Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, August 21, 2021
Genoa LWLWW 0
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Internazionale WDWWW 4
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Stadio Giuseppe Meazza · 27,402 att.

Match Report

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Dzeko on target as champions Inter impress in opening day win over Genoa

Debutant striker Edin Dzeko was on target as Inter Milan got their Serie A title defence off to a flying start, thrashing Genoa 4-0.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
18
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
2
Corner Kicks
8
4
Saves
4
40
Possession
60
10
SHOTS
16
4
ON GOAL
8
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
348
Accurate Passes
539
399
Passes
592
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
8
11
Crosses
25
0.1
Cross %
0.3
39
Long Balls
45
20
Accurate Long Balls
39
0.5
Long Balls %
0.9
2
Blocked Shots
3
10
Effective Tackles
10
13
Tackles
18
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
15
Interceptions
5
22
Effective Clearances
13
22
Clearances
13

Head to Head

INT leads series 5-0

Lineups

INT · 3-5-1-1

  1. 1Samir HandanovicG
  2. 6Stefan de VrijCD
  3. 95Alessandro BastoniCD-L
  4. 37Milan SkriniarCD-R
  5. 20Hakan ÇalhanogluCM-L
  6. 23Nicolò BarellaCM-R
  7. 77Marcelo BrozovicAM
  8. 14Ivan PerisicLM
  9. 36Matteo DarmianRM
  10. 9Edin DzekoF
  11. 12Stefano SensiRCF

Substitutes

  1. 97Andrei RaduSUB
  2. 8Matías VecinoSUB
  3. 32Federico DimarcoSUB
  4. 13Andrea RanocchiaSUB
  5. 22Arturo VidalSUB
  6. 48Martín SatrianoSUB
  7. 2Denzel DumfriesSUB
  8. 33Danilo D'AmbrosioSUB
  9. 18Lucien AgouméSUB
  10. 11Aleksandar KolarovSUB
  11. 99Andrea PinamontiSUB
  12. 21Alex CordazSUB

GEN · 3-4-1-2

  1. 57Salvatore SiriguG
  2. 3Zinho VanheusdenCD
  3. 4Domenico CriscitoCD-L
  4. 14Davide BiraschiCD-R
  5. 47Milan BadeljCM-L
  6. 65Nicolò RovellaCM-R
  7. 33HernaniAM
  8. 50Andrea CambiasoLM
  9. 27Stefano SturaroRM
  10. 19Goran PandevCF-L
  11. 91Yayah KallonCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 10Filippo MelegoniSUB
  2. 44Aleksander BuksaSUB
  3. 66Laurens SerpeSUB
  4. 5Andrea MasielloSUB
  5. 89Steeve-Mike Eboa EbongueSUB
  6. 90Manolo PortanovaSUB
  7. 80Kevin AgudeloSUB
  8. 9Andrea FavilliSUB
  9. 20Caleb EkubanSUB
  10. 22Federico MarchettiSUB
  11. 2Stefano SabelliSUB
  12. 24Flavio Junior BianchiSUB

Timeline

  1. 2' Domenico Criscito (Genoa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 6' Goal! Inter Milan 1, Genoa 0. Milan Skriniar (Inter Milan) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Hakan Calhanoglu with a cross following a corner.
  3. 14' Goal! Inter Milan 2, Genoa 0. Hakan Calhanoglu (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Edin Dzeko.
  4. 45' Substitution, Genoa. Stefano Sabelli replaces Andrea Cambiaso.
  5. 45' Substitution, Genoa. Flavio Junior Bianchi replaces Hernani.
  6. 45' Substitution, Genoa. Laurens Serpe replaces Davide Biraschi.
  7. 54' Substitution, Genoa. Andrea Favilli replaces Yayah Kallon.
  8. 66' Stefano Sturaro (Genoa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 69' Substitution, Inter Milan. Arturo Vidal replaces Stefano Sensi.
  10. 69' Substitution, Inter Milan. Federico Dimarco replaces Ivan Perisic.
  11. 71' Substitution, Genoa. Filippo Melegoni replaces Stefano Sturaro.
  12. 74' Goal! Inter Milan 3, Genoa 0. Arturo Vidal (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nicolò Barella.
  13. 77' Substitution, Inter Milan. Martín Satriano replaces Hakan Calhanoglu.
  14. 77' Substitution, Inter Milan. Matías Vecino replaces Nicolò Barella.
  15. 78' Matías Vecino (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 84' Substitution, Inter Milan. Denzel Dumfries replaces Alessandro Bastoni.
  17. 87' Goal! Inter Milan 4, Genoa 0. Edin Dzeko (Inter Milan) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Arturo Vidal.

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