Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, August 17, 2024
Internazionale WWDLD 2
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Genoa DWLWW 2
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INT112
GEN112
Luigi Ferraris · 33,300 att.

Match Report

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Inter held to draw at Genoa to begin Serie A title defence

Inter Milan's Serie A title defence began unconvincingly with a 2-2 draw at Genoa on Saturday as a last-gasp goal from Junior Messias secured a point for the hosts.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
16
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
6
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
1
5
Saves
5
67.4
Possession
32.6
17
SHOTS
13
8
ON GOAL
7
0.5
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
429
Accurate Passes
174
489
Passes
233
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
6
Accurate Crosses
3
20
Crosses
12
0.3
Cross %
0.3
29
Long Balls
56
11
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
1
6
Effective Tackles
4
11
Tackles
10
0.5
Tackle %
0.4
3
Interceptions
12
18
Effective Clearances
22
18
Clearances
22

Head to Head

INT leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

GEN · 3-5-2

  1. 95Pierluigi GolliniG
  2. 13Mattia BaniCD
  3. 4Koni De WinterCD-L
  4. 14Alessandro VogliaccoCD-R
  5. 32Morten FrendrupCM-L
  6. 17Ruslan MalinovskyiCM-R
  7. 47Milan BadeljAM
  8. 3Aarón MartínLM
  9. 59Alessandro ZanoliRM
  10. 9VitinhaCF-L
  11. 10Junior MessiasCF-R

INT · 3-5-2

  1. 1Yann SommerG
  2. 15Francesco AcerbiCD
  3. 95Alessandro BastoniCD-L
  4. 31Yann BisseckCD-R
  5. 22Henrikh MkhitaryanCM-L
  6. 23Nicolò BarellaCM-R
  7. 20Hakan ÇalhanogluAM
  8. 32Federico DimarcoLM
  9. 36Matteo DarmianRM
  10. 9Marcus ThuramCF-L
  11. 10Lautaro MartínezCF-R

Timeline

  1. 16' Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 20' Goal! Genoa 1, Inter Milan 0. Alessandro Vogliacco (Genoa) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
  3. 30' Goal! Genoa 1, Inter Milan 1. Marcus Thuram (Inter Milan) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nicolò Barella with a cross.
  4. 60' Substitution, Genoa. Johan Vásquez replaces Alessandro Vogliacco because of an injury.
  5. 63' Pierluigi Gollini (Genoa) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 66' Substitution, Inter Milan. Denzel Dumfries replaces Matteo Darmian.
  7. 66' Substitution, Inter Milan. Davide Frattesi replaces Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
  8. 71' Substitution, Genoa. Stefano Sabelli replaces Alessandro Zanoli.
  9. 71' Substitution, Genoa. Morten Thorsby replaces Ruslan Malinovskyi.
  10. 75' Substitution, Inter Milan. Mehdi Taremi replaces Hakan Çalhanoglu.
  11. 75' Substitution, Inter Milan. Carlos Augusto replaces Federico Dimarco.
  12. 82' Goal! Genoa 1, Inter Milan 2. Marcus Thuram (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Davide Frattesi with a through ball.
  13. 86' Substitution, Genoa. Jeff Ekhator replaces Milan Badelj.
  14. 86' Substitution, Inter Milan. Kristjan Asllani replaces Lautaro Martínez.
  15. 90'+5' Penalty saved. Junior Messias (Genoa) left footed shot saved in the centre of the goal.
  16. 90'+5' Goal! Genoa 2, Inter Milan 2. Junior Messias (Genoa) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal following a set piece situation.
  17. 90'+9' Kristjan Asllani (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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