Internazionale vs Spezia, 2021-22 Italian Serie A
· Italian Serie AInter Milan make light work of Spezia to extend unbeaten run
Inter Milan cruised to a 2-0 win over struggling Spezia at San Siro on Wednesday to go provisionally second in Serie A.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 3': Foul by Roberto Gagliardini (Inter Milan).
- 3': Jacopo Sala (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 4': Attempt blocked. Joaquín Correa (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Hakan Calhanoglu.
- 4': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Petko Hristov.
- 5': Foul by Martin Erlic (Spezia).
- 5': Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 8': Attempt missed. Ivan Perisic (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
- 9': Attempt missed. Joaquín Correa (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Lautaro Martínez.
- 10': Offside, Inter Milan. Marcelo Brozovic tries a through ball, but Ivan Perisic is caught offside.
- 11': Foul by Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan).
- 11': Jacopo Sala (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 12': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Arkadiusz Reca.
- 14': Attempt blocked. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcelo Brozovic with a cross.
- 14': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Martin Erlic.
- 14': Attempt missed. Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Hakan Calhanoglu following a corner.
- 14': Foul by Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan).
- 14': Rey Manaj (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 17': Foul by Joaquín Correa (Inter Milan).
- 17': Kelvin Amian (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 19': Foul by Hakan Calhanoglu (Inter Milan).
- 19': Jacopo Sala (Spezia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 20': Attempt blocked. Eddie Salcedo (Spezia) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Viktor Kovalenko.
- 20': Attempt blocked. Rey Manaj (Spezia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 21': Attempt saved. Jacopo Sala (Spezia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Eddie Salcedo.
- 21': Attempt blocked. Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 22': Foul by Joaquín Correa (Inter Milan).
- 22': Rey Manaj (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 24': Eddie Salcedo (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 24': Foul by Federico Dimarco (Inter Milan).
- 25': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Arkadiusz Reca.
- 26': Attempt saved. Joaquín Correa (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 26': Attempt missed. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Denzel Dumfries.
- 29': Attempt saved. Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Hakan Calhanoglu.
- 30': Attempt missed. Federico Dimarco (Inter Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Milan Skriniar.
- 31': Hand ball by Arkadiusz Reca (Spezia).
- 31': Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 31': Foul by Rey Manaj (Spezia).
- 31': Rey Manaj (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 34': Foul by Danilo D'Ambrosio (Inter Milan).
- 34': Jacopo Sala (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 35': Foul by Arkadiusz Reca (Spezia).
- 35': Milan Skriniar (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 36': Goal! Inter Milan 1, Spezia 0. Roberto Gagliardini (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lautaro Martínez.
- 38': Foul by Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan).
- 38': Rey Manaj (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 39': Foul by Rey Manaj (Spezia).
- 39': Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 40': Foul by Roberto Gagliardini (Inter Milan).
- 40': Rey Manaj (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 41': Attempt blocked. Joaquín Correa (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Hakan Calhanoglu.
- 41': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Jakub Kiwior.
- 42': Attempt missed. Milan Skriniar (Inter Milan) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Hakan Calhanoglu with a cross following a corner.
- 44': Foul by Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan).
- 44': Martin Erlic (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 44': Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card.
- 45': Corner, Spezia. Conceded by Milan Skriniar.
- 45'+1': Attempt saved. Kelvin Amian (Spezia) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Viktor Kovalenko with a cross.
- 45'+1': Attempt saved. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Federico Dimarco.
- 45'+1': First Half ends, Inter Milan 1, Spezia 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Inter Milan 1, Spezia 0.
- 45': Substitution, Spezia. Salvador Ferrer replaces Kelvin Amian.
- 45': Substitution, Spezia. Simone Bastoni replaces Arkadiusz Reca.
- 46': Hand ball by Rey Manaj (Spezia).
- 50': Attempt saved. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Hakan Calhanoglu.
- 52': Joaquín Correa (Inter Milan) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the left side of the box. Assisted by Marcelo Brozovic.
- 52': Attempt saved. Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Joaquín Correa.
- 53': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Viktor Kovalenko.
- 54': Attempt saved. Hakan Calhanoglu (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 54': Attempt missed. Danilo D'Ambrosio (Inter Milan) header from the right side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Federico Dimarco with a cross.
- 55': Foul by Danilo D'Ambrosio (Inter Milan).
- 55': Rey Manaj (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 56': Attempt blocked. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcelo Brozovic with a headed pass.
- 56': Penalty conceded by Jakub Kiwior (Spezia) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
- 56': Jakub Kiwior (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
- 58': Goal! Inter Milan 2, Spezia 0. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
- 60': Attempt saved. Hakan Calhanoglu (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lautaro Martínez.
- 61': Attempt missed. Roberto Gagliardini (Inter Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
- 64': Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 64': Foul by Danilo D'Ambrosio (Inter Milan).
