Spezia vs Inter Milan 2022-23 Italian Serie A, 2022-23 Italian Serie A
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
Venue: Alberto Picco
Location: La Spezia, Italy
Attendance: 11,767
Statistics
 INT |
SPE |
|
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Spezia (3-5-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 69 | Bartlomiej Dragowski (GK) |
| 29 | Mattia Caldara  |
| 43 | Dimitris Nikolaou |
| 4 | Ethan Ampadu |
| 33 | Kevin Agudelo |
| 77 | Szymon Zurkowski |
| 6 | Mehdi Bourabia |
| 11 | Emmanuel Gyasi |
| 27 | Kelvin Amian |
| 18 | M'Bala Nzola |
| 14 | Eldor Shomurodov |
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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