Italian Serie A

Inter Milan vs Spezia 2021-22 Italian Serie A

  • 36': Roberto Gagliardini
  • 58': Lautaro Martínez (P)
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2 - 0

Inter Milan make light work of Spezia to extend unbeaten run

Inter Milan cruised to a 2-0 win over struggling Spezia at San Siro on Wednesday to go provisionally second in Serie A.

Match Commentary

  • 31': Rey Manaj (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 36': Goal! Inter Milan 1, Spezia 0. Roberto Gagliardini (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lautaro Martínez.
  • 44': Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Inter Milan 1, Spezia 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Spezia. Salvador Ferrer replaces Kelvin Amian.
  • 45': Substitution, Spezia. Simone Bastoni replaces Arkadiusz Reca.
  • 45': Second Half begins Inter Milan 1, Spezia 0.
  • 56': Jakub Kiwior (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  • 58': Goal! Inter Milan 2, Spezia 0. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  • 64': Substitution, Spezia. Mehdi Bourabia replaces Jacopo Sala.
  • 64': Substitution, Spezia. Giulio Maggiore replaces Viktor Kovalenko.
  • 69': Substitution, Inter Milan. Stefano Sensi replaces Hakan Calhanoglu.
  • 69': Substitution, Spezia. Daniele Verde replaces Eddie Salcedo.
  • 73': Substitution, Inter Milan. Edin Dzeko replaces Lautaro Martínez.
  • 73': Substitution, Inter Milan. Alexis Sánchez replaces Joaquín Correa.
  • 87': Substitution, Inter Milan. Arturo Vidal replaces Roberto Gagliardini.
  • 87': Substitution, Inter Milan. Matías Vecino replaces Marcelo Brozovic.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Inter Milan 2, Spezia 0.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 30,076

Italian Serie A Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+40 Internazionale 33 71 4
+27 Napoli 33 71 4
+36 Atalanta 33 64 7
+15 Bologna 33 60 5
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Statistics

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10 Fouls 18
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 1
1 Corner Kicks 11
9 Saves 4
36.6 Possession 63.4
7 SHOTS 31
4 ON GOAL 11
0.6 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 1
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
308 Accurate Passes 595
382 Passes 654
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
2 Accurate Crosses 7
6 Crosses 27
0.3 Cross % 0.3
55 Long Balls 41
27 Accurate Long Balls 30
0.5 Long Balls % 0.7
3 Blocked Shots 7
5 Effective Tackles 11
13 Tackles 15
0.4 Tackle % 0.7
8 Interceptions 11
38 Effective Clearances 1
38 Clearances 1

Line-Ups

INT Internazionale (3-5-2)

No. Name
1 Samir Handanovic (GK)
37 Milan Skriniar
32 Federico Dimarco
33 Danilo D'Ambrosio
20 Hakan Çalhanoglu
5 Roberto Gagliardini
77 Marcelo Brozovic
14 Ivan Perisic
2 Denzel Dumfries
19 Joaquín Correa
10 Lautaro Martínez

SPE Spezia (5-3-2)

No. Name
94 Ivan Provedel (GK)
28 Martin Erlic
14 Jakub Kiwior Yellow Card
15 Petko Hristov
13 Arkadiusz Reca
27 Kelvin Amian
7 Jacopo Sala
11 Emmanuel Gyasi
8 Viktor Kovalenko
9 Rey Manaj Yellow Card
29 Eddie Salcedo

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