstand finish when Goran Pandev was fouled in the box, but Milito's penalty was tipped around the post by Atletico's 19-year-old goalkeeper De Gea.
Prior to the game, police intervened quickly to prevent a clash between small factions of hooligans from Atletico and Inter.
Kaiserslautern stuns
champion Bayern
Promoted club Kaiserslautern scored twice within 66 seconds in the first half to upset reigning Bundesliga champion Bayern Munich 2-0 in Frankfurt Friday night and remain undefeated in the season.
Ivo Ilicevic opened the scoring in the 36th minute and Srdjan Lakic made it 2-0 a minute later as Kaiserslautern improved to a perfect six points on top of the Bundesliga after two rounds.
“It was an amazing night and an amazing gift for the fans,” said Kaiserslautern coach Marco Kurz. “We knew it would be tough against Bayern and wanted to challenge them.
Ilicevic, who was sent off after a second yellow card two minutes into stoppage time, added: “We waited for our chances and used them.”
However, Ilicevic said the would not get too excited about its great start.


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