Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, February 26, 2017
AS Roma WWWWL 3
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Internazionale WLLWW 1
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ROMA123
INT011
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza · 58,652 att.

Match Report

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Nainggolan bags brace as Roma defeat Inter to close gap on Juve

Belgian midfielder Radja Nainggolan scored twice as Roma did the league double over Inter to close the gap on Juventus to seven points.

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Team Stats

22
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
2
Corner Kicks
10
3
Saves
2
49
Possession
51
12
SHOTS
14
5
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.3
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
309
Accurate Passes
330
430
Passes
432
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
6
10
Crosses
34
0.3
Cross %
0.2
72
Long Balls
60
37
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
3
16
Effective Tackles
12
20
Tackles
15
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
44
Effective Clearances
24
44
Clearances
24

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

INT · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Samir HandanovicG
  2. 17Gary MedelCD
  3. 33Danilo D'AmbrosioCD-L
  4. 24Jeison MurilloCD-R
  5. 7Geoffrey KondogbiaCM-L
  6. 5Roberto GagliardiniCM-R
  7. 44Ivan PerisicLM
  8. 87Antonio CandrevaRM
  9. 9Mauro IcardiF
  10. 6João MárioCF-L
  11. 77Marcelo BrozovicCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 8Rodrigo PalacioSUB
  2. 96Gabriel BarbosaSUB
  3. 20Trent SainsburySUB
  4. 11Jonathan BiabianySUB
  5. 23ÉderSUB
  6. 55Yuto NagatomoSUB
  7. 30Juan Pablo CarrizoSUB
  8. 2Marco AndreolliSUB
  9. 15Cristian AnsaldiSUB
  10. 19Éver BanegaSUB
  11. 21Davide SantonSUB

ROMA · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 20Federico FazioCD
  3. 44Kostas ManolasCD-L
  4. 2Antonio RüdigerCD-R
  5. 16Daniele De RossiCM-L
  6. 6Kevin StrootmanCM-R
  7. 3Juan JesusLM
  8. 13Bruno PeresRM
  9. 9Edin DzekoF
  10. 4Radja NainggolanCF-L
  11. 11Mohamed SalahCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 15Thomas VermaelenSUB
  2. 33EmersonSUB
  3. 7Clément GrenierSUB
  4. 19Alisson BeckerSUB
  5. 8Diego PerottiSUB
  6. 30GersonSUB
  7. 5Leandro ParedesSUB
  8. 10Francesco TottiSUB
  9. 18Bogdan LobontSUB
  10. 21Mário RuiSUB
  11. 92Stephan El ShaarawySUB

Timeline

  1. 6' Ivan Perisic (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 12' Goal! Inter Milan 0, Roma 1. Radja Nainggolan (Roma) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Edin Dzeko.
  3. 40' Daniele De Rossi (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 55' Substitution, Inter Milan. Éder replaces Marcelo Brozovic.
  5. 56' Goal! Inter Milan 0, Roma 2. Radja Nainggolan (Roma) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Bruno Peres following a fast break.
  6. 71' Substitution, Roma. Diego Perotti replaces Mohamed Salah.
  7. 75' Substitution, Inter Milan. Gabriel replaces Antonio Candreva.
  8. 80' Substitution, Inter Milan. Éver Banega replaces João Mário.
  9. 81' Goal! Inter Milan 1, Roma 2. Mauro Icardi (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner. Assisted by Ivan Perisic.
  10. 83' Federico Fazio (Roma) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 83' Jeison Murillo (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 84' Substitution, Roma. Leandro Paredes replaces Daniele De Rossi.
  13. 85' Goal! Inter Milan 1, Roma 3. Diego Perotti (Roma) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  14. 89' Substitution, Roma. Thomas Vermaelen replaces Bruno Peres.

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