Italian Serie A

Inter Milan vs Napoli 2021-22 Italian Serie A

  • 25': Hakan Çalhanoglu (P)
  • 44': Ivan Perisic
  • 61': Lautaro Martínez
FT
3 - 2
  • 17': Piotr Zielinski
  • 78': Dries Mertens

Inter Milan end Napoli's unbeaten run, close gap at top of Serie A

Inter Milan ended Napoli's unbeaten start to the Serie A season after coming from behind to earn a thrilling 3-2 victory at the San Siro on Sunday.

Match Commentary

  • 10': Victor Osimhen (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 17': Goal! Inter Milan 0, Napoli 1. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
  • 24': Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  • 25': Goal! Inter Milan 1, Napoli 1. Hakan Calhanoglu (Inter Milan) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  • 35': Amir Rrahmani (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 41': Hakan Calhanoglu (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 44': Goal! Inter Milan 2, Napoli 1. Ivan Perisic (Inter Milan) header from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Hakan Calhanoglu with a cross following a corner.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Inter Milan 2, Napoli 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Inter Milan 2, Napoli 1.
  • 55': Substitution, Napoli. Andrea Petagna replaces Victor Osimhen because of an injury.
  • 61': Goal! Inter Milan 3, Napoli 1. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Joaquín Correa following a fast break.
  • 62': Substitution, Inter Milan. Arturo Vidal replaces Hakan Calhanoglu.
  • 62': Substitution, Inter Milan. Edin Dzeko replaces Joaquín Correa.
  • 72': Arturo Vidal (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 75': Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Hirving Lozano.
  • 75': Substitution, Napoli. Dries Mertens replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
  • 75': Substitution, Inter Milan. Federico Dimarco replaces Nicolò Barella.
  • 75': Substitution, Inter Milan. Roberto Gagliardini replaces Lautaro Martínez.
  • 78': Goal! Inter Milan 3, Napoli 2. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Kalidou Koulibaly.
  • 84': Samir Handanovic (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card.
  • 88': Substitution, Inter Milan. Martín Satriano replaces Ivan Perisic.
  • 90'+2': Edin Dzeko (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+9': Second Half ends, Inter Milan 3, Napoli 2.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 56,649

Italian Serie A Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+25 Internazionale 18 42 4
+15 AC Milan 18 39 1
+13 Napoli 18 38 4
+11 Juventus 19 36 3
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Statistics

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16 Fouls 15
3 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 2
1 Corner Kicks 4
4 Saves 1
55.4 Possession 44.6
9 SHOTS 17
3 ON GOAL 7
0.3 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 1
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
397 Accurate Passes 302
462 Passes 361
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
4 Accurate Crosses 4
14 Crosses 19
0.3 Cross % 0.2
47 Long Balls 45
29 Accurate Long Balls 27
0.6 Long Balls % 0.6
2 Blocked Shots 5
7 Effective Tackles 7
12 Tackles 16
0.6 Tackle % 0.4
7 Interceptions 8
22 Effective Clearances 17
22 Clearances 17

Line-Ups

INT Internazionale (3-5-2)

No. Name
1 Samir Handanovic (GK) Yellow Card
13 Andrea Ranocchia
95 Alessandro Bastoni
37 Milan Skriniar
20 Hakan Çalhanoglu
23 Nicolò Barella
77 Marcelo Brozovic
14 Ivan Perisic
36 Matteo Darmian
10 Lautaro Martínez
19 Joaquín Correa

NAP Napoli (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
25 David Ospina (GK)
26 Kalidou Koulibaly Yellow Card
13 Amir Rrahmani Yellow Card
6 Mário Rui
22 Giovanni Di Lorenzo
20 Piotr Zielinski
8 Fabián Ruiz
99 Frank Anguissa
9 Victor Osimhen Yellow Card
24 Lorenzo Insigne
11 Hirving Lozano

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