Italian Serie A

Cagliari vs Internazionale, 2020-21 Italian Serie A

· Italian Serie A
Cagliari
  • 41': Riccardo Sottil
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1 - 3
Internazionale
  • 77': Nicolò Barella
  • 84': Danilo D'Ambrosio
  • 90'+4': Romelu Lukaku

Inter Milan score late to keep pressure on AC Milan

Inter Milan scored three times in the last 15 minutes as they came from behind to win 3-1 at Cagliari in a dramatic Serie A match on Sunday.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 3': Charalampos Lykogiannis (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 3': Foul by Matteo Darmian (Inter Milan).
  • 3': Foul by Marko Rog (Cagliari).
  • 3': Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 5': Alexis Sánchez (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 5': Foul by Razvan Marin (Cagliari).
  • 6': Foul by Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan).
  • 6': Marko Rog (Cagliari) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 8': Attempt blocked. Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Paolo Faragò.
  • 8': Corner, Cagliari. Conceded by Stefan de Vrij.
  • 9': Attempt saved. Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Christian Eriksen.
  • 9': Attempt saved. Christian Eriksen (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 10': Foul by Paolo Faragò (Cagliari).
  • 10': Ivan Perisic (Inter Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 10': Paolo Faragò (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 11': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Gabriele Zappa.
  • 12': Attempt missed. Alessandro Bastoni (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Christian Eriksen with a cross following a corner.
  • 14': Attempt saved. Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alexis Sánchez.
  • 15': Attempt saved. Alexis Sánchez (Inter Milan) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Matteo Darmian with a cross.
  • 16': Foul by Matteo Darmian (Inter Milan).
  • 16': Riccardo Sottil (Cagliari) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 16': Matteo Darmian (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 18': Hand ball by Marko Rog (Cagliari).
  • 20': Foul by Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari).
  • 20': Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 22': Attempt missed. Marko Rog (Cagliari) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
  • 24': Attempt saved. Alexis Sánchez (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 25': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Paolo Faragò.
  • 25': Attempt saved. Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
  • 26': Offside, Inter Milan. Matteo Darmian tries a through ball, but Alexis Sánchez is caught offside.
  • 27': Foul by Milan Skriniar (Inter Milan).
  • 27': Riccardo Sottil (Cagliari) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 30': Alessio Cragno (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 30': Foul by Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan).
  • 31': Gabriele Zappa (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 31': Foul by Alessandro Bastoni (Inter Milan).
  • 32': Foul by Ivan Perisic (Inter Milan).
  • 32': João Pedro (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 33': Corner, Cagliari. Conceded by Stefan de Vrij.
  • 37': Attempt blocked. Paolo Faragò (Cagliari) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Razvan Marin.
  • 38': Attempt missed. Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Matteo Darmian with a cross.
  • 41': Attempt blocked. Riccardo Sottil (Cagliari) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Leonardo Pavoletti.
  • 41': Goal! Cagliari 1, Inter Milan 0. Riccardo Sottil (Cagliari) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner.
  • 43': Attempt missed. Ivan Perisic (Inter Milan) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the right. Assisted by Stefan de Vrij.
  • 45': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Paolo Faragò.
  • 45'+1': Attempt missed. Gabriele Zappa (Cagliari) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Paolo Faragò.
  • 45'+1': Attempt missed. Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari) left footed shot from very close range is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Gabriele Zappa.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Cagliari 1, Inter Milan 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Cagliari 1, Inter Milan 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Inter Milan. Achraf Hakimi replaces Ivan Perisic.
  • 46': Foul by Alessandro Bastoni (Inter Milan).
  • 46': Gabriele Zappa (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 49': Alessandro Bastoni (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 49': Foul by Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari).
  • 50': Attempt missed. Milan Skriniar (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
  • 51': Attempt blocked. Achraf Hakimi (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Romelu Lukaku with a cross.
  • 51': Foul by Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan).
  • 51': Razvan Marin (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 52': Attempt saved. João Pedro (Cagliari) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Leonardo Pavoletti.
  • 53': Achraf Hakimi (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 53': Foul by Riccardo Sottil (Cagliari).
  • 57': Foul by Christian Eriksen (Inter Milan).
  • 57': João Pedro (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 58': Substitution, Inter Milan. Stefano Sensi replaces Christian Eriksen.
  • 58': Substitution, Inter Milan. Ashley Young replaces Matteo Darmian.
  • 58': Foul by Ashley Young (Inter Milan).
  • 58': João Pedro (Cagliari) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 59': Attempt saved. Ashley Young (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Alexis Sánchez.
  • 59': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Alessio Cragno.
  • 60': Foul by Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari).
  • 60': Stefano Sensi (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 61': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Paolo Faragò.
  • 62': Foul by Stefano Sensi (Inter Milan).
  • 62': Paolo Faragò (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 62': Attempt blocked. Alexis Sánchez (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Stefano Sensi.
  • 62': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Sebastian Walukiewicz.
  • 63': Foul by Alexis Sánchez (Inter Milan).
  • 63': Sebastian Walukiewicz (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 64': Foul by Marko Rog (Cagliari).
  • 64': Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 66': Achraf Hakimi (Inter Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 66': Foul by Riccardo Sottil (Cagliari).
  • 67': Attempt missed. Stefano Sensi (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Achraf Hakimi with a cross.
  • 68': Substitution, Cagliari. Nahitan Nández replaces Riccardo Sottil.
  • 68': Substitution, Cagliari. Ragnar Klavan replaces Paolo Faragò.
  • 71': Alessandro Bastoni (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 71': Foul by Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari).
  • 71': Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 72': Substitution, Inter Milan. Lautaro Martínez replaces Alessandro Bastoni.
  • 73': Andrea Carboni (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 73': Foul by Achraf Hakimi (Inter Milan).
  • 75': Substitution, Cagliari. Alberto Cerri replaces Leonardo Pavoletti.
  • 76': Attempt saved. João Pedro (Cagliari) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alberto Cerri.
  • 77': Attempt blocked. Stefano Sensi (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alexis Sánchez.
  • 77': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Ragnar Klavan.
  • 77': Goal! Cagliari 1, Inter Milan 1. Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner following a corner.
  • 82': Attempt blocked. Stefano Sensi (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Achraf Hakimi.
  • 82': Alberto Cerri (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 82': Foul by Milan Skriniar (Inter Milan).
  • 83': Substitution, Inter Milan. Danilo D'Ambrosio replaces Achraf Hakimi because of an injury.
  • 84': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Charalampos Lykogiannis.
  • 84': Goal! Cagliari 1, Inter Milan 2. Danilo D'Ambrosio (Inter Milan) header from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nicolò Barella with a cross following a corner.
  • 85': Foul by Stefano Sensi (Inter Milan).
  • 85': Razvan Marin (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 88': Attempt saved. Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marcelo Brozovic.
  • 89': Attempt missed. Alberto Cerri (Cagliari) right footed shot from very close range misses to the right. Assisted by Andrea Carboni.
  • 89': Substitution, Cagliari. Giovanni Simeone replaces Andrea Carboni.
  • 90'+1': Attempt blocked. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Stefan de Vrij.
  • 90'+1': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Sebastian Walukiewicz.
  • 90'+3': Alberto Cerri (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+3': Foul by Milan Skriniar (Inter Milan).
  • 90'+3': Corner, Cagliari. Conceded by Marcelo Brozovic.
  • 90'+4': Attempt missed. João Pedro (Cagliari) header from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Razvan Marin with a cross following a corner.
  • 90'+4': Goal! Cagliari 1, Inter Milan 3. Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan) left footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Lautaro Martínez following a fast break.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Cagliari 1, Inter Milan 3.
  • 0': Match ends, Cagliari 1, Inter Milan 3.

