Italian Serie A

Inter Milan vs Genoa 2021-22 Italian Serie A

  • 6': Milan Skriniar
  • 14': Hakan Çalhanoglu
  • 74': Arturo Vidal
  • 87': Edin Dzeko
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4 - 0

Dzeko on target as champions Inter impress in opening day win over Genoa

Debutant striker Edin Dzeko was on target as Inter Milan got their Serie A title defence off to a flying start, thrashing Genoa 4-0.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Domenico Criscito (Genoa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 6': Goal! Inter Milan 1, Genoa 0. Milan Skriniar (Inter Milan) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Hakan Calhanoglu with a cross following a corner.
  • 14': Goal! Inter Milan 2, Genoa 0. Hakan Calhanoglu (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Edin Dzeko.
  • 45': Substitution, Genoa. Stefano Sabelli replaces Andrea Cambiaso.
  • 45': Substitution, Genoa. Flavio Junior Bianchi replaces Hernani.
  • 45': Substitution, Genoa. Laurens Serpe replaces Davide Biraschi.
  • 54': Substitution, Genoa. Andrea Favilli replaces Yayah Kallon.
  • 66': Stefano Sturaro (Genoa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 69': Substitution, Inter Milan. Arturo Vidal replaces Stefano Sensi.
  • 69': Substitution, Inter Milan. Federico Dimarco replaces Ivan Perisic.
  • 71': Substitution, Genoa. Filippo Melegoni replaces Stefano Sturaro.
  • 74': Goal! Inter Milan 3, Genoa 0. Arturo Vidal (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nicolò Barella.
  • 77': Substitution, Inter Milan. Martín Satriano replaces Hakan Calhanoglu.
  • 77': Substitution, Inter Milan. Matías Vecino replaces Nicolò Barella.
  • 78': Matías Vecino (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 84': Substitution, Inter Milan. Denzel Dumfries replaces Alessandro Bastoni.
  • 87': Goal! Inter Milan 4, Genoa 0. Edin Dzeko (Inter Milan) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Arturo Vidal.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Inter Milan 4, Genoa 0.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 27,402

Italian Serie A Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+27 Internazionale 21 49 4
+17 AC Milan 20 43 1
+14 Napoli 21 43 4
+12 AS Roma 20 39 7
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Statistics

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7 Fouls 18
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 2
2 Corner Kicks 8
4 Saves 4
40 Possession 60
10 SHOTS 16
4 ON GOAL 8
0.4 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
348 Accurate Passes 539
399 Passes 592
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
1 Accurate Crosses 8
11 Crosses 25
0.1 Cross % 0.3
39 Long Balls 45
20 Accurate Long Balls 39
0.5 Long Balls % 0.9
2 Blocked Shots 3
10 Effective Tackles 10
13 Tackles 18
0.8 Tackle % 0.6
15 Interceptions 5
22 Effective Clearances 13
22 Clearances 13

Line-Ups

INT Internazionale (3-5-1-1)

No. Name
1 Samir Handanovic (GK)
6 Stefan de Vrij
95 Alessandro Bastoni
37 Milan Skriniar
20 Hakan Çalhanoglu
23 Nicolò Barella
77 Marcelo Brozovic
14 Ivan Perisic
36 Matteo Darmian
9 Edin Dzeko
12 Stefano Sensi

GEN Genoa (3-4-1-2)

No. Name
57 Salvatore Sirigu (GK)
3 Zinho Vanheusden
4 Domenico Criscito Yellow Card
14 Davide Biraschi
47 Milan Badelj
65 Nicolò Rovella
33 Hernani
50 Andrea Cambiaso
27 Stefano Sturaro Yellow Card
19 Goran Pandev
91 Yayah Kallon

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