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Saturday October 6, 2007 Finished Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)

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Internazionale

  • Cruz 20’, 36’

Napoli

  • Sosa 85’
  1. Cruz guns down Napoli

    Cruz guns down Napoli

    A brace from Julio Cruz gave Internazionale a comfortable 2-1 win over Napoli on Saturday to extend the Nerazzurri's lead at the top of the table. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Internazionale
    • Napoli
    • 90'+2 There it is! All over in Milan and Inter run out comfortable 2-1 winners, despite a late scare!
    • 90' Suazo's pace is again too much for Contini and he goes into the book for a naughty hack on the Honduran.
    • 89' Suazo bursts through... ooh, cynical foul from Garics, and he rightly goes into the book...
    • 87' Burdisso next to go into the book... are Inter getting a little nervous here? Surely not.
    • 86' Time for a quick change... Hamsik off and Calaio on...
    • 85' GOAL! TIME TO TAKE IT ALL BACK! NAPOLI ARE RIGHT BACK IN THIS ONE AS SOSA LEAPS LIKE A SALMON TO NOD PAST JULIO CESAR! Game on, with five minutes left!
    • 81' Oooh! Suazo's first touch nearly brings a third for Inter! Figo manoeuvres into the box and plays the ball across to the Honduran! But his first touch isn't the best and his eventual stabbed effort rolls wide of the post with Iezzo beaten all ends up!
    • 79' Here could be some relief... David Suazo is coming on for two-goal Julio Cruz, who receives a standing ovation on his way off... and Napoli also make a change with Sosa coming on for in complelely ineffective Zalayeta...
    • 74' This is descending into a truly shocking game... Inter have lost interest in scoring another and Napoli can hardly string more than three passes together.
    • 72' Iezzo then claims the corner with ease, as it is delivered far too close to him for Inter's strikers to benefit.
    • 71' Zanetti now delivers an enticing ball into the box... but Domizzi heads behind before Ibra can get to the far post!
    • 70' Zanetti's so good! He coolly takes the ball off Lavezzi before sidestepping his way out of trouble... classy stuff from the Inter captain.
    • 68' Suazo warming up on the sidelines... the speedy Honduran striker would love to have a run at this weak Napoli defence...
    • 66' Domizzi hits a free kick from 25 yards curling just wide of Julio Cesar's post! A really good effort from the Napoli man, but Julio Cesar looked to have it well covered.
    • 64' Ibra looking to get his name on the scoresheet! He holds off two challenges and in the absence of any better options, he lets fly from 25 yards! But his effort is dragged wide of the post!
    • 61' Inter boss Roberto Mancini brings off Stankovic and Burdisso comes on to replace him...
    • 60' Napoli are perhaps edging back into this as Inter ease off the gas... this is a good passing move from the visitors, but unfortunately Bogliacino and Hamsik get their wires crossed and Inter come away with the ball... better from Napoli though.
    • 58' Hang on! A bit of action in the Inter penalty area! Savini chips a cross over, and for a minute, Julio Cesar looks in trouble as Lavezzi challenges! Only for a minute though and the danger soon passes.
    • 56' Napoli boss Edy Reja makes a change... on comes Gyorgy Garics for Grava...
    • 55' Inter are comfortable in defence, and this game is in dire danger of fizzling out completely...
    • 53' Really, Napoli are not posing any kind of attacking threat at all at the moment... Lavezzi fires well wide with a tame effort here...
    • 50' Ibra tussles with Contini and the Napoli man comes out worse off... he should be ok...
    • 48' There's going to be another booking here... that's a terrible challenge from Bogliacino on Figo... and he rightly sees yellow.
    • 46' Underway again in Milano! Inter have made a change at half-time... Chivu won't play any further part in the match. Maxwell has come on to replace the Romanian.
    • 45' There goes the half time whistle at the Giuseppe Meazza, and Napoli will be happy to get off the pitch... it's been a torrid half for the visitors, who will be hoping for much better after the restart.
    • 43' The Napoli back line is terribly leaky tonight... Inter are getting through with alarming regularity...
    • 42' WHAT A SAVE FROM IEZZO! The Napoli keeper sticks out a hand to deny Ibra a certain goal! Incredible stop! And Zlatan knows it... he applauds the Neopolitan number one...
