Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, April 23, 2023
Internazionale DDWLD 3
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Empoli LLWDL 0
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Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena · 15,337 att.

Match Report

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Romelu Lukaku celebrates goals with 'shh' gesture as Inter Milan end winless run

Romelu Lukaku scored his first goals from open play in Serie A since August as Inter Milan beat Empoli 3-0 in Serie A on Sunday.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
6
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
1
60.9
Possession
39.1
16
SHOTS
11
4
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
544
Accurate Passes
324
604
Passes
380
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
6
Accurate Crosses
4
20
Crosses
18
0.3
Cross %
0.2
43
Long Balls
50
28
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.7
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
4
7
Effective Tackles
3
13
Tackles
8
0.5
Tackle %
0.4
7
Interceptions
5
21
Effective Clearances
24
21
Clearances
24

Head to Head

INT leads series 4-1

Lineups

EMP · 4-3-1-2

  1. 1Samuele PerisanG
  2. 33Sebastiano LupertoCD-L
  3. 34Adrian IsmajliCD-R
  4. 65Fabiano ParisiLB
  5. 24Tyronne EbuehiRB
  6. 19Francesco CaputoM
  7. 18Razvan MarinCM
  8. 35Tommaso BaldanziAM
  9. 25Filippo BandinelliLM
  10. 32Nicolas HaasRM
  11. 28Nicolò CambiaghiCF-R

INT · 3-5-2

  1. 1Samir HandanovicG
  2. 6Stefan de VrijCD
  3. 15Francesco AcerbiCD-L
  4. 33Danilo D'AmbrosioCD-R
  5. 20Hakan ÇalhanogluCM-L
  6. 5Roberto GagliardiniCM-R
  7. 77Marcelo BrozovicAM
  8. 8Robin GosensLM
  9. 12Raoul BellanovaRM
  10. 11Joaquín CorreaCF-L
  11. 90Romelu LukakuCF-R

Timeline

  1. 32' Fabiano Parisi (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 48' Goal! Empoli 0, Inter Milan 1. Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marcelo Brozovic.
  3. 65' Substitution, Empoli. Alberto Grassi replaces Nicolas Haas.
  4. 65' Substitution, Empoli. Martín Satriano replaces Nicolò Cambiaghi.
  5. 69' Substitution, Inter Milan. Denzel Dumfries replaces Raoul Bellanova.
  6. 69' Substitution, Inter Milan. Lautaro Martínez replaces Joaquín Correa.
  7. 71' Substitution, Empoli. Lorenzo Tonelli replaces Sebastiano Luperto.
  8. 72' Substitution, Empoli. Emanuel Vignato replaces Filippo Bandinelli.
  9. 76' Goal! Empoli 0, Inter Milan 2. Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Hakan Çalhanoglu.
  10. 77' Substitution, Inter Milan. Federico Dimarco replaces Robin Gosens.
  11. 77' Substitution, Inter Milan. Nicolò Barella replaces Marcelo Brozovic.
  12. 80' Substitution, Empoli. Mattia Destro replaces Francesco Caputo.
  13. 81' Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 87' Substitution, Inter Milan. Kristjan Asllani replaces Hakan Çalhanoglu.
  15. 88' Goal! Empoli 0, Inter Milan 3. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Romelu Lukaku following a fast break.

Serie A News

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