Italian Serie A

Internazionale vs Sassuolo, 2022-23 Italian Serie A, 2022-23 Italian Serie A

· Italian Serie A
Internazionale
  • 41': Romelu Lukaku
  • 55': Ruan (OG)
  • 58': Lautaro Martínez
  • 89': Romelu Lukaku
FT
4 - 2
Sassuolo
  • 63': Matheus Henrique
  • 77': Davide Frattesi

Lukaku double helps Inter to 4-2 win over Sassuolo

Two goals by Romelu Lukaku helped Inter Milan to a 4-2 win over Sassuolo in Serie A on Saturday to move up to third with three games remaining.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Offside, Inter Milan. Danilo D'Ambrosio tries a through ball, but Francesco Acerbi is caught offside.
  • 3': Davide Frattesi (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 3': Foul by Roberto Gagliardini (Inter Milan).
  • 5': Attempt blocked. Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Joaquín Correa with a through ball.
  • 10': Attempt blocked. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Armand Laurienté.
  • 10': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Roberto Gagliardini.
  • 11': Offside, Sassuolo. Maxime Lopez tries a through ball, but Armand Laurienté is caught offside.
  • 11': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
  • 12': VAR Decision: No Goal Inter Milan 0-0 Sassuolo.
  • 13': Davide Frattesi (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 13': Foul by Joaquín Correa (Inter Milan).
  • 15': Offside, Inter Milan. Marcelo Brozovic tries a through ball, but Federico Dimarco is caught offside.
  • 18': Armand Laurienté (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 18': Foul by Danilo D'Ambrosio (Inter Milan).
  • 18': Davide Frattesi (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 18': Foul by Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Inter Milan).
  • 19': Attempt missed. Matheus Henrique (Sassuolo) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Domenico Berardi with a cross.
  • 22': Foul by Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan).
  • 22': Ruan (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 27': Foul by Matheus Henrique (Sassuolo).
  • 27': Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 28': Federico Dimarco (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 28': Foul by Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo).
  • 30': Foul by Gregoire Defrel (Sassuolo).
  • 30': Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 30': Gregoire Defrel (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 35': Foul by Joaquín Correa (Inter Milan).
  • 35': Ruan (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 36': Attempt missed. Joaquín Correa (Inter Milan) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Federico Dimarco with a cross.
  • 37': Attempt blocked. Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Federico Dimarco.
  • 38': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Francesco Acerbi.
  • 39': Attempt missed. Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Federico Dimarco following a fast break.
  • 40': Attempt saved. Davide Frattesi (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Domenico Berardi.
  • 41': Goal! Inter Milan 1, Sassuolo 0. Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Danilo D'Ambrosio.
  • 42': Ruan (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card.
  • 43': Foul by Stefan de Vrij (Inter Milan).
  • 43': Gregoire Defrel (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 44': Attempt missed. Davide Frattesi (Sassuolo) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Domenico Berardi.
  • 45': Foul by Armand Laurienté (Sassuolo).
  • 45': Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+1': Attempt missed. Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Francesco Acerbi.
  • 45'+1': Hand ball by Matheus Henrique (Sassuolo).
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Inter Milan 1, Sassuolo 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Inter Milan 1, Sassuolo 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Inter Milan. Lautaro Martínez replaces Joaquín Correa.
  • 47': Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 47': Foul by Francesco Acerbi (Inter Milan).
  • 50': Attempt missed. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Federico Dimarco.
  • 54': Attempt blocked. Federico Dimarco (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 54': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Jeremy Toljan.
  • 55': Own Goal by Ruan, Sassuolo. Inter Milan 2, Sassuolo 0.
  • 56': Offside, Sassuolo. Andrea Consigli tries a through ball, but Gregoire Defrel is caught offside.
  • 57': Foul by Ruan (Sassuolo).
  • 57': Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 57': Substitution, Sassuolo. Andrea Pinamonti replaces Gregoire Defrel.
  • 57': Substitution, Sassuolo. Nedim Bajrami replaces Armand Laurienté.
  • 58': Goal! Inter Milan 3, Sassuolo 0. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Henrikh Mkhitaryan following a set piece situation.
  • 60': Attempt blocked. Andrea Pinamonti (Sassuolo) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Maxime Lopez.
  • 61': Substitution, Inter Milan. Robin Gosens replaces Federico Dimarco.
  • 61': Substitution, Inter Milan. Kristjan Asllani replaces Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
  • 62': Attempt saved. Rogerio (Sassuolo) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Maxime Lopez.
  • 63': Goal! Inter Milan 3, Sassuolo 1. Matheus Henrique (Sassuolo) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Domenico Berardi with a cross.
  • 64': Substitution, Sassuolo. Gian Marco Ferrari replaces Ruan.
  • 66': Foul by Matheus Henrique (Sassuolo).
  • 66': Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 66': Matheus Henrique (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 66': Offside, Inter Milan. Roberto Gagliardini tries a through ball, but Lautaro Martínez is caught offside.
  • 70': Andrea Pinamonti (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 70': Foul by Stefan de Vrij (Inter Milan).
  • 70': Stefan de Vrij (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 72': Attempt missed. Robin Gosens (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Kristjan Asllani.
  • 73': Substitution, Inter Milan. Alessandro Bastoni replaces Stefan de Vrij.
  • 74': Attempt missed. Matheus Henrique (Sassuolo) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Domenico Berardi.
  • 74': Andrea Pinamonti (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 74': Foul by Francesco Acerbi (Inter Milan).
  • 75': Attempt saved. Davide Frattesi (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rogerio with a cross.
  • 76': Attempt missed. Andrea Pinamonti (Sassuolo) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Rogerio.
  • 76': Substitution, Sassuolo. Nadir Zortea replaces Jeremy Toljan.
  • 76': Substitution, Sassuolo. Kristian Thorstvedt replaces Matheus Henrique.
  • 77': Goal! Inter Milan 3, Sassuolo 2. Davide Frattesi (Sassuolo) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rogerio with a cross.
  • 78': Attempt missed. Nedim Bajrami (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
  • 79': Substitution, Inter Milan. Matteo Darmian replaces Raoul Bellanova.
  • 81': Attempt blocked. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 81': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Roberto Gagliardini.
  • 84': Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 84': Foul by Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan).
  • 84': Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 84': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Matteo Darmian.
  • 85': Attempt missed. Rogerio (Sassuolo) left footed shot from more than 35 yards is high and wide to the left following a corner.
  • 87': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Roberto Gagliardini.
  • 88': Attempt missed. Davide Frattesi (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Domenico Berardi with a cross following a corner.
  • 89': Goal! Inter Milan 4, Sassuolo 2. Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Marcelo Brozovic with a through ball.
  • 90'+1': Foul by Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo).
  • 90'+1': Roberto Gagliardini (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+2': Attempt missed. Andrea Pinamonti (Sassuolo) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Rogerio with a cross.
  • 90'+3': Foul by Roberto Gagliardini (Inter Milan).
  • 90'+3': Nedim Bajrami (Sassuolo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Inter Milan 4, Sassuolo 2.
  • 0': Match ends, Inter Milan 4, Sassuolo 2.
  • 0': Match ends, Inter Milan 4, Sassuolo 2.

