Italian Serie A

Spezia vs Inter Milan 2021-22 Italian Serie A

  • 88': Giulio Maggiore
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  • 31': Marcelo Brozovic
  • 73': Lautaro Martínez
  • 90'+3': Alexis Sánchez

Inter Milan make it three wins in a row with victory over Spezia

Inter Milan made it three league wins in a row with a 3-1 success at Spezia on Friday, a victory that sent Simone Inzaghi's side top of the Serie A

Match Commentary

  • 10': Simone Bastoni (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 31': Goal! Spezia 0, Inter Milan 1. Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Danilo D'Ambrosio with a headed pass.
  • 37': Substitution, Spezia. Salvador Ferrer replaces Arkadiusz Reca because of an injury.
  • 45': Substitution, Spezia. Kevin Agudelo replaces Viktor Kovalenko.
  • 45': Second Half begins Spezia 0, Inter Milan 1.
  • 60': Substitution, Inter Milan. Alexis Sánchez replaces Joaquín Correa.
  • 60': Substitution, Inter Milan. Lautaro Martínez replaces Edin Dzeko.
  • 60': Substitution, Spezia. Daniele Verde replaces Simone Bastoni.
  • 60': Substitution, Spezia. M'Bala Nzola replaces Rey Manaj.
  • 70': Substitution, Spezia. Janis Antiste replaces M'Bala Nzola.
  • 73': Goal! Spezia 0, Inter Milan 2. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ivan Perisic with a cross.
  • 75': Substitution, Inter Milan. Matteo Darmian replaces Denzel Dumfries.
  • 75': Substitution, Inter Milan. Arturo Vidal replaces Hakan Calhanoglu.
  • 82': Substitution, Inter Milan. Stefan de Vrij replaces Alessandro Bastoni because of an injury.
  • 86': Dimitrios Nikolaou (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 88': Goal! Spezia 1, Inter Milan 2. Giulio Maggiore (Spezia) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner.
  • 90'+3': Goal! Spezia 1, Inter Milan 3. Alexis Sánchez (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lautaro Martínez.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Spezia 1, Inter Milan 3.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Alberto Picco
Location: La Spezia, Italy
Attendance: 11,282

Italian Serie A Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+62 Internazionale 35 89 2
+25 AC Milan 34 70 6
+21 Juventus 34 65 5
+22 Bologna 35 64 5
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Statistics

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11 Fouls 9
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 1
7 Corner Kicks 6
1 Saves 4
67.3 Possession 32.7
23 SHOTS 10
7 ON GOAL 2
0.3 On Target % 0.2
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
508 Accurate Passes 191
599 Passes 275
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.7
8 Accurate Crosses 7
19 Crosses 21
0.4 Cross % 0.3
63 Long Balls 63
46 Accurate Long Balls 28
0.7 Long Balls % 0.4
5 Blocked Shots 4
8 Effective Tackles 7
14 Tackles 11
0.6 Tackle % 0.6
8 Interceptions 22
12 Effective Clearances 18
12 Clearances 18

Line-Ups

SPE Spezia (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
94 Ivan Provedel (GK)
43 Dimitris Nikolaou Yellow Card
28 Martin Erlic
13 Arkadiusz Reca
27 Kelvin Amian
8 Viktor Kovalenko
25 Giulio Maggiore
14 Jakub Kiwior
9 Rey Manaj
20 Simone Bastoni Yellow Card
11 Emmanuel Gyasi

INT Internazionale (3-5-2)

No. Name
1 Samir Handanovic (GK)
37 Milan Skriniar
95 Alessandro Bastoni
33 Danilo D'Ambrosio
20 Hakan Calhanoglu
23 Nicolò Barella
77 Marcelo Brozovic
14 Ivan Perisic
2 Denzel Dumfries
19 Joaquín Correa
9 Edin Dzeko

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