Statistics

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17 Fouls 11
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 0
9 Corner Kicks 3
2 Saves 8
57.8 Possession 42.2
21 SHOTS 11
11 ON GOAL 3
0.5 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
498 Accurate Passes 339
564 Passes 416
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
9 Accurate Crosses 2
31 Crosses 20
0.3 Cross % 0.1
48 Long Balls 48
26 Accurate Long Balls 25
0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
5 Blocked Shots 3
5 Effective Tackles 7
15 Tackles 8
0.3 Tackle % 0.9
11 Interceptions 5
14 Effective Clearances 21
14 Clearances 21

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Unipol Domus
Location: Cagliari, Italy

Serie A Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Internazionale 31 +45 72
2 Napoli 31 +17 65
3 AC Milan 31 +23 63
4 Como 31 +31 58
Full Table

Line-Ups

CAG Cagliari (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
28 Alessio Cragno (GK)
44 Andrea Carboni
40 Sebastian Walukiewicz
22 Charalampos Lykogiannis
24 Paolo Faragò Yellow Card
10 João Pedro
6 Marko Rog
8 Razvan Marin
30 Leonardo Pavoletti Yellow Card
33 Riccardo Sottil
25 Gabriele Zappa
Cagliari Substitutes:
Simone Aresti, Christian Oliva, Simone Pinna, Nahitan Nández, Alberto Cerri, Fabio Pisacane, Ragnar Klavan, Guglielmo Vicario, Giovanni Simeone, Luca Ceppitelli, Fabrizio Caligara, Matteo Tramoni.

INT Internazionale (3-5-2)

No. Name
1 Samir Handanovic (GK)
6 Stefan de Vrij
95 Alessandro Bastoni
37 Milan Skriniar
24 Christian Eriksen
23 Nicolò Barella
77 Marcelo Brozovic
14 Ivan Perisic
36 Matteo Darmian Yellow Card
7 Alexis Sánchez
9 Romelu Lukaku
Internazionale Substitutes:
Daniele Padelli, Roberto Gagliardini, Ashley Young, Achraf Hakimi, Danilo D'Ambrosio, Stefano Sensi, Aleksandar Kolarov, Lautaro Martínez, Andrea Ranocchia, Andrei Radu.

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