Sassuolo vs Internazionale, 2021-22 Italian Serie A
· Italian Serie A
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Super-sub Dzeko inspires Inter comeback win against Sassuolo
Edin Dzeko equalised a minute after coming on before winning the decisive penalty as Inter came from behind to beat Sassuolo 2-1 on Saturday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 3': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Rogerio.
- 6': Attempt missed. Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Lautaro Martínez.
- 7': Attempt saved. Gregoire Defrel (Sassuolo) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Domenico Berardi.
- 7': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Samir Handanovic.
- 7': Attempt missed. Vlad Chiriches (Sassuolo) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Rogerio with a cross following a corner.
- 9': Filip Djuricic (Sassuolo) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 9': Foul by Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan).
- 10': Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 10': Foul by Rogerio (Sassuolo).
- 10': Offside, Inter Milan. Nicolò Barella tries a through ball, but Ivan Perisic is caught offside.
- 12': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Rogerio.
- 12': Attempt missed. Alessandro Bastoni (Inter Milan) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Hakan Calhanoglu with a cross following a corner.
- 13': Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 13': Foul by Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan).
- 15': Attempt blocked. Mert Müldür (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Domenico Berardi.
- 15': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Ivan Perisic.
- 17': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Marcelo Brozovic.
- 18': Foul by Davide Frattesi (Sassuolo).
- 18': Hakan Calhanoglu (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 21': Penalty Sassuolo. Jeremie Boga draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 21': Penalty conceded by Milan Skriniar (Inter Milan) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 22': Goal! Sassuolo 1, Inter Milan 0. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
- 27': Attempt blocked. Joaquín Correa (Inter Milan) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by Ivan Perisic.
- 28': Attempt missed. Maxime Lopez (Sassuolo) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Rogerio.
- 28': Foul by Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan).
- 28': Maxime Lopez (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 30': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Davide Frattesi.
- 31': Attempt blocked. Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 31': Attempt saved. Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 32': Foul by Maxime Lopez (Sassuolo).
- 32': Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 34': Foul by Maxime Lopez (Sassuolo).
- 34': Joaquín Correa (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 35': Foul by Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan).
- 35': Maxime Lopez (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 37': Attempt blocked. Milan Skriniar (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Ivan Perisic with a headed pass.
- 38': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Denzel Dumfries.
- 39': Attempt saved. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
- 39': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Samir Handanovic.
- 43': Foul by Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan).
- 43': Vlad Chiriches (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 44': Foul by Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan).
- 44': Jeremie Boga (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45': Foul by Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan).
- 45': Rogerio (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+1': First Half ends, Sassuolo 1, Inter Milan 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Sassuolo 1, Inter Milan 0.
- 46': Attempt missed. Ivan Perisic (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Joaquín Correa.
- 49': Attempt saved. Rogerio (Sassuolo) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Filip Djuricic.
- 51': Foul by Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo).
- 51': Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 51': Foul by Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan).
- 51': Gian Marco Ferrari (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 52': Foul by Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan).
- 52': Rogerio (Sassuolo) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 53': Attempt missed. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
- 53': Attempt saved. Jeremie Boga (Sassuolo) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Filip Djuricic.
- 53': Attempt saved. Filip Djuricic (Sassuolo) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 54': Attempt saved. Rogerio (Sassuolo) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner.
- 55': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Samir Handanovic.
- 56': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Rogerio.
- 56': Attempt blocked. Stefan de Vrij (Inter Milan) header from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Hakan Calhanoglu with a cross.
- 56': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Gian Marco Ferrari.
- 56': Attempt blocked. Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 56': Hand ball by Milan Skriniar (Inter Milan).
- 57': Substitution, Inter Milan. Arturo Vidal replaces Hakan Calhanoglu.
- 57': Substitution, Inter Milan. Federico Dimarco replaces Alessandro Bastoni.
- 57': Substitution, Inter Milan. Matteo Darmian replaces Denzel Dumfries.
- 57': Substitution, Inter Milan. Edin Dzeko replaces Joaquín Correa.
- 58': Goal! Sassuolo 1, Inter Milan 1. Edin Dzeko (Inter Milan) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ivan Perisic with a cross.
- 59': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Mert Müldür.
- 59': Attempt missed. Stefan de Vrij (Inter Milan) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Federico Dimarco with a cross following a corner.
- 60': Foul by Arturo Vidal (Inter Milan).
- 60': Rogerio (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 61': Attempt missed. Ivan Perisic (Inter Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Edin Dzeko.
- 63': Edin Dzeko (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 63': Foul by Vlad Chiriches (Sassuolo).
- 63': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Mert Müldür.
- 63': Mert Müldür (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card.
- 64': Attempt missed. Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
- 64': Substitution, Sassuolo. Giacomo Raspadori replaces Gregoire Defrel.
