
Internazionale vs Napoli, 2021-22 Italian Serie A
· Italian Serie A3 - 2
Inter Milan end Napoli's unbeaten run, close gap at top of Serie A
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Inter Milan ended Napoli's unbeaten start to the Serie A season after coming from behind to earn a thrilling 3-2 victory at the San Siro on Sunday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Foul by Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan).
- 1': Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 2': Foul by Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan).
- 2': Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 2': Foul by Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli).
- 2': Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 3': Foul by Amir Rrahmani (Napoli).
- 3': Joaquín Correa (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 4': Foul by Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan).
- 4': Victor Osimhen (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 7': Attempt missed. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Ivan Perisic with a cross.
- 10': Foul by Victor Osimhen (Napoli).
- 10': Milan Skriniar (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 10': Victor Osimhen (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 11': Foul by Fabián Ruiz (Napoli).
- 11': Matteo Darmian (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 12': Andrea Ranocchia (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 12': Foul by Victor Osimhen (Napoli).
- 14': Foul by Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli).
- 14': Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 15': Offside, Inter Milan. Marcelo Brozovic tries a through ball, but Milan Skriniar is caught offside.
- 16': Attempt missed. Matteo Darmian (Inter Milan) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Joaquín Correa.
- 17': Goal! Inter Milan 0, Napoli 1. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
- 19': Foul by Mário Rui (Napoli).
- 19': Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 19': Attempt missed. Milan Skriniar (Inter Milan) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Hakan Calhanoglu with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 21': Hand ball by Hirving Lozano (Napoli).
- 23': Attempt blocked. Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Matteo Darmian.
- 23': Penalty conceded by Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
- 24': VAR Decision: Penalty Inter Milan.
- 24': Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
- 25': Goal! Inter Milan 1, Napoli 1. Hakan Calhanoglu (Inter Milan) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
- 26': Foul by Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli).
- 26': Ivan Perisic (Inter Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 27': Attempt blocked. Hakan Calhanoglu (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Matteo Darmian.
- 27': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Kalidou Koulibaly.
- 27': Offside, Inter Milan. Nicolò Barella tries a through ball, but Andrea Ranocchia is caught offside.
- 34': Attempt blocked. Victor Osimhen (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Hirving Lozano with a cross.
- 35': Foul by Amir Rrahmani (Napoli).
- 35': Joaquín Correa (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 35': Amir Rrahmani (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 35': Attempt missed. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ivan Perisic.
- 36': Foul by Andrea Ranocchia (Inter Milan).
- 36': Victor Osimhen (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 38': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
- 38': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Fabián Ruiz.
- 39': Attempt missed. Victor Osimhen (Napoli) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Hirving Lozano with a cross.
- 41': Foul by Hakan Calhanoglu (Inter Milan).
- 41': Hirving Lozano (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 41': Hakan Calhanoglu (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 43': Attempt saved. Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
- 43': Attempt saved. Joaquín Correa (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 43': Attempt blocked. Joaquín Correa (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicolò Barella.
- 43': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Amir Rrahmani.
- 44': Goal! Inter Milan 2, Napoli 1. Ivan Perisic (Inter Milan) header from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Hakan Calhanoglu with a cross following a corner.
- 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked.
- 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked.
- 45'+1': Foul by Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan).
- 45'+1': Mário Rui (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+1': First Half ends, Inter Milan 2, Napoli 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Inter Milan 2, Napoli 1.
- 46': Foul by Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan).
- 46': Mário Rui (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 47': Attempt saved. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Hakan Calhanoglu.
- 50': Foul by Victor Osimhen (Napoli).
- 50': Milan Skriniar (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 55': Substitution, Napoli. Andrea Petagna replaces Victor Osimhen because of an injury.
- 57': Andrea Petagna (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 57': Foul by Milan Skriniar (Inter Milan).
- 58': Foul by André-Frank Zambo Anguissa (Napoli).
- 58': Hakan Calhanoglu (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 60': Attempt blocked. Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski.
- 61': Goal! Inter Milan 3, Napoli 1. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Joaquín Correa following a fast break.
- 62': Substitution, Inter Milan. Arturo Vidal replaces Hakan Calhanoglu.
