Salzburg 3 - 4 Inter

It finished 4-3 to Inter at the Red Bull Arena this evening. In a highly competitive match where the pouring rain played a big part, Konate initially gave the hosts the lead, but the Nerazzurri hit back straight away through a Pavlovic own goal from a Dimarco cross. De Vrij then made it 2-1 before Konate grabbed an equaliser. Correa restored Inter's advantage, only for Baidoo to head home at the start of a second half that finished with Sensi bagging a fantastic 90th-minute winner.

The game began with an Inter chance as Barella found Mkhitaryan, who failed to keep the ball down from a good position. The hosts were then awarded a penalty. Konate failed to convert it but opened the scoring just moments later. It took just three minutes for Inter to equalise as Dimarco played in a cross that Pavlovic diverted into his own net. In the 16th minute, Dimarco picked out Barella in behind but the latter was unable to win the 1v1 battle with the goalkeeper. The Nerazzurri started to go through the gears and took the lead through De Vrij after the hosts had failed to clear Barella's ball into the middle. The Austrians soon responded through a Konate header with 34 minutes on the clock. The back-and-forth nature of the opening period continued as Correa got on the end of a perfect Dumfries cross to head Inter in front in the 42nd minute.

With the heavy rain slowing the ball down at the Red Bull Arena, the intensity dropped in the second half, even if the home side scored straight away through Baidoo. Simone Inzaghi's side looked to respond as Barella and Mkhitaryan combined, with the latter seeing his volley saved by Mantl. Bastoni also came close to scoring from a Calhanoglu free-kick. In the 64th minute, another penalty was given to Salzburg. Once again, the Austrian side missed it as Simic shot wide. Shortly afterwards, Frattesi produced a fantastic acrobatic effort but was thwarted by the goalkeeper. However, Mantl could do nothing about the winner, which arrived in the 90th minute: Asllani found Sensi with a brilliant ball over the top, and the Italian displayed excellent composure to control it and fire into the net.

Inter's penultimate pre-season friendly thus finished in a 4-3 victory. At 20:00 CEST on Sunday 13 August, the Nerazzurri will face Albanian side Egnatia in Ferrara.

SALZBURG 3-4 INTER

Goalscorers: 6' Konate (S), 9' Pavlovic OG (I), 24' De Vrij (I), 34' Konate (S), 42' Correa (I), 46' Baidoo (S), 90' Sensi (I).

SALZBURG (4-3-1-2): 1 Mantl; 70 Dedic (39 Morgalla 46'), 22 Solet (5 Okoh 46'), 31 Pavlovic (6 Baidoo 46'), 3 Terzic (55 Wallner 46', 4 Piatkowski 57'); 18 Bidstrup (50 Sadeqi 57'), 27 Gourna-Douath (44 Tijani 46'), 14 Kjaergaard (8 Kameri 46'); 30 Gloukh (46 Jano 64'); 32 Forson (45 Nene 46'), 19 Konate (23 Simic 46'). A disposizione: 24 Schlager. Allenatore: Gerhard Struber

INTER (3-5-2): 1 Sommer; 36 Darmian (31 Bisseck 62'), 6 De Vrij (8 Gosens 69'), 95 Bastoni (19 Lazaro 86'); 2 Dumfries (17 Cuadrado 62'), 23 Barella (16 Frattesi 62'), 20 Calhanoglu (21 Asllani 69'), 22 Mkhitaryan (5 Sensi 69'), 32 Dimarco (44 Stabile 91'); 9 Thuram, 11 Correa (30 Esposito 82'). Substitutes: 12 Di Gennaro, 35 F. Stankovic, 50 A. Stankovic. Coach: Simone Inzaghi.

Booked: 75' Frattesi (I).

Referee: Sebastian Gishamer.

UPDATES

FULL-TIME: SALZBURG 3-4 INTER

90' GOAL FOR INTER! Asllani plays a beautiful ball over the top for Sensi, who shows great composure to beat Mantl!

86' Simic finds the net but it's ruled out for offside.

82' It's stopped raining, but the players seem to be feeling the effect of the heavy pitch.

71' Gosens whips in a cross for Frattesi, whose acrobatic volley is kept out by Mantl!

69' Simic shoots his spot-kick wide!

68' Salzburg are awarded another penalty, this time for a foul by Bisseck on Simic.

64' Bastoni gets on the end of Calhanoglu's free-kick but Mantl makes an impressive stop. A great chance for the Nerazzurri!

60' Barella plays a perfect ball across to Mkhitaryan, whose volley is tipped over by Mantl.

59' The tempo has dropped considerably here, with the wet pitch hindering the ball's movement.

46' Baidoo scores a header to level the match. 3-3.

46' The second half kicks off.

HALF-TIME: SALZBURG 2-3 INTER

42' GOAL FOR INTER! Dumfries picks out Correa with a lovely cross and the Argentine restores the Nerazzurri's lead with his head!

34' GOAL. Konate heads in from close range.

24' GOAL FOR INTER!! The home side fail to clear Barella's ball in and De Vrij converts with his left foot!

16' Dimarco picks out Barella, who only has Mantl to beat. The goalkeeper comes out on top!

11' Forson fires narrowly wide on the volley.

9' GOAL FOR INTER!! Dimarco plays in a cross that Pavlovic puts into his own net!

6' GOAL. Konate gives Salzburg the lead.

5' Konate shoots over from the penalty spot!

4' Sommer brings down Konate and Salzburg have a penalty.

1' An immediate chance for Inter as Barella escapes down the right and centres the ball for Mkhitaryan, who shoots over.

1' Away we go at the Red Bull Arena!