Spezia vs Internazionale, 2022-23 Italian Serie A, Regular Season
· Italian Serie AInter's slim title hopes fading away after shock loss at Spezia
Inter Milan's faint hopes of catching runaway Serie A leaders Napoli suffered a huge blow when they fell to a shock 2-1 defeat at lowly Spezia.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 4': Attempt saved. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Matteo Darmian with a cross.
- 4': Foul by Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan).
- 4': Mattia Caldara (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 5': Attempt saved. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Robin Gosens.
- 6': Foul by Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia).
- 6': Matteo Darmian (Inter Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 6': Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 8': Delay in match (Spezia).
- 8': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 8': Foul by Danilo D'Ambrosio (Inter Milan).
- 8': MBala Nzola (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 9': Penalty Inter Milan. Danilo D'Ambrosio draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 9': Penalty conceded by Mattia Caldara (Spezia) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 11': VAR Decision: Penalty Inter Milan.
- 12': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 12': Mattia Caldara (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 14': Penalty saved! Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
- 14': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Bartlomiej Dragowski.
- 14': Attempt blocked. Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
- 18': Attempt blocked. Robin Gosens (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Matteo Darmian with a headed pass.
- 18': Foul by Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan).
- 18': Kevin Agudelo (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 19': Foul by Ethan Ampadu (Spezia).
- 19': Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 19': Attempt missed. Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Robin Gosens with a cross.
- 20': Attempt saved. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Danilo D'Ambrosio.
- 20': Attempt missed. Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
- 26': Attempt blocked. Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 26': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Ethan Ampadu.
- 27': Attempt missed. Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
- 27': Attempt missed. Robin Gosens (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Nicolò Barella following a corner.
- 29': Attempt missed. Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
- 30': Offside, Inter Milan. Alessandro Bastoni tries a through ball, but Lautaro Martínez is caught offside.
- 33': Attempt blocked. Kevin Agudelo (Spezia) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked.
- 33': Hand ball by Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia).
- 33': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Ethan Ampadu.
- 36': Foul by Szymon Zurkowski (Spezia).
- 36': Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 36': Attempt blocked. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Romelu Lukaku.
- 37': Corner, Spezia. Conceded by Francesco Acerbi.
- 38': Eldor Shomurodov (Spezia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 38': Foul by Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan).
- 41': Attempt saved. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Nicolò Barella.
- 42': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Bartlomiej Dragowski.
- 44': Attempt missed. Robin Gosens (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Lautaro Martínez.
- 45'+2': Attempt missed. Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Nicolò Barella.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, Spezia 0, Inter Milan 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Spezia 0, Inter Milan 0.
- 45': Substitution, Spezia. Albin Ekdal replaces Szymon Zurkowski.
- 45': Substitution, Spezia. Daniel Maldini replaces Eldor Shomurodov.
- 46': Offside, Inter Milan. Alessandro Bastoni tries a through ball, but Romelu Lukaku is caught offside.
- 48': Foul by Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia).
- 48': Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 49': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Mattia Caldara.
- 50': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Kelvin Amian.
- 50': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Bartlomiej Dragowski.
- 50': Attempt missed. Alessandro Bastoni (Inter Milan) left footed shot from very close range is too high. Assisted by Danilo D'Ambrosio with a headed pass following a corner.
- 53': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Mattia Caldara.
- 54': Dimitrios Nikolaou (Spezia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 54': Foul by Danilo D'Ambrosio (Inter Milan).
- 55': Goal! Spezia 1, Inter Milan 0. Daniel Maldini (Spezia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by MBala Nzola.
- 58': Attempt blocked. Daniel Maldini (Spezia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Emmanuel Gyasi.
- 59': Attempt blocked. Robin Gosens (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 59': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Kelvin Amian.
- 59': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Dimitrios Nikolaou.
- 64': Foul by Daniel Maldini (Spezia).
- 64': Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 64': Hand ball by MBala Nzola (Spezia).
- 65': Attempt missed. Robin Gosens (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Nicolò Barella with a cross.
- 66': Substitution, Inter Milan. Hakan Çalhanoglu replaces Nicolò Barella.
- 66': Substitution, Inter Milan. Federico Dimarco replaces Robin Gosens.
- 66': Substitution, Inter Milan. Denzel Dumfries replaces Danilo D'Ambrosio.
- 66': Substitution, Inter Milan. Edin Dzeko replaces Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
- 67': Substitution, Spezia. Viktor Kovalenko replaces Kevin Agudelo.
- 68': Offside, Inter Milan. Romelu Lukaku tries a through ball, but Edin Dzeko is caught offside.
- 70': Attempt blocked. Edin Dzeko (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Denzel Dumfries with a cross.