- 65': Foul by Davide Frattesi (Sassuolo).
- 65': Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 66': Offside, Inter Milan. Federico Dimarco tries a through ball, but Ivan Perisic is caught offside.
- 67': Filip Djuricic (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 67': Foul by Ivan Perisic (Inter Milan).
- 67': Ivan Perisic (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 69': Attempt blocked. Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 69': Filip Djuricic (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 69': Foul by Arturo Vidal (Inter Milan).
- 69': Foul by Milan Skriniar (Inter Milan).
- 69': Giacomo Raspadori (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 70': Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card.
- 70': Foul by Maxime Lopez (Sassuolo).
- 70': Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 70': Maxime Lopez (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 71': Foul by Matteo Darmian (Inter Milan).
- 71': Rogerio (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 71': Foul by Arturo Vidal (Inter Milan).
- 71': Rogerio (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 75': Substitution, Sassuolo. Hamed Traore replaces Filip Djuricic.
- 76': Penalty Inter Milan. Edin Dzeko draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 76': Penalty conceded by Andrea Consigli (Sassuolo) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 76': Andrea Consigli (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 78': Goal! Sassuolo 1, Inter Milan 2. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
- 80': Foul by Giacomo Raspadori (Sassuolo).
- 80': Matteo Darmian (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 80': Giacomo Raspadori (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 81': Offside, Inter Milan. Nicolò Barella tries a through ball, but Edin Dzeko is caught offside.
- 86': Attempt missed. Edin Dzeko (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Nicolò Barella.
- 86': Substitution, Sassuolo. Gianluca Scamacca replaces Davide Frattesi.
- 87': Attempt saved. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Hamed Traore.
- 88': Attempt blocked. Arturo Vidal (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ivan Perisic.
- 88': Foul by Milan Skriniar (Inter Milan).
- 88': Jeremie Boga (Sassuolo) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 89': Substitution, Inter Milan. Danilo D'Ambrosio replaces Lautaro Martínez.
- 90'+1': Foul by Edin Dzeko (Inter Milan).
- 90'+1': Rogerio (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+2': Attempt missed. Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Edin Dzeko.
- 90'+3': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Rogerio.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Sassuolo 1, Inter Milan 2.
- 0': Match ends, Sassuolo 1, Inter Milan 2.
Statistics
 INT |
SAS |
|
|---|---|---|
| 19 | Fouls | 10 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 4 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 3 | Offsides | 0 |
| 8 | Corner Kicks | 6 |
| 7 | Saves | 1 |
| 44.4 | Possession | 55.6 |
| 18 | SHOTS | 12 |
| 3 | ON GOAL | 8 |
| 0.2 | On Target % | 0.7 |
| 1 | Penalty Goals | 1 |
| 1 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 1 |
| 315 | Accurate Passes | 412 |
| 386 | Passes | 492 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 6 | Accurate Crosses | 3 |
| 19 | Crosses | 16 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 41 | Long Balls | 44 |
| 28 | Accurate Long Balls | 19 |
| 0.7 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 7 | Blocked Shots | 1 |
| 9 | Effective Tackles | 4 |
| 21 | Tackles | 10 |
| 0.4 | Tackle % | 0.4 |
| 9 | Interceptions | 9 |
| 23 | Effective Clearances | 17 |
| 23 | Clearances | 17 |
Game Information
Competition: Italian Serie A
Venue: Mapei Stadium
Location: Reggio Emilia, Italy
Attendance: 10,400
Venue: Mapei Stadium
Location: Reggio Emilia, Italy
Attendance: 10,400
Serie A Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Internazionale | 29 | +42 | 68 |
| 2 | AC Milan | 29 | +23 | 60 |
| 3 | Napoli | 29 | +15 | 59 |
| 4 | Como | 29 | +26 | 54 |
Line-Ups
Sassuolo (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 47 | Andrea Consigli (GK)  |
| 31 | Gian Marco Ferrari |
| 21 | Vlad Chiriches |
| 6 | Rogério |
| 17 | Mert Müldür |
| 10 | Filip Djuricic |
| 8 | Maxime López |
| 16 | Davide Frattesi |
| 92 | Grégoire Defrel |
| 7 | Jérémie Boga |
| 25 | Domenico Berardi |
Internazionale (3-5-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Samir Handanovic (GK) |
| 6 | Stefan de Vrij |
| 95 | Alessandro Bastoni |
| 37 | Milan Skriniar |
| 20 | Hakan Çalhanoglu |
| 23 | Nicolò Barella |
| 77 | Marcelo Brozovic |
| 14 | Ivan Perisic |
| 2 | Denzel Dumfries |
| 10 | Lautaro Martínez |
| 19 | Joaquín Correa |
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