- 62': Substitution, Inter Milan. Edin Dzeko replaces Joaquín Correa.
- 69': Foul by André-Frank Zambo Anguissa (Napoli).
- 69': Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 70': Attempt saved. Ivan Perisic (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marcelo Brozovic.
- 71': Foul by Ivan Perisic (Inter Milan).
- 71': Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 72': Foul by Arturo Vidal (Inter Milan).
- 72': Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 72': Arturo Vidal (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 73': Foul by Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan).
- 73': Mário Rui (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 75': Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Hirving Lozano.
- 75': Substitution, Napoli. Dries Mertens replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
- 75': Substitution, Inter Milan. Federico Dimarco replaces Nicolò Barella.
- 75': Substitution, Inter Milan. Roberto Gagliardini replaces Lautaro Martínez.
- 78': Goal! Inter Milan 3, Napoli 2. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Kalidou Koulibaly.
- 83': Attempt missed. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
- 83': Attempt missed. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
- 84': Samir Handanovic (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card.
- 85': Federico Dimarco (Inter Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 85': Foul by André-Frank Zambo Anguissa (Napoli).
- 86': Attempt missed. Milan Skriniar (Inter Milan) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
- 88': Foul by Dries Mertens (Napoli).
- 88': Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 88': Substitution, Inter Milan. Martín Satriano replaces Ivan Perisic.
- 90': Dries Mertens (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90': Foul by Alessandro Bastoni (Inter Milan).
- 90'+1': Attempt saved. Mário Rui (Napoli) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo with a cross.
- 90'+1': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Samir Handanovic.
- 90'+2': Amir Rrahmani (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+2': Foul by Martín Satriano (Inter Milan).
- 90'+2': Edin Dzeko (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card.
- 90'+3': Hand ball by Edin Dzeko (Inter Milan).
- 90'+5': Foul by Milan Skriniar (Inter Milan).
- 90'+5': Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+7': Attempt missed. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by André-Frank Zambo Anguissa with a cross.
- 90'+9': Second Half ends, Inter Milan 3, Napoli 2.
- 0': Match ends, Inter Milan 3, Napoli 2.
- 90'+9': Second Half ends, Inter Milan 3, Napoli 2.
Statistics
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16 | Fouls | 15 |
3 | Yellow Cards | 4 |
0 | Red Cards | 0 |
0 | Offsides | 2 |
1 | Corner Kicks | 4 |
4 | Saves | 1 |
55.4 | Possession | 44.6 |
9 | SHOTS | 17 |
3 | ON GOAL | 7 |
0.3 | On Target % | 0.4 |
0 | Penalty Goals | 1 |
0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 1 |
397 | Accurate Passes | 302 |
462 | Passes | 361 |
0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
4 | Accurate Crosses | 4 |
14 | Crosses | 19 |
0.3 | Cross % | 0.2 |
47 | Long Balls | 45 |
29 | Accurate Long Balls | 27 |
0.6 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
2 | Blocked Shots | 5 |
7 | Effective Tackles | 7 |
12 | Tackles | 16 |
0.6 | Tackle % | 0.4 |
7 | Interceptions | 8 |
22 | Effective Clearances | 17 |
22 | Clearances | 17 |
Game Information
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 56,649
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 |
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1 | Samir Handanovic (GK) ![]() |
13 | Andrea Ranocchia |
95 | Alessandro Bastoni |
37 | Milan Skriniar |
20 | Hakan Çalhanoglu |
23 | Nicolò Barella |
77 | Marcelo Brozovic |
14 | Ivan Perisic |
36 | Matteo Darmian |
10 | Lautaro Martínez |
19 | Joaquín Correa |
Napoli (4-2-3-1)
No. | Name |
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25 | David Ospina (GK) |
26 | Kalidou Koulibaly ![]() |
13 | Amir Rrahmani ![]() |
6 | Mário Rui |
22 | Giovanni Di Lorenzo |
20 | Piotr Zielinski |
8 | Fabián Ruiz |
99 | André-Frank Zambo Anguissa |
9 | Victor Osimhen ![]() |
24 | Lorenzo Insigne |
11 | Hirving Lozano |
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