- 70': Attempt missed. Hakan Çalhanoglu (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Alessandro Bastoni.
- 71': Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 71': Foul by Dimitrios Nikolaou (Spezia).
- 71': Dimitrios Nikolaou (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 73': Foul by Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan).
- 73': Viktor Kovalenko (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 75': Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 75': Foul by Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia).
- 75': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Dimitrios Nikolaou.
- 75': Attempt missed. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Hakan Çalhanoglu with a cross following a corner.
- 76': (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 76': Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan).
- 77': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Viktor Kovalenko.
- 78': Attempt missed. Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Hakan Çalhanoglu with a cross following a corner.
- 80': Delay in match because of an injury Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia).
- 80': Substitution, Inter Milan. Valentín Carboni replaces Matteo Darmian.
- 81': Substitution, Spezia. Salvador Ferrer replaces Emmanuel Gyasi because of an injury.
- 81': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 82': Penalty Inter Milan. Denzel Dumfries draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 82': Penalty conceded by Salvador Ferrer (Spezia) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 83': Goal! Spezia 1, Inter Milan 1. Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
- 85': Penalty Spezia. Viktor Kovalenko draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 85': Penalty conceded by Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 87': Goal! Spezia 2, Inter Milan 1. MBala Nzola (Spezia) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
- 89': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Salvador Ferrer.
- 89': Substitution, Spezia. Przemyslaw Wisniewski replaces Daniel Maldini.
- 90': Attempt blocked. Edin Dzeko (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Hakan Çalhanoglu with a cross.
- 90'+2': Hand ball by Edin Dzeko (Inter Milan).
- 90'+3': Attempt saved. Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marcelo Brozovic with a cross.
- 90'+5': Attempt blocked. Francesco Acerbi (Inter Milan) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Federico Dimarco with a cross.
- 90'+5': Attempt missed. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
- 90'+6': Offside, Inter Milan. Denzel Dumfries tries a through ball, but Romelu Lukaku is caught offside.
- 90'+7': Second Half ends, Spezia 2, Inter Milan 1.
- 0': Match ends, Spezia 2, Inter Milan 1.
Statistics
 INT |
SPE |
|
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fouls | 11 |
| 0 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 4 | Offsides | 0 |
| 13 | Corner Kicks | 1 |
| 0 | Saves | 6 |
| 68.8 | Possession | 31.2 |
| 28 | SHOTS | 4 |
| 8 | ON GOAL | 2 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.5 |
| 1 | Penalty Goals | 1 |
| 2 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 1 |
| 476 | Accurate Passes | 190 |
| 557 | Passes | 265 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.7 |
| 16 | Accurate Crosses | 1 |
| 52 | Crosses | 7 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.1 |
| 45 | Long Balls | 64 |
| 25 | Accurate Long Balls | 21 |
| 0.6 | Long Balls % | 0.3 |
| 7 | Blocked Shots | 2 |
| 8 | Effective Tackles | 8 |
| 19 | Tackles | 15 |
| 0.4 | Tackle % | 0.5 |
| 6 | Interceptions | 9 |
| 8 | Effective Clearances | 38 |
| 8 | Clearances | 38 |
Game Information
Competition: Italian Serie A
Venue: Alberto Picco
Location: La Spezia, Italy
Attendance: 11,767
Venue: Alberto Picco
Location: La Spezia, Italy
Attendance: 11,767
Serie A Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Internazionale | 17 | +23 | 39 |
| 2 | AC Milan | 17 | +15 | 38 |
| 3 | Napoli | 17 | +13 | 37 |
| 4 | Juventus | 19 | +11 | 36 |
Line-Ups
Spezia (3-5-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 69 | Bartlomiej Dragowski (GK) |
| 29 | Mattia Caldara  |
| 43 | Dimitris Nikolaou |
| 4 | Ethan Ampadu |
| 33 | Kevin Agudelo |
| 77 | Szymon Zurkowski |
| 6 | Mehdi Bourabia |
| 11 | Emmanuel Gyasi |
| 27 | Kelvin Amian |
| 18 | M'Bala Nzola |
| 14 | Eldor Shomurodov |
Internazionale (3-5-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Samir Handanovic (GK) |
| 15 | Francesco Acerbi |
| 95 | Alessandro Bastoni |
| 33 | Danilo D'Ambrosio |
| 22 | Henrikh Mkhitaryan |
| 23 | Nicolò Barella |
| 77 | Marcelo Brozovic |
| 8 | Robin Gosens |
| 36 | Matteo Darmian |
| 10 | Lautaro Martínez |
| 90 | Romelu Lukaku |
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