Italian Serie A

Inter Milan vs Verona 2021-22 Italian Serie A

  • 22': Nicolò Barella
  • 30': Edin Dzeko
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Inter beat Verona to close gap at top of Serie A to one point

Inter Milan closed the gap on Serie A leaders AC Milan to one point after cruising to a 2-0 victory over Hellas Verona on Saturday.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 22': Goal! Inter Milan 1, Verona 0. Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Ivan Perisic with a cross.
  • 30': Goal! Inter Milan 2, Verona 0. Edin Dzeko (Inter Milan) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ivan Perisic with a headed pass following a corner.
  • 45': Substitution, Inter Milan. Danilo D'Ambrosio replaces Stefan de Vrij.
  • 59': Substitution, Inter Milan. Robin Gosens replaces Joaquín Correa.
  • 62': Substitution, Verona. Kevin Lasagna replaces Daniel Bessa.
  • 62': Substitution, Verona. Fabio Depaoli replaces Marco Faraoni.
  • 65': Substitution, Inter Milan. Arturo Vidal replaces Nicolò Barella.
  • 66': Substitution, Inter Milan. Alessandro Bastoni replaces Federico Dimarco.
  • 82': Substitution, Verona. Bosko Sutalo replaces Federico Ceccherini.
  • 82': Substitution, Verona. Matteo Cancellieri replaces Darko Lazovic.
  • 84': Substitution, Inter Milan. Roberto Gagliardini replaces Hakan Calhanoglu.
  • 84': Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+1': Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Inter Milan 2, Verona 0.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 61,325

Italian Serie A Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+60 Internazionale 32 83 1
+26 AC Milan 32 69 5
+21 Juventus 32 63 5
+20 Bologna 32 59 5
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Statistics

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7 Fouls 10
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 2
2 Corner Kicks 10
4 Saves 3
52.5 Possession 47.5
9 SHOTS 18
3 ON GOAL 6
0.3 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
368 Accurate Passes 299
455 Passes 397
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
4 Accurate Crosses 7
15 Crosses 27
0.3 Cross % 0.3
50 Long Balls 58
27 Accurate Long Balls 26
0.5 Long Balls % 0.4
3 Blocked Shots 4
6 Effective Tackles 9
15 Tackles 24
0.4 Tackle % 0.4
9 Interceptions 12
32 Effective Clearances 8
32 Clearances 8

Line-Ups

INT Internazionale (3-5-2)

No. Name
1 Samir Handanovic (GK)
6 Stefan de Vrij
32 Federico Dimarco
37 Milan Skriniar
20 Hakan Calhanoglu
23 Nicolò Barella
77 Marcelo Brozovic Yellow Card
14 Ivan Perisic
2 Denzel Dumfries Yellow Card
19 Joaquín Correa
9 Edin Dzeko

VER Hellas Verona (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
96 Lorenzo Montipò (GK)
21 Koray Günter
16 Nicolo Casale
17 Federico Ceccherini
14 Ivan Ilic
61 Adrien Tamèze
8 Darko Lazovic
5 Davide Faraoni
99 Giovanni Simeone
10 Gianluca Caprari
24 Daniel Bessa

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