Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, May 26, 2019
Empoli LLWWW 1
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Internazionale DDDWL 2
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INT022
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza · 68,051 att. · ESPN+

Match Report

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Dramatic late win takes Inter into Champions League

Inter Milan sneaked into next season's Champions League when a late goal from Radja Nainggolan gave them a 2-1 win over a gallant Empoli.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
11
2
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
1
0
Offsides
2
2
Corner Kicks
8
12
Saves
3
47.1
Possession
52.9
12
SHOTS
28
4
ON GOAL
14
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
342
Accurate Passes
408
417
Passes
464
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
8
13
Crosses
28
0.4
Cross %
0.3
42
Long Balls
44
20
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
4
6
Effective Tackles
19
11
Tackles
30
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
7
Interceptions
6
26
Effective Clearances
15
26
Clearances
15

Head to Head

INT leads series 5-0

Lineups

INT · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Samir HandanovicG
  2. 37Milan SkriniarCD-L
  3. 6Stefan de VrijCD-R
  4. 18Kwadwo AsamoahLB
  5. 33Danilo D'AmbrosioRB
  6. 14Radja NainggolanAM
  7. 77Marcelo BrozovicLM
  8. 8Matías VecinoRM
  9. 9Mauro IcardiF
  10. 44Ivan PerisicAM-L
  11. 16Matteo PolitanoAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 10Lautaro MartínezSUB
  2. 21CédricSUB
  3. 11Keita BaldéSUB
  4. 87Antonio CandrevaSUB
  5. 5Roberto GagliardiniSUB
  6. 27Daniele PadelliSUB
  7. 13Andrea RanocchiaSUB
  8. 20Borja ValeroSUB
  9. 29DalbertSUB
  10. 15João MárioSUB
  11. 23MirandaSUB

EMP · 3-1-4-2

  1. 69Bartlomiej DragowskiG
  2. 26Matías SilvestreCD
  3. 39Cristian Dell'OrcoCD-L
  4. 22Domenico MaiettaCD-R
  5. 10Ismaël BennacerSW
  6. 8Hamed TraoréCM-L
  7. 18Afriyie AcquahCM-R
  8. 6Marko PajacLM
  9. 2Giovanni Di LorenzoRM
  10. 17Diego FariasCF-L
  11. 11Francesco CaputoCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 32Jacob Rasmussen
  2. 28Leonardo Capezzi
  3. 23Manuel Pasqual
  4. 37Dimitri Oberlin
  5. 1Ivan Provedel
  6. 5Frederic Veseli
  7. 43Dimitris Nikolaou
  8. 21Filippo Perucchini
  9. 48Salih Ucan
  10. 7Levan Mchedlidze
  11. 4Matteo Brighi

Timeline

  1. 45' Substitution, Inter Milan. Keita replaces Kwadwo Asamoah.
  2. 51' Goal! Inter Milan 1, Empoli 0. Keita (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Matteo Politano.
  3. 52' Keita (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  4. 60' VAR: Penalty Kick. Referee decision on field stands.
  5. 61' Penalty saved! Mauro Icardi (Inter Milan) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
  6. 64' Marko Pajac (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 71' Substitution, Empoli. Matteo Brighi replaces Afriyie Acquah.
  8. 71' Substitution, Empoli. Salih Ucan replaces Domenico Maietta.
  9. 71' Substitution, Inter Milan. Lautaro Martínez replaces Mauro Icardi.
  10. 72' Ivan Perisic (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 74' Substitution, Inter Milan. Dalbert replaces Ivan Perisic because of an injury.
  12. 76' Goal! Inter Milan 1, Empoli 1. Hamed Junior Traore (Empoli) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Salih Ucan with a cross.
  13. 81' Goal! Inter Milan 2, Empoli 1. Radja Nainggolan (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a fast break.
  14. 90'+5' Filippo Perucchini (Empoli) is shown the red card.
  15. 90'+5' Francesco Caputo (Empoli) is shown the yellow card.
  16. 90'+6' Danilo D'Ambrosio (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card.
  17. 90'+6' VAR: Goal. Referee decision on field cancelled.
  18. 90'+7' Second yellow card to Keita (Inter Milan).

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