- 64': Substitution, Spezia. Mehdi Bourabia replaces Jacopo Sala.
- 64': Substitution, Spezia. Giulio Maggiore replaces Viktor Kovalenko.
- 67': Foul by Mehdi Bourabia (Spezia).
- 67': Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 68': Attempt blocked. Hakan Calhanoglu (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 68': Foul by Roberto Gagliardini (Inter Milan).
- 68': Giulio Maggiore (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 69': Substitution, Inter Milan. Stefano Sensi replaces Hakan Calhanoglu.
- 69': Substitution, Spezia. Daniele Verde replaces Eddie Salcedo.
- 71': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Petko Hristov.
- 72': Attempt missed. Ivan Perisic (Inter Milan) header from the left side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Federico Dimarco with a cross following a corner.
- 72': Foul by Roberto Gagliardini (Inter Milan).
- 72': Rey Manaj (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 73': Foul by Joaquín Correa (Inter Milan).
- 73': Petko Hristov (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 73': Substitution, Inter Milan. Edin Dzeko replaces Lautaro Martínez.
- 73': Substitution, Inter Milan. Alexis Sánchez replaces Joaquín Correa.
- 75': Foul by Rey Manaj (Spezia).
- 75': Roberto Gagliardini (Inter Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 76': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Martin Erlic.
- 76': Attempt missed. Roberto Gagliardini (Inter Milan) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Federico Dimarco with a cross following a corner.
- 78': Attempt blocked. Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 78': Foul by Giulio Maggiore (Spezia).
- 78': Stefano Sensi (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 80': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Jakub Kiwior.
- 80': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Salvador Ferrer.
- 81': Attempt missed. Federico Dimarco (Inter Milan) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Marcelo Brozovic following a corner.
- 83': Hand ball by Alexis Sánchez (Inter Milan).
- 84': Attempt saved. Rey Manaj (Spezia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
- 85': Attempt saved. Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Salvador Ferrer with a cross.
- 86': Attempt saved. Alexis Sánchez (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Denzel Dumfries.
- 87': Attempt missed. Edin Dzeko (Inter Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Alexis Sánchez.
- 87': Substitution, Inter Milan. Arturo Vidal replaces Roberto Gagliardini.
- 87': Substitution, Inter Milan. Matías Vecino replaces Marcelo Brozovic.
- 90': Foul by Edin Dzeko (Inter Milan).
- 90': Mehdi Bourabia (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Federico Dimarco (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ivan Perisic.
- 90'+2': Attempt saved. Arturo Vidal (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alexis Sánchez.
- 90'+2': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Ivan Provedel.
- 90'+4': Second Half ends, Inter Milan 2, Spezia 0.
- 0': Match ends, Inter Milan 2, Spezia 0.
Statistics
 SPE |
INT |
|
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Fouls | 18 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 1 |
| 1 | Corner Kicks | 11 |
| 9 | Saves | 4 |
| 36.6 | Possession | 63.4 |
| 7 | SHOTS | 31 |
| 4 | ON GOAL | 11 |
| 0.6 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 1 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 1 |
| 308 | Accurate Passes | 595 |
| 382 | Passes | 654 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 2 | Accurate Crosses | 7 |
| 6 | Crosses | 27 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 55 | Long Balls | 41 |
| 27 | Accurate Long Balls | 30 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.7 |
| 3 | Blocked Shots | 7 |
| 5 | Effective Tackles | 11 |
| 13 | Tackles | 15 |
| 0.4 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 8 | Interceptions | 11 |
| 38 | Effective Clearances | 1 |
| 38 | Clearances | 1 |
Game Information
Competition: Italian Serie A
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 30,076
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 30,076
Serie A Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Napoli | 25 | +22 | 56 |
| 2 | Internazionale | 25 | +34 | 54 |
| 3 | Atalanta | 25 | +28 | 51 |
| 4 | Juventus | 25 | +21 | 46 |
Line-Ups
Internazionale (3-5-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Samir Handanovic (GK) |
| 37 | Milan Skriniar |
| 32 | Federico Dimarco |
| 33 | Danilo D'Ambrosio |
| 20 | Hakan Çalhanoglu |
| 5 | Roberto Gagliardini |
| 77 | Marcelo Brozovic |
| 14 | Ivan Perisic |
| 2 | Denzel Dumfries |
| 19 | Joaquín Correa |
| 10 | Lautaro Martínez |
Spezia (5-3-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 94 | Ivan Provedel (GK) |
| 28 | Martin Erlic |
| 14 | Jakub Kiwior  |
| 15 | Petko Hristov |
| 13 | Arkadiusz Reca |
| 27 | Kelvin Amian |
| 7 | Jacopo Sala |
| 11 | Emmanuel Gyasi |
| 8 | Viktor Kovalenko |
| 9 | Rey Manaj |
| 29 | Eddie Salcedo |
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