Italian Serie A

FT Monday, February 23, 2015
Internazionale LLWWD 2
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Cagliari DWLLD 1
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Match Report

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Mateo Kovacic and Mauro Icardi score to lead Inter to third straight victory

Goals from Mateo Kovacic and Mauro Icardi were enough to lead Inter to a 2-1 win at Cagliari on Monday.

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Team Stats

21
Fouls
18
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
5
7
Corner Kicks
8
5
Saves
7
61.5
Possession
38.5
19
SHOTS
13
9
ON GOAL
5
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
475
Accurate Passes
245
568
Passes
337
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
5
Accurate Crosses
3
23
Crosses
31
0.2
Cross %
0.1
50
Long Balls
57
26
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
5
Blocked Shots
2
14
Effective Tackles
12
21
Tackles
15
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
35
Effective Clearances
20
35
Clearances
20

Head to Head

CAG leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

CAG · 4-3-2-1

  1. 44Zeljko BrkicG
  2. 33Marco CapuanoCD-L
  3. 15Luca RossettiniCD-R
  4. 8Danilo AvelarLB
  5. 16Daniele DessenaRB
  6. 5Daniele ContiCM
  7. 4Lorenzo CrisetigCM-L
  8. 30Godfred DonsahCM-R
  9. 90Duje CopF
  10. 7Andrea CossuCF-L
  11. 40M'Poku Paul-JoséCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 17Diego FariasSUB
  2. 3Nicola MurruSUB
  3. 2Alejandro GonzálezSUB
  4. 27Alessio CragnoSUB
  5. 22Josef HusbauerSUB
  6. 1Simone ColombiSUB
  7. 32Luca CeppitelliSUB
  8. 10João PedroSUB
  9. 9Sam LongSUB
  10. 37Mobido DiakitéSUB
  11. 18Nicolò BarellaSUB
  12. 14Francesco PisanoSUB

INT

  1. 30Juan Pablo CarrizoG
  2. 14Hugo CampagnaroD
  3. 21Davide SantonD
  4. 5Juan JesusD
  5. 15Nemanja VidićD
  6. 10Mateo KovacicM
  7. 18Gary MedelM
  8. 13Fredy GuarínM
  9. 77Marcelo BrozovicM
  10. 9Mauro IcardiF
  11. 11Lukas PodolskiF

Substitutes

  1. 22DodôSUB
  2. 20Joel ObiSUB
  3. 23Andrea RanocchiaSUB
  4. 17Zdravko KuzmanovicSUB
  5. 46Tommaso BerniSUB
  6. 88HernanesSUB
  7. 93Federico DimarcoSUB
  8. 28George PuscasSUB
  9. 33Danilo D'AmbrosioSUB
  10. 91Xherdan ShaqiriSUB
  11. 6Marco AndreolliSUB
  12. 8Rodrigo PalacioSUB

Timeline

  1. 13' Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 39' Duje Cop (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 47' Goal! Cagliari 0, Inter Milan 1. Mateo Kovacic (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner.
  4. 56' Substitution, Cagliari. Samuele Longo replaces Duje Cop.
  5. 67' Substitution, Cagliari. João Pedro replaces Andrea Cossu.
  6. 68' Goal! Cagliari 0, Inter Milan 2. Mauro Icardi (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Gary Medel with a through ball.
  7. 72' Substitution, Cagliari. Luca Ceppitelli replaces Lorenzo Crisetig.
  8. 74' Own Goal by Juan Pablo Carrizo, Inter Milan. Cagliari 1, Inter Milan 2.
  9. 81' Substitution, Inter Milan. Dodô replaces Lukas Podolski.
  10. 83' Substitution, Inter Milan. Hernanes replaces Marcelo Brozovic.
  11. 89' Hugo Campagnaro (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 90'+1' Danilo Avelar (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 90'+3' Substitution, Inter Milan. Zdravko Kuzmanovic replaces Mateo Kovacic.

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