Italian Serie A

Inter Milan vs Venezia 2021-22 Italian Serie A

  • 40': Nicolò Barella
  • 90': Edin Dzeko
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  • 19': Thomas Henry

Last-gasp Dzeko header earns leaders Inter win over Venezia

A last-gasp header from Edin Dzeko earned Serie A leaders Inter Milan a dramatic 2-1 win over Venezia on Saturday.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 19': Goal! Inter Milan 0, Venezia 1. Thomas Henry (Venezia) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Ethan Ampadu with a cross.
  • 25': Substitution, Venezia. Luca Fiordilino replaces Antonio Vacca because of an injury.
  • 25': Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 26': Alessandro Bastoni (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 40': Goal! Inter Milan 1, Venezia 1. Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan) left footed shot from very close range to the top right corner.
  • 41': Luca Lezzerini (Venezia) is shown the yellow card.
  • 45'+3': Marco Modolo (Venezia) is shown the yellow card.
  • 45': Substitution, Inter Milan. Federico Dimarco replaces Alessandro Bastoni.
  • 66': Substitution, Venezia. Sofian Kiyine replaces Tanner Tessmann.
  • 66': Substitution, Venezia. Dor Peretz replaces Michaël Cuisance.
  • 68': Sofian Kiyine (Venezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 72': Substitution, Inter Milan. Arturo Vidal replaces Nicolò Barella.
  • 73': Substitution, Inter Milan. Alexis Sánchez replaces Lautaro Martínez.
  • 73': Substitution, Inter Milan. Denzel Dumfries replaces Matteo Darmian.
  • 79': Mattia Caldara (Venezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 80': Stefan de Vrij (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 82': Substitution, Venezia. Nani replaces Thomas Henry.
  • 82': Substitution, Venezia. Arnór Sigurdsson replaces David Okereke.
  • 82': Substitution, Inter Milan. Matías Vecino replaces Marcelo Brozovic.
  • 90': Goal! Inter Milan 2, Venezia 1. Edin Dzeko (Inter Milan) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Denzel Dumfries with a cross.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 5,000

Italian Serie A Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+33 Internazionale 23 55 4
+21 AC Milan 23 50 1
+12 Napoli 23 46 5
+21 Juventus 23 45 4
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Statistics

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9 Fouls 13
4 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 2
0 Corner Kicks 6
10 Saves 2
29.5 Possession 70.5
3 SHOTS 24
3 ON GOAL 12
1.0 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
209 Accurate Passes 596
286 Passes 679
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
2 Accurate Crosses 9
6 Crosses 33
0.3 Cross % 0.3
66 Long Balls 27
28 Accurate Long Balls 24
0.4 Long Balls % 0.9
0 Blocked Shots 8
7 Effective Tackles 9
11 Tackles 16
0.6 Tackle % 0.6
14 Interceptions 4
39 Effective Clearances 7
39 Clearances 7

Line-Ups

INT Internazionale (3-5-2)

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

VEN Venezia (3-5-2)

No. Name
12 Luca Lezzerini (GK) Yellow Card
13 Marco Modolo Yellow Card
32 Pietro Ceccaroni
31 Mattia Caldara Yellow Card
8 Tanner Tessmann
21 Michaël Cuisance
5 Antonio Junior Vacca
19 Maximilian Ullmann
44 Ethan Ampadu
77 David Okereke
14 Thomas Henry

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