UEFA Champions League

Internazionale vs Sheriff Tiraspol, 2021-22 UEFA Champions League, Group Stage

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

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Gustavo Dulanto.
  • 3': Attempt missed. Federico Dimarco (Inter Milan) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Nicolò Barella following a corner.
  • 3': Attempt missed. Milan Skriniar (Inter Milan) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Federico Dimarco following a corner.
  • 5': Attempt blocked. Fernando Costanza (Sheriff Tiraspol) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dimitris Kolovos.
  • 5': Corner, Sheriff Tiraspol. Conceded by Federico Dimarco.
  • 6': Attempt blocked. Bruno (Sheriff Tiraspol) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 8': Attempt blocked. Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked.
  • 8': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Danilo Arboleda Hurtado.
  • 10': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Fernando Costanza.
  • 10': Attempt missed. Stefan de Vrij (Inter Milan) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Federico Dimarco with a cross following a corner.
  • 13': Corner, Sheriff Tiraspol. Conceded by Milan Skriniar.
  • 13': Attempt missed. Gustavo Dulanto (Sheriff Tiraspol) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Frank Andersson Castañeda Velez with a cross following a corner.
  • 15': Dumitru Celeadnic (Sheriff Tiraspol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 15': Foul by Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan).
  • 17': Attempt saved. Edin Dzeko (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lautaro Martínez.
  • 18': Hand ball by Adama Traoré (Sheriff Tiraspol).
  • 18': Attempt missed. Federico Dimarco (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Ivan Perisic.
  • 20': Foul by Bruno (Sheriff Tiraspol).
  • 20': Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 21': Attempt blocked. Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 23': Fernando Costanza (Sheriff Tiraspol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 23': Foul by Ivan Perisic (Inter Milan).
  • 26': Attempt missed. Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Arturo Vidal.
  • 27': Hand ball by Frank Andersson Castañeda Velez (Sheriff Tiraspol).
  • 28': Attempt missed. Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Lautaro Martínez.
  • 29': Attempt blocked. Dimitris Kolovos (Sheriff Tiraspol) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Edmund Addo.
  • 29': Corner, Sheriff Tiraspol. Conceded by Lautaro Martínez.
  • 32': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Bruno.
  • 33': Hand ball by Edmund Addo (Sheriff Tiraspol).
  • 34': Attempt saved. Federico Dimarco (Inter Milan) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is saved in the top left corner.
  • 34': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Dumitru Celeadnic.
  • 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.
  • 36': Bruno (Sheriff Tiraspol) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 36': Foul by Milan Skriniar (Inter Milan).
  • 37': Offside, Sheriff Tiraspol. Dumitru Celeadnic tries a through ball, but Bruno is caught offside.
  • 37': Attempt missed. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Edin Dzeko with a cross.
  • 41': Attempt saved. Cristiano (Sheriff Tiraspol) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dimitris Kolovos.
  • 43': Attempt saved. Ivan Perisic (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nicolò Barella.
  • 43': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Dumitru Celeadnic.
  • 43': Attempt blocked. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Federico Dimarco with a cross.
  • 43': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Edmund Addo.
  • 45': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Cristiano.
  • 45': First Half ends, Inter Milan 1, Sheriff Tiraspol 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Inter Milan 1, Sheriff Tiraspol 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Sheriff Tiraspol. Stjepan Radeljic replaces Frank Andersson Castañeda Velez.
  • 46': Foul by Edin Dzeko (Inter Milan).
  • 46': Gustavo Dulanto (Sheriff Tiraspol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 47': Attempt saved. Bruno (Sheriff Tiraspol) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Edmund Addo.
  • 49': Attempt missed. Federico Dimarco (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Ivan Perisic.
  • 51': Bruno (Sheriff Tiraspol) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 51': Foul by Federico Dimarco (Inter Milan).
  • 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.
  • 55': Attempt missed. Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
  • 56': Ivan Perisic (Inter Milan) hits the left post with a left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left. Assisted by Edin Dzeko.
  • 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.
  • 59': Adama Traoré (Sheriff Tiraspol) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 59': Foul by Alessandro Bastoni (Inter Milan).
  • 61': Fernando Costanza (Sheriff Tiraspol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 61': Foul by Arturo Vidal (Inter Milan).
  • 62': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Stjepan Radeljic.
  • 63': Attempt missed. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Marcelo Brozovic with a cross following a corner.
  • 63': Dimitris Kolovos (Sheriff Tiraspol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 63': Foul by Arturo Vidal (Inter Milan).
  • 64': Corner, Sheriff Tiraspol. Conceded by Ivan Perisic.
  • 64': Foul by Stjepan Radeljic (Sheriff Tiraspol).
  • 64': Milan Skriniar (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 65': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Danilo Arboleda Hurtado.
  • 66': Attempt blocked. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcelo Brozovic with a cross.
  • 66': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Danilo Arboleda Hurtado.
  • 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.
  • 68': Attempt blocked. Sébastien Thill (Sheriff Tiraspol) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dimitris Kolovos.
  • 69': Attempt blocked. Edin Dzeko (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicolò Barella.
  • 70': Attempt saved. Ivan Perisic (Inter Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Denzel Dumfries.
  • 71': Adama Traoré (Sheriff Tiraspol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 71': Foul by Alessandro Bastoni (Inter Milan).
  • 72': Attempt blocked. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Edin Dzeko.
  • 72': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Gustavo Dulanto.
  • 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.
  • 83': Attempt blocked. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicolò Barella.
  • 83': Ivan Perisic (Inter Milan) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the left side of the box.
  • 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': Foul by Maxim Cojocaru (Sheriff Tiraspol).
  • 88': Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 88': Maxim Cojocaru (Sheriff Tiraspol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90': Attempt missed. Stefano Sensi (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Nicolò Barella.
  • 90': Substitution, Sheriff Tiraspol. Serafim Cojocari replaces Adama Traoré.
  • 90'+2': Attempt saved. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Aleksandar Kolarov with a cross.
  • 90'+2': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Dumitru Celeadnic.
  • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Stefano Sensi (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Inter Milan 3, Sheriff Tiraspol 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Inter Milan 3, Sheriff Tiraspol 1.

Statistics

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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

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Champions League

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

Line-Ups

INT Internazionale (3-5-2)

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

SHE 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
Sheriff Tiraspol Substitutes:
Moussa Kyabou, Maxim Cojocaru, Stjepan Radeljic, Boban Nikolov, Serghei Pascenco, Serafim Cojocari, Momo Yansane, Keston Julien.

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