Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, March 8, 2015
Internazionale WDWWL 2
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Napoli WWWLD 2
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Diego Armando Maradona · 36,646 att.

Match Report

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Mauro Icardi penalty earns Inter late draw against Napoli

Mauro Icardi denied Napoli the victory that would have seen them close to within two points of second-placed Roma in Serie A as his cheeky penalty earned Inter Milan a 2-2 draw.

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Team Stats

19
Fouls
16
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
1
2
Offsides
6
5
Corner Kicks
5
5
Saves
3
63
Possession
37
13
SHOTS
16
5
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.4
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
450
Accurate Passes
229
531
Passes
308
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
4
Accurate Crosses
3
22
Crosses
16
0.2
Cross %
0.2
39
Long Balls
57
21
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
2
10
Effective Tackles
14
12
Tackles
18
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
31
Effective Clearances
29
31
Clearances
29

Head to Head

NAP leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

NAP · 4-2-3-1

  1. 45Mariano AndújarG
  2. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD-L
  3. 33Raúl AlbiolCD-R
  4. 3Ivan StrinicLB
  5. 4HenriqueRB
  6. 17Marek HamsikAM
  7. 88Gökhan InlerLM
  8. 19David LópezRM
  9. 9Gonzalo HiguaínF
  10. 14Dries MertensAM-L
  11. 7José CallejónAM-R

INT

  1. 1Samir HandanovicG
  2. 5Juan JesusD
  3. 21Davide SantonD
  4. 23Andrea RanocchiaD
  5. 33Danilo D'AmbrosioD
  6. 91Xherdan ShaqiriM
  7. 18Gary MedelM
  8. 13Fredy GuarínM
  9. 77Marcelo BrozovicM
  10. 8Rodrigo PalacioF
  11. 9Mauro IcardiF

Timeline

  1. 1' Juan Jesus (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 16' Dries Mertens (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 37' Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 49' Henrique (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  5. 51' Goal! Napoli 1, Inter Milan 0. Marek Hamsik (Napoli) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Henrique with a cross.
  6. 63' Goal! Napoli 2, Inter Milan 0. Gonzalo Higuaín (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Marek Hamsik.
  7. 64' Substitution, Inter Milan. Hernanes replaces Marcelo Brozovic.
  8. 72' Goal! Napoli 2, Inter Milan 1. Rodrigo Palacio (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Fredy Guarín.
  9. 73' Substitution, Napoli. Jonathan de Guzmán replaces Dries Mertens.
  10. 80' Substitution, Napoli. Manolo Gabbiadini replaces Marek Hamsik.
  11. 84' Substitution, Inter Milan. George Puscas replaces Juan Jesus.
  12. 86' Second yellow card to Henrique (Napoli) for a bad foul.
  13. 87' Goal! Napoli 2, Inter Milan 2. Mauro Icardi (Inter Milan) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
  14. 88' Substitution, Napoli. Giandomenico Mesto replaces José Callejón.
  15. 89' Fredy Guarín (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Serie A News

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