Italian Serie A

FT Thursday, July 16, 2020
Internazionale WWLDW 4
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SPAL LDLLL 0
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Match Report

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Inter Milan ease past SPAL to close gap on leaders Juventus

Inter Milan eased past bottom side SPAL on Thursday, winning 4-0 away to move second in Serie A and close the gap on leaders Juventus to six.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
10
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
7
Corner Kicks
0
0
Saves
2
60.9
Possession
39.1
16
SHOTS
12
6
ON GOAL
0
0.4
On Target %
0.0
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
464
Accurate Passes
277
547
Passes
359
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
8
Accurate Crosses
0
23
Crosses
5
0.3
Cross %
0.0
55
Long Balls
52
36
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.7
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
5
6
Effective Tackles
6
13
Tackles
8
0.5
Tackle %
0.8
10
Interceptions
17
7
Effective Clearances
21
7
Clearances
21

Head to Head

INT leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

SPA · 4-4-2

  1. 25Karlo LeticaG
  2. 41Kevin BonifaziCD-L
  3. 23Francesco VicariCD-R
  4. 13Arkadiusz RecaLB
  5. 26Jacopo SalaRB
  6. 14Bryan DaboCM-L
  7. 6Mirko ValdifioriCM-R
  8. 11Alessandro MurgiaLM
  9. 21Gabriel StrefezzaRM
  10. 32Alberto CerriCF-L
  11. 37Andrea PetagnaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 77Marco D'AlessandroSUB
  2. 66Bartosz SalamonSUB
  3. 4Thiago CionekSUB
  4. 10Sergio FloccariSUB
  5. 65Marco MeneghettiSUB
  6. 31Federico Di FrancescoSUB
  7. 22Demba ThiamSUB
  8. 19Lucas CastroSUB
  9. 7Simone MissiroliSUB
  10. 40Nenad TomovicSUB
  11. 27FelipeSUB
  12. 96Georgi TunjovSUB

INT · 3-4-1-2

  1. 1Samir HandanovicG
  2. 13Andrea RanocchiaCD
  3. 95Alessandro BastoniCD-L
  4. 37Milan SkriniarCD-R
  5. 5Roberto GagliardiniCM-L
  6. 77Marcelo BrozovicCM-R
  7. 24Christian EriksenAM
  8. 34Cristiano BiraghiLM
  9. 87Antonio CandrevaRM
  10. 10Lautaro MartínezCF-L
  11. 7Alexis SánchezCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 6Stefan de VrijSUB
  2. 27Daniele PadelliSUB
  3. 46Tommaso BerniSUB
  4. 11Victor MosesSUB
  5. 31Lorenzo PirolaSUB
  6. 18Kwadwo AsamoahSUB
  7. 15Ashley YoungSUB
  8. 30Sebastiano EspositoSUB
  9. 33Danilo D'AmbrosioSUB
  10. 20Borja ValeroSUB
  11. 32Lucien AgouméSUB

Timeline

  1. 32' Alessandro Bastoni (Internazionale) Yellow Card at 32'
  2. 37' Goal! SPAL 0, Inter Milan 1. Antonio Candreva (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alexis Sánchez.
  3. 46' Mirko Valdifiori (SPAL) Yellow Card at 46'
  4. 51' Alessandro Murgia (SPAL) Yellow Card at 51'
  5. 54' Cristiano Biraghi (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 55' Goal! SPAL 0, Inter Milan 2. Cristiano Biraghi (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
  7. 60' Goal! SPAL 0, Inter Milan 3. Alexis Sánchez (Inter Milan) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Cristiano Biraghi with a cross.
  8. 62' Andrea Ranocchia (Internazionale) Yellow Card at 62'
  9. 63' Danilo D'Ambrosio (Internazionale) Substitution at 63'
  10. 63' Ashley Young (Internazionale) Substitution at 63'
  11. 66' Marco D'Alessandro (SPAL) Substitution at 66'
  12. 67' Thiago Cionek (SPAL) Substitution at 67'
  13. 74' Goal! SPAL 0, Inter Milan 4. Roberto Gagliardini (Inter Milan) right footed shot from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by Ashley Young.
  14. 74' Borja Valero (Internazionale) Substitution at 74'
  15. 75' Federico Di Francesco (SPAL) Substitution at 75'
  16. 79' Substitution, Inter Milan. Sebastiano Esposito replaces Alexis Sánchez.
  17. 79' Substitution, Inter Milan. Lorenzo Pirola replaces Antonio Candreva.
  18. 82' Bartosz Salamon (SPAL) Substitution at 82'
  19. 82' Georgi Tunjov (SPAL) Substitution at 82'

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