Inter Milan vs Genoa 2021-22 Italian Serie A

Internazionale

6': Milan Skriniar
14': Hakan Çalhanoglu
74': Arturo Vidal
87': Edin Dzeko

FT
4 - 0

Genoa

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
+43	Internazionale	27	67	4
+23	AC Milan	27	57	2
+13	Napoli	27	53	6
+18	AS Roma	27	51	8

Full Table

Statistics

GEN		INT
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

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

Substitutes:

Andrei Radu, Matías Vecino, Federico Dimarco, Andrea Ranocchia, Arturo Vidal, Martín Satriano, Denzel Dumfries, Danilo D'Ambrosio, Lucien Agoumé, Aleksandar Kolarov, Andrea Pinamonti, Alex Cordaz.

Genoa (3-4-1-2)

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

Substitutes:

Filippo Melegoni, Aleksander Buksa, Laurens Serpe, Andrea Masiello, Steeve-Mike Eboa Ebongue, Manolo Portanova, Kevin Agudelo, Andrea Favilli, Caleb Ekuban, Federico Marchetti, Stefano Sabelli, Flavio Junior Bianchi.