Ayew turns the heat up on Ranieri as Marseille down Inter
Inter were improved from the side that went down 3-0 to Bologna on Friday for their third straight home defeat, but still looked sluggish at times and there were clear signs of anxiety as their woeful run continues.
Ayew headed in from a corner he had won in the third minute of injury time to make it six defeats out of seven for the Italian giants. Although a 1-0 scoreline by no means eliminates Inter as they head back to the San Siro for the second leg, Ranieri must wait to see if his paymasters allow him to stay in charge for that match.
MARSEILLE: Mandanda, Azpilicueta (Fanni 80), Diawara, N’Koulou, Morel, Diarra, Cheyrou (Kabore 84), Amalfitano, Valbuena, Andre Ayew, Brandao (Jordan Ayew 73).
INTER MILAN: Julio Cesar, Maicon (Nagatomo 46), Lucio, Samuel, Chivu, Zanetti, Stankovic, Cambiasso, Zarate (Obi 63), Sneijder, Forlan.
Referee: Cuneyt Cakir (Turkey).
By Werner Kastre
Valentin Stocker scored four minutes from time to give Basle a famous 1-0 victory over Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich in the first leg of their Champions League clash at St Jakob-Park last night.
The first half was breathless with both sides coming close and Basle twice hitting the woodwork.
The second half showed little of the space both teams had found in attack with the defences far tighter.
However, that was before Stocker’s intervention with four minutes left. Jacques Zoua ran from right to left along the edge of the area without any real challenge and passed the ball to Stocker on his left.
He had lost his marker and he slotted home through Neuer’s legs, helping the Swiss side prevail to take a narrow lead to Munich.
BASEL: Sommer, Steinhofer, Abraham, Dragovic, Park, Shaqiri (Zoua 83), Huggel, Xhaka, Fabian Frei (Stocker 66), Alexander Frei (Cabral 89), Streller.
BAYERN MUNICH: Neuer, Rafinha, Boateng, Badstuber, Lahm, Tymoschuk, Alaba, Robben, Kroos, Ribery (Muller 71), Gomez.
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy).
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