Italian Serie A

Spezia vs Inter Milan 2022-23 Italian Serie A, 2022-23 Italian Serie A

  • 55': Daniel Maldini
  • 87': M'Bala Nzola (P)
FT
2 - 1
  • 83': Romelu Lukaku (P)

Inter's slim title hopes fading away after shock loss at Spezia

Inter Milan's faint hopes of catching runaway Serie A leaders Napoli suffered a huge blow when they fell to a shock 2-1 defeat at lowly Spezia.

Match Commentary

  • 6': Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 12': Mattia Caldara (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 14': Penalty saved! Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 45': Substitution, Spezia. Daniel Maldini replaces Eldor Shomurodov.
  • 45': Substitution, Spezia. Albin Ekdal replaces Szymon Zurkowski.
  • 45': Second Half begins Spezia 0, Inter Milan 0.
  • 55': Goal! Spezia 1, Inter Milan 0. Daniel Maldini (Spezia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by MBala Nzola.
  • 66': Substitution, Inter Milan. Hakan Çalhanoglu replaces Nicolò Barella.
  • 66': Substitution, Inter Milan. Federico Dimarco replaces Robin Gosens.
  • 66': Substitution, Inter Milan. Denzel Dumfries replaces Danilo D'Ambrosio.
  • 66': Substitution, Inter Milan. Edin Dzeko replaces Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
  • 67': Substitution, Spezia. Viktor Kovalenko replaces Kevin Agudelo.
  • 71': Dimitrios Nikolaou (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 80': Substitution, Inter Milan. Valentín Carboni replaces Matteo Darmian.
  • 81': Substitution, Spezia. Salvador Ferrer replaces Emmanuel Gyasi because of an injury.
  • 83': Goal! Spezia 1, Inter Milan 1. Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 87': Goal! Spezia 2, Inter Milan 1. MBala Nzola (Spezia) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 89': Substitution, Spezia. Przemyslaw Wisniewski replaces Daniel Maldini.
  • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Spezia 2, Inter Milan 1.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Alberto Picco
Location: La Spezia, Italy
Attendance: 11,767

Italian Serie A Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
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Statistics

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9 Fouls 11
0 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
4 Offsides 0
13 Corner Kicks 1
0 Saves 6
68.8 Possession 31.2
28 SHOTS 4
8 ON GOAL 2
0.3 On Target % 0.5
1 Penalty Goals 1
2 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
476 Accurate Passes 190
557 Passes 265
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.7
16 Accurate Crosses 1
52 Crosses 7
0.3 Cross % 0.1
45 Long Balls 64
25 Accurate Long Balls 21
0.6 Long Balls % 0.3
7 Blocked Shots 2
8 Effective Tackles 8
19 Tackles 15
0.4 Tackle % 0.5
6 Interceptions 9
8 Effective Clearances 38
8 Clearances 38

Line-Ups

SPE Spezia (3-5-2)

No. Name
69 Bartlomiej Dragowski (GK)
29 Mattia Caldara Yellow Card
43 Dimitris Nikolaou Yellow Card
4 Ethan Ampadu
33 Kevin Agudelo
77 Szymon Zurkowski
6 Mehdi Bourabia
11 Emmanuel Gyasi Yellow Card
27 Kelvin Amian
18 M'Bala Nzola
14 Eldor Shomurodov

INT Internazionale (3-5-2)

No. Name
1 Samir Handanovic (GK)
15 Francesco Acerbi
95 Alessandro Bastoni
33 Danilo D'Ambrosio
22 Henrikh Mkhitaryan
23 Nicolò Barella
77 Marcelo Brozovic
8 Robin Gosens
36 Matteo Darmian
10 Lautaro Martínez
90 Romelu Lukaku

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