Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, May 31, 2015
Empoli WWLLD 3
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Internazionale WDWLL 4
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Stadio Giuseppe Meazza · 32,036 att.

Match Report

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Inter Milan beat Empoli as Icardi's brace earns share of Golden Boot

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
13
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
3
0
Corner Kicks
6
5
Saves
2
40.4
Possession
59.6
11
SHOTS
32
5
ON GOAL
9
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
325
Accurate Passes
523
416
Passes
594
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
13
8
Crosses
33
0.0
Cross %
0.4
56
Long Balls
64
25
Accurate Long Balls
45
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
4
Blocked Shots
4
10
Effective Tackles
17
18
Tackles
22
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
17
Effective Clearances
12
17
Clearances
12

Head to Head

INT leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

INT · 4-3-1-2

  1. 1Samir HandanovicG
  2. 26FelipeCD-L
  3. 23Andrea RanocchiaCD-R
  4. 5Juan JesusLB
  5. 55Yuto NagatomoRB
  6. 8Rodrigo PalacioM
  7. 18Gary MedelCM
  8. 88HernanesAM
  9. 10Mateo KovacicLM
  10. 77Marcelo BrozovicRM
  11. 9Mauro IcardiCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 27Assane Demoya Gnoukouri
  2. 93Federico Dimarco
  3. 54Isaac Donkor
  4. 30Juan Pablo Carrizo
  5. 28George Puscas
  6. 21Davide Santon
  7. 97Federico Bonazzoli
  8. 6Marco Andreolli
  9. 20Joel Obi
  10. 17Zdravko Kuzmanovic
  11. 11Lukas Podolski
  12. 99Zé Turbo

EMP · 4-3-1-2

  1. 28Davide BassiG
  2. 19Federico BarbaCD-L
  3. 24Daniele RuganiCD-R
  4. 23Elseid HysajLB
  5. 2Vincent LauriniRB
  6. 20Manuel PucciarelliM
  7. 6Mirko ValdifioriCM
  8. 5Riccardo SaponaraAM
  9. 11Daniele CroceLM
  10. 88Matías VecinoRM
  11. 9Levan MchedlidzeCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 10Francesco Tavano
  2. 27Piotr Zielinski
  3. 1Maurizio Pugliesi
  4. 25Josh Brillante
  5. 8Franco Signorelli
  6. 14Assane Dioussé
  7. 21Mário Rui
  8. 33Luigi Sepe
  9. 18Simone Verdi
  10. 26Lorenzo Tonelli
  11. 15Alessandro Piu
  12. 50Michele Somma

Timeline

  1. 21' Substitution, Inter Milan. Davide Santon replaces Felipe because of an injury.
  2. 43' Substitution, Empoli. Simone Verdi replaces Riccardo Saponara because of an injury.
  3. 49' Goal! Inter Milan 1, Empoli 0. Rodrigo Palacio (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mauro Icardi.
  4. 53' Goal! Inter Milan 2, Empoli 0. Mauro Icardi (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mateo Kovacic.
  5. 54' Substitution, Empoli. Mário Rui replaces Vincent Laurini.
  6. 59' Goal! Inter Milan 2, Empoli 1. Levan Mchedlidze (Empoli) header from very close range to the bottom right corner.
  7. 62' Goal! Inter Milan 2, Empoli 2. Manuel Pucciarelli (Empoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Simone Verdi with a through ball.
  8. 63' Federico Barba (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 67' Mirko Valdifiori (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 69' Substitution, Empoli. Lorenzo Tonelli replaces Federico Barba.
  11. 70' Goal! Inter Milan 3, Empoli 2. Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mauro Icardi.
  12. 77' Goal! Inter Milan 4, Empoli 2. Mauro Icardi (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Hernanes.
  13. 83' Substitution, Inter Milan. Lukas Podolski replaces Mateo Kovacic.
  14. 84' Hernanes (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 88' Goal! Inter Milan 4, Empoli 3. Levan Mchedlidze (Empoli) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Manuel Pucciarelli.
  16. 90' Substitution, Inter Milan. Federico Dimarco replaces Rodrigo Palacio.
  17. 90'+4' Mario Rui (Empoli) Yellow Card at 94'

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