Italian Serie A

Internazionale vs Cagliari, 2020-21 Italian Serie A

· Italian Serie A
Internazionale
  • 77': Matteo Darmian
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Cagliari

    Darmian the unlikely match winner as Inter close in on title

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    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 4': Alexis Sánchez (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 4': Foul by Radja Nainggolan (Cagliari).
    • 10': Attempt saved. Christian Eriksen (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Stefano Sensi.
    • 11': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Guglielmo Vicario.
    • 11': Attempt blocked. Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alexis Sánchez.
    • 13': Foul by Nahitan Nández (Cagliari).
    • 13': Matteo Darmian (Inter Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 14': Foul by Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan).
    • 14': Nahitan Nández (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 16': Attempt blocked. Radja Nainggolan (Cagliari) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 17': Offside, Inter Milan. Romelu Lukaku tries a through ball, but Alexis Sánchez is caught offside.
    • 19': Andrea Carboni (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 19': Foul by Matteo Darmian (Inter Milan).
    • 19': Alessandro Bastoni (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 19': Foul by Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari).
    • 21': Alexis Sánchez (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 21': Foul by Joseph Alfred Duncan (Cagliari).
    • 22': Hand ball by Alessandro Bastoni (Inter Milan).
    • 24': Attempt missed. Stefano Sensi (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ashley Young.
    • 26': Foul by Stefan de Vrij (Inter Milan).
    • 26': Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 27': Offside, Cagliari. Andrea Carboni tries a through ball, but Nahitan Nández is caught offside.
    • 29': Attempt saved. Alexis Sánchez (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Stefano Sensi.
    • 31': Foul by Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan).
    • 31': João Pedro (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 37': Attempt missed. Christian Eriksen (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Romelu Lukaku.
    • 39': Attempt saved. Radja Nainggolan (Cagliari) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Razvan Marin.
    • 40': Attempt saved. Matteo Darmian (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alexis Sánchez.
    • 41': Foul by Alessandro Bastoni (Inter Milan).
    • 41': Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 44': Attempt blocked. Christian Eriksen (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
    • 45': Offside, Inter Milan. Alexis Sánchez tries a through ball, but Matteo Darmian is caught offside.
    • 45'+1': First Half ends, Inter Milan 0, Cagliari 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Inter Milan 0, Cagliari 0.
    • 46': Foul by Alexis Sánchez (Inter Milan).
    • 46': Radja Nainggolan (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 48': Attempt saved. Stefano Sensi (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Romelu Lukaku.
    • 48': Foul by Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari).
    • 48': Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 52': Foul by Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan).
    • 52': João Pedro (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 52': Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 55': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Andrea Carboni.
    • 55': Attempt missed. Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Marcelo Brozovic with a cross following a corner.
    • 56': Ashley Young (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 56': Foul by Gabriele Zappa (Cagliari).
    • 57': Attempt saved. Christian Eriksen (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Ashley Young.
    • 57': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Guglielmo Vicario.
    • 59': Attempt missed. Alexis Sánchez (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Stefano Sensi with a cross.
    • 59': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Andrea Carboni.
    • 60': Foul by Alexis Sánchez (Inter Milan).
    • 60': Guglielmo Vicario (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 61': Attempt saved. Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ashley Young.
    • 67': Foul by Joseph Alfred Duncan (Cagliari).
    • 67': Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 68': Ashley Young (Inter Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 68': Foul by Daniele Rugani (Cagliari).
    • 68': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Leonardo Pavoletti.
    • 69': Stefan de Vrij (Inter Milan) hits the bar with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Christian Eriksen with a cross following a corner.
    • 69': Substitution, Inter Milan. Lautaro Martínez replaces Alexis Sánchez.
    • 69': Substitution, Inter Milan. Achraf Hakimi replaces Ashley Young.
    • 71': Foul by João Pedro (Cagliari).
    • 71': Stefan de Vrij (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 72': Substitution, Cagliari. Kwadwo Asamoah replaces Joseph Alfred Duncan.
    • 74': Attempt blocked. Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 74': Attempt blocked. Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 76': Attempt blocked. Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 77': Goal! Inter Milan 1, Cagliari 0. Matteo Darmian (Inter Milan) left footed shot from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Achraf Hakimi.
    • 81': Substitution, Inter Milan. Roberto Gagliardini replaces Christian Eriksen.
    • 81': Substitution, Inter Milan. Matías Vecino replaces Stefano Sensi.
    • 82': Foul by Matteo Darmian (Inter Milan).
    • 82': Razvan Marin (Cagliari) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 84': Substitution, Inter Milan. Danilo D'Ambrosio replaces Matteo Darmian.
    • 84': Substitution, Cagliari. Giovanni Simeone replaces Daniele Rugani.
    • 88': Attempt missed. João Pedro (Cagliari) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Gabriele Zappa with a cross.
    • 89': Attempt blocked. Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 90': Attempt blocked. Radja Nainggolan (Cagliari) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Razvan Marin.
    • 90': Foul by Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari).
    • 90': Milan Skriniar (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90': Substitution, Cagliari. Alberto Cerri replaces Gabriele Zappa.
    • 90'+1': Substitution, Cagliari. Gastón Pereiro replaces Leonardo Pavoletti.
    • 90'+2': Foul by Diego Godín (Cagliari).
    • 90'+2': Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 90'+3': Foul by Radja Nainggolan (Cagliari).
    • 90'+3': Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 90'+3': Radja Nainggolan (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Inter Milan 1, Cagliari 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Inter Milan 1, Cagliari 0.

