Inter eventually got the better of Fiorentina Women on the opening day of Serie A as two late goals saw the home side triumph at the Arena Civica.

The Nerazzurre started strong but were unable to find a way past a solid Viola backline. Their best chance of the half came in the 36th minute when Brittany Raphino's pull-back from the by-line found Elisa Polli but the midfielder struck the bar.

Fiorentina came into it more after the restart and Sofie Bredgaard was twice denied by Cecilia Ran Runarsdottir but just as Pablo Pinones Arce's team were in the ascendancy, Inter took the lead through Lina Magull.

The coach threw on Iris Omarsdottir, Katia Tryggvadottir and Lina Hurtig but they were unable to conjure up the goal they needed.

The home side made it 2-0 in stoppage time when Raphino rose highest to head into the net.

The Viola will be disappointed with the result but not with the performance and will now set about preparing for the visit of Sassuolo to Rocco B.Commisso Viola Park next Saturday.


Inter 2-0 Fiorentina (HT 0-0)
Scorers: Magull 72, Rapihno 90+1

INTER FC: Runarsdottir, Kullberg (Gomez Garcia 61), Van Diemen (Andres 61), Santi (C) (Vilhjalmsdottir 76), Polli (Bugeja 61), Magull (Tomasevic 78), Le Bihan, Robustellini, Glionna, Milinkovin, Raphino.
Subs not used: Forcinella, Payne, Detruyer, Schougs, Giudici, Bartoli, Cambiaghi.
Coach: David Sassarini.

ACF FIORENTINA: Fiskerstrand, Bergsvand, Correia, Van Der Zanden, Johansen, Woldvik, Cortes, Severini (C), Snerle (Hurtig 66), Bredgaard (Tryggvadottir 66), Chacon (Omarsdottir 66).
Subs not used: Bettineschi, Bartalini, Tortelli, Orsi, Filangeri.
Coach: Pablo Pinones Arce.

Booked: Cortes, Tryggvadottir.
Sent off: Le Bihan