Panathinaikos played the first scheduled friendly in North America against Champions League title holders, Serie A champions and Italian Cup winners, Internazionale Milano. The “Greens” won 3-2 in a fascinating game that took place at Rogers Centre Stadium in Toronto, Canada. Djibril Cisse opened the score for the Greens in the 12th minute after receiving a Sebastian Leto low cross coming in from the left side. Less than ten minutes later (21’) the French striker doubled the lead for the “Shamrock” with a superb long shot outside the box. Samuel Eto’o got one back for Inter in the 32nd minute, but Sebastian Leto made it 3-1 shortly before the end of the 1st half (41’). Coutinho produced the final 3-2 in the 86th minute.
Panathinaikos: Tzorvas, Vyntra (61’ Seitaridis), Sarieghi, Kante, Spyropoulos (61’ Bjarsmyr), Simao (90’ Mavrias), Katsouranis (61’ Karagounis), Govou (61’ Marinos), Ninis (78’ Dimoutsos), Leto (78’ Ioannidis), Cisse (78’ Petropoulos).
Internazionale Milano: Orlandoni, Zanetti (18′ Natalino, 73’ Maicon), Cordoba (46’ Biraghi, 73’ Samuel), Materazzi (46’ Burdisso, 73’ Lucio), Chivu (73’ Muntari), Obinna (46’ Biabiany), Mariga (46’ Stankovic), Cambiasso (46’ Coutinho), Obi (46’ Nwakwo), Eto’o (46’ Alibec, 73’ Santon), Pandev (46’ Mancini,73’ Milito).