    Statistics

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    12 Fouls 10
    1 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 2
    0 Corner Kicks 5
    6 Saves 1
    46.7 Possession 53.3
    7 SHOTS 15
    1 ON GOAL 7
    0.1 On Target % 0.5
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    463 Accurate Passes 552
    542 Passes 611
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
    2 Accurate Crosses 4
    11 Crosses 20
    0.2 Cross % 0.2
    66 Long Balls 37
    38 Accurate Long Balls 26
    0.6 Long Balls % 0.7
    5 Blocked Shots 3
    10 Effective Tackles 11
    13 Tackles 20
    0.8 Tackle % 0.6
    9 Interceptions 4
    22 Effective Clearances 20
    22 Clearances 20

    Game Information

    Competition: Italian Serie A

    Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
    Location: Milano, Italy

    Serie A Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Atalanta 0 0 0
    2 Bologna 0 0 0
    3 Cagliari 0 0 0
    4 Como 0 0 0
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    INT Internazionale (3-5-2)

    No. Name
    1 Samir Handanovic (GK)
    6 Stefan de Vrij
    95 Alessandro Bastoni
    37 Milan Skriniar
    12 Stefano Sensi
    24 Christian Eriksen
    77 Marcelo Brozovic Yellow Card
    15 Ashley Young
    36 Matteo Darmian
    7 Alexis Sánchez
    9 Romelu Lukaku
    Internazionale Substitutes:
    Danilo D'Ambrosio, Daniele Padelli, Roberto Gagliardini, Ivan Perisic, Lautaro Martínez, Andrea Ranocchia, Achraf Hakimi, Andrei Radu, Andrea Pinamonti, Matías Vecino.

    CAG Cagliari (3-5-2)

    No. Name
    31 Guglielmo Vicario (GK)
    2 Diego Godín
    44 Andrea Carboni
    24 Daniele Rugani
    32 Alfred Duncan
    8 Razvan Marin
    4 Radja Nainggolan Yellow Card
    18 Nahitan Nández
    25 Gabriele Zappa
    30 Leonardo Pavoletti
    10 João Pedro
    Cagliari Substitutes:
    Simone Aresti, Giuseppe Ciocci, Sebastian Walukiewicz, Charalampos Lykogiannis, Alessandro Tripaldelli, Alberto Cerri, Ragnar Klavan, Kwadwo Asamoah, Arturo Calabresi, Gastón Pereiro, Giovanni Simeone.

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