Statistics

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0 Fouls 0
0 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 0
0 Corner Kicks 0
0 Saves 0
0 Possession 0
0 SHOTS 0
0 ON GOAL 0
0.0 On Target % 0.0
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
0 Accurate Passes 0
0 Passes 0
0.0 Pass Completion % 0.0
0 Accurate Crosses 0
0 Crosses 0
0.0 Cross % 0.0
0 Long Balls 0
0 Accurate Long Balls 0
0.0 Long Balls % 0.0
0 Blocked Shots 0
0 Effective Tackles 0
0 Tackles 0
0.0 Tackle % 0.0
0 Interceptions 0
0 Effective Clearances 0
0 Clearances 0

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 71,246

Line-Ups

INT Internazionale (3-5-2)

No. Name
1 Samir Handanovic (GK)
6 Stefan de Vrij Yellow Card
15 Francesco Acerbi
33 Danilo D'Ambrosio
22 Henrikh Mkhitaryan
5 Roberto Gagliardini
77 Marcelo Brozovic Yellow Card
32 Federico Dimarco
12 Raoul Bellanova
11 Joaquín Correa
90 Romelu Lukaku
Internazionale Substitutes:
Edin Dzeko, Kristjan Asllani, Alex Cordaz, Alessandro Bastoni, André Onana, Denzel Dumfries, Nicolò Barella, Mattia Zanotti, Matteo Darmian, Hakan Çalhanoglu, Lautaro Martínez, Robin Gosens.

SAS Sassuolo (4-3-3)

No. Name
47 Andrea Consigli (GK)
44 Ruan Yellow Card
28 Martin Erlic
6 Rogério
22 Jeremy Toljan
27 Maxime López
7 Matheus Henrique
16 Davide Frattesi
92 Grégoire Defrel Yellow Card
45 Armand Laurienté
10 Domenico Berardi
Sassuolo Substitutes:
Alessandro Russo, Abdou Harroui, Mert Müldür, Andrea Pinamonti, Riccardo Marchizza, Pedro Obiang, Kristian Thorstvedt, Emil Konradsen Ceide, Gian Marco Ferrari, Filippo Romagna, Agustín Álvarez Martínez, Nadir Zortea, Nedim Bajrami, Gianluca Pegolo.

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