Argentine Lautaro Martinez scored a deadly goal and led Inter to victory over Napoli 1-0 on Monday in Riyadh and win the Italian Super Cup for the third time in a row and the eighth in its history.
Inter, the winner of the cup competition last season, appeared on its way to going to penalty kicks in the final of the first edition of the Super Cup, which is held with the participation of four teams instead of the league and cup champions, after failing to reach the net despite Napoli, the league champion, having to complete the match with ten. Two players in the last half hour as a result of the expulsion of Argentine Giovanni Simeone.
But Lautaro snatched the goal in the first minute of stoppage time, making his coach Simone Inzaghi the first to win the Super Cup five times (twice with Lazio and three with Inter), and his Inter team the second team to win it for the third time in a row after its arch-neighbor Milan (1992, 1993 and 1994). ).
Inter and Napoli reached the final with two major victories, one score over Lazio and Fiorentina, 3-0 respectively.
Winning the Super Cup will give Inter the necessary impetus to complete its promising season and try to emerge victorious from its battle in the local league with Juventus, which removed its rival from the lead by taking advantage of its absence, by defeating Lecce 3-0 on Sunday.
Inter also reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League, where it will face its Spanish guest, Atletico Madrid, next February 20, in the first leg.
BCCI Award 2024: Neither Rohit nor Virat! This player will receive BCCI Cricketer of the Year award
BCCI Cricketer Of The Year: The BCCI awards are being given for the first time since 2019 and players from both India and England teams are expected to be present at the ceremony ahead of the first Test starting here from Thursday.
BCCI Awards 2024: Former Indian all-rounder and head coach Ravi Shastri will be honored with the 'Lifetime Achievement Award' of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) here on Tuesday. Opening batsman Shubman Gill will be given the Best Cricketer of the Year award for his excellent performance in the last 12 months. During these (Shubman Gill Record in 2023) 12 months, he became the fastest player to score two thousand runs in One Day International and scored five centuries in this format. The BCCI official said, "He (Shastri) was selected for the (Ravi Shastri Lifetime Achievement Award Winner) award while Gill (Shubhman Gill Win BCCI Cricketer Of The Year Award) was given the Best Cricketer Of The Year Award." Will go.
The BCCI awards are being given for the first time since 2019 and players from both India and England teams are expected to be present at the ceremony ahead of the first Test starting here on Thursday. Sixty-one-year-old Shastri represented India in 80 Tests and 150 ODIs. After retirement, he made his mark as a commentator. Shastri was the coach of the national team twice. He joined the national team as team director from 2014 to 2016 and then took on the role of head coach under the captaincy of Virat Kohli from 2017 to the T20 World Cup in 2021.
Under his guidance, India won two consecutive Test series in Australia. However, under his guidance the team could not win any ICC competition. Under Shastri's guidance, India reached the final of the World Test Championship but lost to New Zealand. India also reached the semi-finals of the ODI World Cup in 2019.