Inter Milan vs Sheriff 2021-22 UEFA Champions League, Group Stage

Internazionale

34': Edin Dzeko
58': Arturo Vidal
67': Stefan de Vrij

FT
3 - 1

Sheriff Tiraspol

52': Sebastien Thill

Inter Milan inflict first Champions League defeat on debutants Sheriff

Inter Milan's Bosnian forward Edin Dzeko (C) celebrates after opening the scoring during the UEFA Champions League Group D football match between Inter Milan and FC Sheriff Tiraspol [1296x729]

Inter Milan ended Sheriff Tiraspol's perfect start to their debut Champions League campaign with a 3-1 win at San Siro on Tuesday.

Match Commentary

34': Goal! Inter Milan 1, Sheriff Tiraspol 0. Edin Dzeko (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Arturo Vidal with a headed pass following a corner.
45': First Half ends, Inter Milan 1, Sheriff Tiraspol 0.
45': Substitution, Sheriff Tiraspol. Stjepan Radeljic replaces Frank Andersson Castañeda Velez.
45': Second Half begins Inter Milan 1, Sheriff Tiraspol 0.
51': Federico Dimarco (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
52': Goal! Inter Milan 1, Sheriff Tiraspol 1. Sébastien Thill (Sheriff Tiraspol) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
53': Substitution, Inter Milan. Alessandro Bastoni replaces Federico Dimarco.
58': Goal! Inter Milan 2, Sheriff Tiraspol 1. Arturo Vidal (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Edin Dzeko with a through ball.
67': Goal! Inter Milan 3, Sheriff Tiraspol 1. Stefan de Vrij (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Denzel Dumfries with a headed pass following a corner.
75': Substitution, Sheriff Tiraspol. Boban Nikolov replaces Edmund Addo.
75': Substitution, Inter Milan. Alexis Sánchez replaces Edin Dzeko.
75': Substitution, Inter Milan. Roberto Gagliardini replaces Arturo Vidal.
84': Substitution, Sheriff Tiraspol. Maxim Cojocaru replaces Dimitris Kolovos.
85': Substitution, Inter Milan. Stefano Sensi replaces Marcelo Brozovic.
85': Substitution, Inter Milan. Aleksandar Kolarov replaces Ivan Perisic.
88': Maxim Cojocaru (Sheriff Tiraspol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90': Substitution, Sheriff Tiraspol. Serafim Cojocari replaces Adama Traoré.

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Champions League

Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 43,305

UEFA Champions League Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS

Full Table

Statistics

SHE		INT
6	Fouls	9
1	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	0
4	Corner Kicks	13
5	Saves	2
29.9	Possession	70.1
8	SHOTS	29
3	ON GOAL	8
0.4	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
211	Accurate Passes	579
280	Passes	656
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
3	Accurate Crosses	14
11	Crosses	30
0.3	Cross %	0.5
48	Long Balls	37
17	Accurate Long Balls	31
0.4	Long Balls %	0.8
4	Blocked Shots	7
9	Effective Tackles	8
17	Tackles	16
0.5	Tackle %	0.5
13	Interceptions	10
22	Effective Clearances	10
22	Clearances	10

Line-Ups

Internazionale (3-5-2)

No.	Name
1	Samir Handanovic (GK)
6	Stefan de Vrij
32	Federico Dimarco
37	Milan Skriniar
22	Arturo Vidal
23	Nicolò Barella
77	Marcelo Brozovic
14	Ivan Perisic
2	Denzel Dumfries
10	Lautaro Martínez
9	Edin Dzeko

Substitutes:

Roberto Gagliardini, Stefano Sensi, Matteo Darmian, Danilo D'Ambrosio, Andrea Ranocchia, Joaquín Correa, Matías Vecino, Alex Cordaz, Alexis Sánchez, Aleksandar Kolarov, Alessandro Bastoni, Andrei Radu.

Sheriff Tiraspol (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Dumitru Celeadnic (GK)
55	Gustavo Dulanto
2	Danilo Arboleda
15	Cris Silva
13	Fernando Costanza
10	Frank Castañeda
31	Sebastien Thill
21	Edmund Addo
9	Adama Traoré
77	Bruno
22	Dimitrios Kolovos