Lautaro Martinez earned and converted a penalty that gave Inter a precious 1-0 away victory at Rapid Vienna, who hadn’t conceded at home in the Europa League.
2018/2019 UEFA Europa League
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Match Events
39'Penalty Goal! Rapid Wien 0-1 Inter (Lautaro)
PENALTY AWARDED! Manuel Thurnwald brings Lautaro Martinez to ground in the box and the referee points to the spot!
GOOOAL! Inter take a 1-0 lead! Lautaro Martínez puts the visitors in front with an emphatic penalty into the roof of the middle of the net.
65' Great save from Handanovic
Berisha reached the ball on the by-line and managed to skid a low cross into the Inter box. The unmarked Knasmuller made a first-time connection, but Handanovic was on hand to make an excellent reaction save from close range. That was Rapid's best chance of the game so far.
Match Reports:
Inter are in control of their Europa League last-32 tie with Rapid Vienna thanks to Thursday's 1-0 victory in Austria.
A penalty from Argentine striker Lautaro Martinez six minutes before half-time was enough to give Luciano Spalletti's side the win, their second in a row in all competitions.
Much of the pre-match talk centred around Mauro Icardi, who was stripped of the club captaincy and then withdrew from the travelling squad, which he suggested was due to injury.
Match Ratings:
Line-ups
Rapid Wien XI: M. Sonnleitner, Stefan Schwab, Srdjan Grahovac, M. Potzmann, R. Strebinger, V. Berisha, Maximilian Hofmann, Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo, A. Ivan, D. Ljubicic, M. Thurnwald
Subs: Christoph Knasmüllner, Thomas Murg, Stephan Auer, T. Knoflach, P. Schobesberger, M. Martic, M. Müldür
Inter XI: João Miranda, I. Perišić, S. Handanovič, Nainggolan, Valero, Asamoah, De Vrij, M. Vecino, Cédric Soares, Politano, Lautaro Martínez
Subs: Candreva, D. Padelli, Ranocchia, D'Ambrosio, R. Nolan, M. Rorič, Thomas Schirò