Inter back to winning ways
Sunday, 21st of March
ANCONA - The Nerazzurri warmed up for Thursday's Uefa Cup fourth round return leg at home to Benfica with a comfortable 2-0 victory over Ancona on Sunday afternoon.
After a vivacious end-to-end first half at the Stadio Del Conero it was one-way traffic after the restart and Alvaro Recoba , easily Inter's most creative player, opened the scoring in the 61st minute. The Uruguayan received inside the Ancona half then advanced before unleashing a trademark left-foot rocket which gave Marcon no chance of making a save.
Just under ten minutes later Daniele Adani redoubled with a close-range header from Recoba's curled free kick.
Inter had a handful of chances to increase their lead, but the Ancona custodian did well to deny Il Chino a second on 84 minutes then Martins in the last minute of added time.
Match facts:
Scorers: Recoba 61', Adani 70'
Booked: C.Zanetti 17', Esposito 54', Berretta 68', Cordoba 73'
Referee: Palanca
INTER: 1 Toldo , 2 Cordoba , 4 J. Zanetti , 6 C.Zanetti , 9 Cruz (30 Martins 59'), 10 Adriano , 11 Stankovic , 13 Helveg , 25 Adani , 20 Recoba (31 Brechet 85'), 24 Gamarra
Subs not used: 71 Cordaz , 14 Farinos , 18 Kily Gonzalez , 19 Karagounis , 32 Vieri
Coach Alberto Zaccheroni
ANCONA: 31 Marcon, 2 Bolic, 4 Andersson, 7 Berretta, 8 D.Baggio, 14 Esposito, 15 Rapaic (19 Pandev 66'), 18 Goretti, 23 Ganz (27 Bucchi 75'), 28 Zavagno, 29 Sommese (11 Helguera 69')
Subs not used: 1 Hedman, 3 Bilica, 13 Maini, 42 Sogliano
Coach: Giovanni Galeone
source: inter.it
