Martinez earns Inter Milan draw at Real Sociedad

Lautaro Martinez's late goal salvaged a 1-1 draw for runners-up Inter Milan at Real Sociedad as they kicked off their Champions League campaign on Wednesday.

The Basque team looked the more dominant side for most of the game, their first Champions group-stage ap-pearance in a decade, while the Serie A leaders will be grateful for their rivals' misses in front of goal after a perfor-mance far from their unbeaten league run.

The hosts' early high pressing paid off after just four minutes when Brais Mendez stole the ball on the edge of the Inter box to fire into the bottom right corner and make it 1-0.

Real created chances to double the lead but Robin Le Normand sent his header wide before halftime and new keeper Yann Sommer pulled off a great save to deny Mikel Oyarzabal from close range at the start of the second half.

Inter began to threaten their opponents' area until the final stretch of the match but could not equalise until Martinez finally scored in the 87th minute for his sixth goal in five games this season. Agencies

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