Rodriguez strike caps Real’s 3-0 win over Inter

Real Madrid stars Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale caused a stir in China during the club’s open training session leading up to their global Champions Cup match with Inter Milan.

Real Madrid youth product Jese had given his side the lead half an hour in, deftly controlling Marcelo’s cross with his right foot, then stepping inside to score with his left at Handanovic’s near post.

James Rodriguez scored a stunning late free-kick in his first appearance under Rafael Benitez as Real Madrid cruised to a comfortable win.

On another day both Ronaldo and Bale might have claimed a first-half hat-trick, such was their dominant display.

After making the trip to China, however, the Nerazzurri stepped up their competition and have since suffered 1-0 losses to Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich and crosstown rivals AC Milan.

Inter’s vulnerability to the counter-attack was shown once again in 35 minute when Jese sprung forward producing a low cross for Ronaldo but the 30-year-old could only hit his shot straight at Samir Handanovic.

The Brazilian had time to pick out Jese near the back post with a pinpoint cross and he turned inside Jeison Murillo to find the right-hand corner of the net in a flash.

The second goal duly came on 55 minutes when Inter failed to clear a corner properly.

It was another substitute, Varane, who increased Real’s lead 11 minutes into the second half as he converted a cross from Lucas Vazquez – who also came on at the break – with a clinical finish from six yards out.

Inter, despite boasting Serie A’s joint top scorer last term in Icardi, have lost all three matches on a miserable China tour and failed to score a single goal.

However Mancini might not be finished just yet and is reportedly keen on some of his former players that he has used back in his days with Manchester City with a medical for Stevan Jovetic confirmed for Tuesday.