Italian Serie A

Fiorentina vs Inter Milan 2021-22 Italian Serie A

  • 23': Riccardo Sottil
  • Red Card 78': Nicolás González
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  • 52': Matteo Darmian
  • 55': Edin Dzeko
  • 87': Ivan Perisic

Inter Milan go top with comeback win at Fiorentina

Inter Milan moved top of Serie A as goals by Edin Dzeko and Ivan Perisic helped the Italian champions secure a 3-1 win over Fiorentina.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 17': Milan Skriniar (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 23': Goal! Fiorentina 1, Inter Milan 0. Riccardo Sottil (Fiorentina) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the top right corner. Assisted by Nicolás González.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Fiorentina 1, Inter Milan 0.
  • 52': Goal! Fiorentina 1, Inter Milan 1. Matteo Darmian (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nicolò Barella.
  • 55': Goal! Fiorentina 1, Inter Milan 2. Edin Dzeko (Inter Milan) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Hakan Calhanoglu with a cross following a corner.
  • 63': Matteo Darmian (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 65': Substitution, Fiorentina. Sofyan Amrabat replaces Lucas Torreira.
  • 66': Substitution, Fiorentina. Álvaro Odriozola replaces Marco Benassi.
  • 66': Substitution, Inter Milan. Denzel Dumfries replaces Matteo Darmian.
  • 70': Substitution, Inter Milan. Matías Vecino replaces Nicolò Barella.
  • 70': Substitution, Inter Milan. Alexis Sánchez replaces Edin Dzeko.
  • 74': Substitution, Fiorentina. Riccardo Saponara replaces Riccardo Sottil.
  • 78': Nicolás González (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card.
  • 78': Second yellow card to Nicolás González (Fiorentina).
  • 83': Hakan Calhanoglu (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 83': Substitution, Inter Milan. Federico Dimarco replaces Lautaro Martínez.
  • 84': Substitution, Inter Milan. Roberto Gagliardini replaces Hakan Calhanoglu.
  • 84': Substitution, Fiorentina. José Callejón replaces Joseph Alfred Duncan.
  • 84': Substitution, Fiorentina. Aleksandr Kokorin replaces Giacomo Bonaventura.
  • 87': Goal! Fiorentina 1, Inter Milan 3. Ivan Perisic (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Roberto Gagliardini.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Artemio Franchi
Location: Firenze, Italy
Attendance: 15,297

Italian Serie A Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+42 Internazionale 28 67 5
+24 AC Milan 28 60 2
+14 Napoli 28 56 6
+25 Como 28 51 5
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Statistics

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15 Fouls 11
3 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 1
1 Offsides 1
8 Corner Kicks 4
5 Saves 2
47 Possession 53
17 SHOTS 14
5 ON GOAL 6
0.3 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
366 Accurate Passes 434
429 Passes 497
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
8 Accurate Crosses 3
18 Crosses 15
0.4 Cross % 0.2
35 Long Balls 57
21 Accurate Long Balls 30
0.6 Long Balls % 0.5
5 Blocked Shots 3
6 Effective Tackles 4
9 Tackles 6
0.7 Tackle % 0.7
5 Interceptions 13
14 Effective Clearances 10
14 Clearances 10

Line-Ups

FIO Fiorentina (4-3-3)

No. Name
69 Bartlomiej Dragowski (GK)
55 Matija Nastasic
4 Nikola Milenkovic
3 Cristiano Biraghi
24 Marco Benassi
18 Lucas Torreira
32 Alfred Duncan
5 Giacomo Bonaventura
9 Dusan Vlahovic
22 Nicolás González
33 Riccardo Sottil

INT Internazionale (3-5-2)

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

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