    • 41' Cannavaro now is on the receiving end of a booking from the ref... that's Napoli's firs of the evening...
    • 39' Oooh! Cruz very nearly bags a first half hat-trick... he's played through again before opening up his body and looking for the far corner with his right foot! Inches wide!
    • 38' HAMSIK STRIKES THE BAR! But it wouldn't have counted anyway... he clearly pushed Samuel on his way through...
    • 37' Stankovic joins Samuel in the book for a foul on Lavezzi...
    • 36' GOAL! CRUZ STRIKES AGAIN! Stankovic plays the ball through to Cruz from the back... he's played on by Grava... great control on his chest before firing past Iezzo into the bottom right hand corner again! Great finish!
    • 34' Zalayeta looks for Grava at the far post after good work from Savini on the opposite flank... but Grava's header goes behind, when he wanted to pull it back across the face of goal!
    • 32' Cesar and Ibra look to find a way through down Inter's right flank now, but again, there's no way through and Cannavaro gets a telling foot in.
    • 29' Free kick to Napoli now... it's clipped in... Lavezzi nearly gets on the end of it, but Julio Cesar claims.
    • 27' Inter are looking imperious tonight... Napoli are in real danger of being on the end of a cricket score...
    • 25' Ibra links up well with Cruz again! Decent save from Iezzo though and the score remains 1-0... for the time being at least... it's all Inter at the moment.
    • 23' Figo again causing problems for Napoli on the right hand side... he jinks inside, then out before delivering a near post cross, which Ibra turns just the wrong side of the upright!
    • 22' Julio Cesar brought into action by a long range shot from Gargaro as Napoli look to hit straight back... but it's easy for the Brazilian...
    • 20' GOAL! CRUZ GIVES INTER THE LEAD WITH A SIMPLE FINISH AFTER GOOD WORK FROM IBRAHIMOVIC! It looks like the Swede's lost control as he cuts in from the left, but he manages to prod a pass through to his strike partner, who slots into the bottom right hand corner! Inter one up!
    • 19' Samuel does his best to make amends by launching himself at a far post Figo cross at the other end! He does really well to get on the end of it, but it's blocked by a Napoli shirt!
    • 18' Samuel goes into the book for a terrible challenge from behind on Lavezzi! The Napoli player is sent into the air by that one!
    • 16' Free kick now to Inter... Chivu over it... the Romanian delivers it to the far post, looking for Ibra, but there's nothing doing for the hosts this time...
    • 13' Inter are enjoying the better of the opening exchanges... but here's a chance for Zalayeta on the break! Ooh! A crucial foot in from Cordoba takes the ball away from the Napoli striker right at the last moment!
    • 10' Ten minutes gone and still goalless in Milano...
    • 6' Zalayeta is pulled up for a 'foul' on Zanetti... but there's no way anything illegal was going on there! Home town decision if ever there was one.
    • 5' Cambiasso centres an awkward ball for Ibra to control... but it bounces too high for the striker and the Napoli defence are able to clear their lines.
    • 3' First chance of the match falls to Ibra! It's only a half chance, and the Swede leathers it over the bar from the edge of the box!
    • 1' Underway in Milan!
    • - The good news for Inter fans is that Zlatan plays! He may be tired, but he still lines up for the Nerazzurri!
    • - For Napoli, goalkeeper Gennaro Iezzo is expected to return from suspension, but Manuele Blasi is ruled out through suspension.
    • - On-fire Inter marksman Zlatan Ibrahimovic may be rested for tonight's match - he's "tired" apparently - and that can only be good news for Napoli. Well, it would be if Inter didn't have Hernan Crespo, David Suazo, Julio Cruz or Adriano left to choose from.
    • - Napoli can also be pleased with their start to the season - they head to the Guiseppe Meazza in fifth place - although a 2-1 reverse at Genoa last weekend slightly blotted their copybook.
    • - Inter, predictably, are yet to lose this season and other than a slip-up on the opening day against Udinese and another surprising draw with Livorno in September Roberto Mancini's side have impressed, not least in their last three fixtures - wins over Sampdoria, Roma and PSV.
    • - Hello and welcome to tonight's Serie A clash between champions and league leaders Inter and newly promoted Napoli!

