Inter 0-2 Al-Ittihad Club: Diaby nets brace in friendly win over Nerazzurri

Game is over and the final score is Inter 0-2 Al-Ittihad Club. Here is the match report.

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Match Report

Diaby struck either side of half-time to ensure the triumph over the Serie A champions, and now has three goals in his first four games since his move from Aston Villa. 

The defeat is Inter's first of pre-season, with Simone Inzaghi's side concluding their preparations for the new campaign against Chelsea this weekend. 

Having been second-best in the opening exchanges, Al Ittihad took the lead in the 25th minute when Diaby was picked out by Houssem Aouar before firing the ball beyond 

Yann Sommer. 

Despite Inter registering seven shots to their opponents' four in the first half, they found themselves further behind two minutes into the second half. 

A loose pass by Alessandro Bastoni was punished as Ahmed Al Ghamdi saw his effort saved by Sommer, only for the rebound to fall kindly for Diaby to score his second. 

Milan improved in the forward areas but were unable to test Predrag Rajkovic as Laurent Blanc's side held on for the win in Italy. 

After scoring six times in the Premier League for Aston Villa in 38 appearances, Diaby has already scored half of that total in his first four games for Al Ittihad. 

The Frenchman was in top form against Inter, registering the most shots (three) and shots on target (two), with his expected goals (xG) total of 0.24 only bettered by Benzema (0.55). 

Line-ups

Inter XI: Sommer, Darmian, Acerbi, Calhanoglu, Correa, Dimarco, Barella, Thuram, Bastoni, Frattesi, Yann Bisseck

Subs: Mkhitaryan, De Vrij, Raffaele Di Gennaro, Dumfries, Pavard, Josep Martínez, Salcedo, Carlos Augusto, Alessandro Fontanarosa, Kristjan Asllani, Daniele Quieto, Thomas Berenbruch

Al-Ittihad Club XI: Benzema, P. Rajković, Fabinho, Fawaz Al-Sqoor, Luiz Felipe, Aouar, Diaby, Faisal Al-Ghamdi, Awad Al-Nashri, Hasan Kadesh, Saad Al-Mousa

Subs: Kante, Saleh Al-Shehri, Abdulmohsin Fallatah, Abdulrahman Al-Oboud, Jota, Muhannad Shanqeeti, Hamed Al-Ghamdi, Ahmed Al-Ghamdi, Mohammed Al-Mahasneh, Osama Al-Mermesh, Marwan Al-Sahafi, Muath Fagihy, Abdalellah Hawsawi