Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, December 20, 2020
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Match Report

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Hakimi, Lukaku overcome Spezia resistance as Inter win again

Second-placed Inter Milan needed second-half goals from Achraf Hakimi and leading scorer Romelu Lukaku to overcome stubborn resistance from Spezia.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
0
58.1
Possession
41.9
7
SHOTS
9
1
ON GOAL
4
0.1
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
547
Accurate Passes
386
633
Passes
449
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
4
10
Crosses
14
0.2
Cross %
0.3
85
Long Balls
47
56
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.7
Long Balls %
0.6
0
Blocked Shots
3
9
Effective Tackles
6
13
Tackles
13
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
9
Interceptions
14
9
Effective Clearances
10
9
Clearances
10

Lineups

INT · 3-5-2

  1. 1Samir HandanovicG
  2. 6Stefan de VrijCD
  3. 95Alessandro BastoniCD-L
  4. 37Milan SkriniarCD-R
  5. 5Roberto GagliardiniCM-L
  6. 23Nicolò BarellaCM-R
  7. 77Marcelo BrozovicAM
  8. 15Ashley YoungLM
  9. 2Achraf HakimiRM
  10. 10Lautaro MartínezCF-L
  11. 9Romelu LukakuCF-R

SPE · 4-3-3

  1. 94Ivan ProvedelG
  2. 34Adrian IsmajliCD-L
  3. 19Claudio TerziCD-R
  4. 20Simone BastoniLB
  5. 69Luca VignaliRB
  6. 8Matteo RicciCM
  7. 6Luca MoraLM
  8. 27Alessandro DeiolaRM
  9. 18M'Bala NzolaF
  10. 11Emmanuel GyasiLF
  11. 4Gennaro AcamporaRF

Timeline

  1. 18' Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 41' M'Bala Nzola (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 43' Claudio Terzi (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Inter Milan. Stefano Sensi replaces Roberto Gagliardini.
  5. 51' Goal! Inter Milan 1, Spezia 0. Achraf Hakimi (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lautaro Martínez.
  6. 66' Substitution, Inter Milan. Arturo Vidal replaces Marcelo Brozovic.
  7. 70' VAR Decision: Penalty Inter Milan.
  8. 71' Goal! Inter Milan 2, Spezia 0. Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  9. 72' Substitution, Spezia. Giulio Maggiore replaces Alessandro Deiola.
  10. 72' Substitution, Spezia. Kevin Agudelo replaces Luca Mora.
  11. 80' Substitution, Inter Milan. Matteo Darmian replaces Ashley Young.
  12. 80' Substitution, Inter Milan. Danilo D'Ambrosio replaces Achraf Hakimi.
  13. 80' Substitution, Inter Milan. Ivan Perisic replaces Romelu Lukaku.
  14. 80' Substitution, Spezia. Roberto Piccoli replaces M'Bala Nzola.
  15. 80' Substitution, Spezia. Diego Farias replaces Emmanuel Gyasi.
  16. 90' Substitution, Spezia. Giuseppe Mastinu replaces Gennaro Acampora.
  17. 90'+4' Goal! Inter Milan 2, Spezia 1. Roberto Piccoli (Spezia) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.

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