  • Team Stats

    Internazionale Stats Napoli
    59% Possession 0%
    14 Shots 0
    4 Shots on target 0
    0 Saves 0
    3 Corners 0
    19 Fouls 0
    6 Offsides 0
    3 Yellow cards 0
    0 Red cards 0
    20 Tackles 0
    353 Accurate passes 0
    80 Bad passes 0

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Internazionale
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      12 Julio César 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0
      2 Ivan Cordoba 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 20 0 1
      25 Walter Samuel 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 26 5 2
      4 Javier Zanetti 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 38 0 1
      26 Cristian Chivu 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 23 6 1
      5 Dejan Stankovic 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 37 2 2
      19 Esteban Cambiasso 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 16 4
      7 Luis Figo 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 41 2 2
      31 Aparecido Cèsar 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 31 19 3
      8 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 0 4 1 1 1 1 1 26 5 0
      9 Julio Cruz 2 4 3 4 3 4 0 20 6 2
      30 Vítor Hugo Gomes Paços 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 Leite Ribeiro Adriano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      29 Davide Suazo 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 0
      6 Maxwell Cabelino Andrade 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 22 14 0
      1 Francesco Toldo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Hernan Crespo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Nicolas Burdisso 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 14 3 2
    • Napoli
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T

  • Summary

    • 85' GOAL! TIME TO TAKE IT ALL BACK! NAPOLI ARE RIGHT BACK IN THIS ONE AS SOSA LEAPS LIKE A SALMON TO NOD PAST JULIO CESAR! Game on, with five minutes left!
    • 81' Oooh! Suazo's first touch nearly brings a third for Inter! Figo manoeuvres into the box and plays the ball across to the Honduran! But his first touch isn't the best and his eventual stabbed effort rolls wide of the post with Iezzo beaten all ends up!
    • 66' Domizzi hits a free kick from 25 yards curling just wide of Julio Cesar's post! A really good effort from the Napoli man, but Julio Cesar looked to have it well covered.
    • 64' Ibra looking to get his name on the scoresheet! He holds off two challenges and in the absence of any better options, he lets fly from 25 yards! But his effort is dragged wide of the post!
    • 42' WHAT A SAVE FROM IEZZO! The Napoli keeper sticks out a hand to deny Ibra a certain goal! Incredible stop! And Zlatan knows it... he applauds the Neopolitan number one...
    • 39' Oooh! Cruz very nearly bags a first half hat-trick... he's played through again before opening up his body and looking for the far corner with his right foot! Inches wide!
    • 36' GOAL! CRUZ STRIKES AGAIN! Stankovic plays the ball through to Cruz from the back... he's played on by Grava... great control on his chest before firing past Iezzo into the bottom right hand corner again! Great finish!
    • 20' GOAL! CRUZ GIVES INTER THE LEAD WITH A SIMPLE FINISH AFTER GOOD WORK FROM IBRAHIMOVIC! It looks like the Swede's lost control as he cuts in from the left, but he manages to prod a pass through to his strike partner, who slots into the bottom right hand corner! Inter one up!
    • 19' Samuel does his best to make amends by launching himself at a far post Figo cross at the other end! He does really well to get on the end of it, but it's blocked by a Napoli shirt!
    • 3' First chance of the match falls to Ibra! It's only a half chance, and the Swede leathers it over the bar from the edge of the box!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Internazionale

    Manager: Roberto Mancini

    Captain: 4. Javier Zanetti

    On the Field

    • Julio César
    • Zanetti
    • Cordoba
    • Samuel
    • Chivu
    • Figo
    • Stankovic
    • Cambiasso
    • Cesar
    • Ibrahimovic
    • Cruz

    Subs

    • 1. Toldo
    • 15. Dacourt
    • 21. Solari
    • 18. Crespo
    • 29. Suazo
    • 16. Burdisso
    • 6. Maxwell
    • 10. Adriano
    • 5. Slavkovski
    • 24. Rivas Nelson

    Injured

    • 14. Vieira
    • 23. Materazzi

    Suspended

    • 13. Maicon

  • Napoli

    Manager: Edoardo Reja

    Captain: 2. Gianluca Grava

    On the Field

    • Iezzo
    • Contini
    • Cannavaro
    • Domizzi
    • Grava
    • Hamsik
    • Bogliacino
    • Savini
    • Gargano
    • Lavezzi
    • Zalayeta

    Subs

    • 9. Sosa
    • 4. Montervino
    • 16. Cupi
    • 22. Gianello
    • 11. Calaiò
    • 3. Rullo
    • 20. De Zerbi

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    • Blasi