Sporting 1 - 0 inter (382900758)

Clouds darkened the skies at Sporting 77 Arena as 27227 spectators turned up for the match. Paolo Battiato was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Seran Boetes and Echedey Cózar. Sporting started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Botilla - Castro, Sáenz Rodríguez, Jiménez - Garrido, Oroña, Carres, Zufiria, Camazón - Domezain, Bové.

inter had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Starters: Runturambi - Torres, Baker, Thortorp - Ezquieta, Retteich, Jorgačević, Daners, Herles - Zanella, Nørlund.

Sporting mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. E. Bové's lightning pace was too much for C. Baker who could only look on as the Sporting player blasted one home. 1 - 0. The visitors kept the pressure on to tie the game when, after 13 minutes, R. Torres broke through the centre and found himself alone with the keeper. J. Botilla made a great block, though. The referee showed inter's L. Herles the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. 1 - 0 was the halftime score. Sporting had most of the ball, with 55 percent of possession.

Sporting put in a good effort on the right, but R. Carres saw his volley fly wide of the mark 77 minutes into the game. Sporting's P. Jiménez put in a disappointing effort on a penalty after 79 minutes, firing just wide of the goal. Sporting claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 56 percent.

The most dominating Sporting player was without a doubt E. Bové. P. Garrido on the other hand, had a terrible day. inter's best player was M. Retteich. On the other hand, L. Herles's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 0.