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Sunday May 11, 2008 Finished Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)

Inter Milan 2 - Sienne 2

Internazionale

  • Vieira 11’
  • Balotelli 45’

Siena

  • Maccarone 30’
  • Kharja 69’

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Internazionale
    • Siena
    • 94' And that was the final opportunity!!!! The title goes to the last week of the season. That's two weeks running Inter have passed up the chance to be crowned Champs!!! Roberto Mancini looked enraged as he left the field and rightly so!!!
    • 93' Yet another long Cesar ball drops in Siena's box...this time the tired legs of Cruz get under the ball and offer no threat to Manninger's goal.
    • 91' Jimenez picks up the second ball from a Julio Cesar ball but can only fire over
    • 90' The fourth official announces four minutes of injury time!!!
    • 88' Inter continue to press but are very rushed and as such havent created a a clear cut chance for quite some time!!
    • 87' jimenez, after some great control, sees his effort charged down...this game is to being played at a frenetic pace
    • 86' After good work from Suazo, Vieira clips a ball to the far post...Jimenez heads agonisingly wide!!!
    • 85' Cambiasso leaves the field injured and is replaced by Pele
    • 84' Siena are offering very liitle now and look to have settled for a draw. Inter continue to pour forward!!!
    • 82' As it stands - with Roma 3 up at Sampdoria and Inter only drawing - it looks as if the title will be decided on the last day of the season.
    • 80' An out an out attacker Hernan Crespo replaces an attacking full back Maxwell!!! And Viera skips past Ficagna only to misplace his cross.
    • 78' And a good save but a poor penalty form Materazzi...Inter's search for that elusive goal continues!!!
    • 77' Penalty!!!! foul by Christian Riganò on Materazzi from a Jimenez corner. Riganò recieves a yellow card for his efforts.
    • 72' David Suazo looks threatening, finding space in behind the Siena defence and playing in Cruz, whose shot was - comically - blocked by Materazzi
    • 70' Inter come again...looking to take a lead again that would ensure a 16th Championship in their centenary year
    • 68' Gooooooalllll for...Siena...OH DEAR...Inter had numerous chances to clear, but finally when the ball fell to the impressive Kharja, he curled a controlled effort aorund Julio Cesar into the bottom corner. It came from nowhere.
    • 65' For all their effort Siena just don't have enough quailty in the final third, Maccarone looks a dejected figure as he becomes more and more isolated
    • 63' Balotelli is replaced by David Suazo
    • 61' Kharja looks Siena's most likely dent Inter's title charge, his testing cross is dealt with by Maicon. inter break quickly but Cruz fires tamely at Manninger
    • 59' jimenez can only drill the freekick into the Siena wall and over the bar, Materazzi headers the Balotelli corner wide.
    • 57' After some good interplay between Vieira and Cambiasso, Cruz is hauled down by Galloppa. The Siena midfielder is duly shown the yellow card and Inter have a freekick in a dangerous area!!
    • 54' There's no letting up for Inter now, they contiue to to attack with vigour and intent!!
    • 51' Bolleti is taken down for the second time in consecutive minutesd...this time earning Kharja a yellow card
    • 47' Siena and Maccarone show that they are still a threat to Inter's title aspirations...Maccarone turned Materazzi, but on his weaker left side could only fire high and wide
    • 46' A clever Balotelli ball puts Cruz in on goal, but the former super sub pulls his shot into the side netting!!
    • 45' Siena kick off for the second half...if things stay the same - with both Inter and Roma winning- then Inter will crowned champions!!!!!
    • 45' Half time
    • 45' Inter are back in front...from a Maicon long throw, Viera, at the near post, flicks on for Balotelli to head into a gapping neat!!! 2-1 and that little bit closer to the Scudetto
    • 43' Inter continue to press most of teh good work coming donw the left...Jimenez sneaks behind the Siena defence, but fires inot the side netting!!!
    • 41' Yellow Card for Daniele Ficagna after a cynical foul down the right...Inter again make little from the resulting freekick!
    • 40' Yet Siena still pose a threat, after a poor free kick from Maicon, Rossi breaks half the length of the field and forces Julio Cesar into a fine save!!! Although, the Seina fullback - what was he doiong there - will be kicking himself he didnt do better!!!
    • 39' After the shock of conceding Inter have settled again and are beggining to show flashes of the play that brought them the lead and possibly a title!!!
    • 37' Cruz exchanges passes with Jimenez and crosses to the back post and wins a corner!!!
    • 33' Inter's play lack the composure of the opening 20 minutes...a sense of panic seems to have set in!!!
    • 32' Conceding has shot Inter into action and are back in Siena's half...Manninger makes a great save from Jimenez but it matters little as the Inter man was offside
    • 30' ...but wait...GOAL....a Kharja ball finds Maccarone who, from a tight angle, fires past the onrushing Julio Cesar!!! 1-1!!! and it was coming!!!
    • 28' Siena contiue their good work up to the final third but then fade...
    • 27' Good work down the right from Maicon comes to nothing...Siena break, lead by Locatelli but he is stopped unfairly by Materazzi, which leads to a yellow card!!!
    • 25' Inter are allowing Seina more of the game and must be carful...Siena's midfield quartet are becoming more influential!!
    • 22' Siena are seeing more of the ball - predominently at the back - as soon as they enter dangerous territory, Vieira and Cambiasso easily over power Vergassola and co!!
    • 20' jimenez wins a freekick...delivered by Maicon, in the scramble that ensues Cruz has a blocked shot!!!
    • 17' the monotony of the excess of corners leads Inter to try a short one...Maicon is caught on the ball and Locatelli and Maccarone lead a rare foray into Inter's half. Some respite for the Siena defence.
    • 15' Inter continue to press, more by luck than judgement the Siena defence holds firm!! Inter have corner after corner.
    • 12' Inter are relentless and camped their visitors half!!! One of the most one sided games I have ever seen.
    • 10' Goooooaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllll!!!! Vieira rises unmarked and gets on the end of another Zanetti corner...no cross bar to save Siena this time!!! One nil Inter!!
    • 9' Inter continue to press and Cruz forces a corner
    • 8' Inter win a corner...Zanetti whips a wicked corner into the danger area...Materazzi rises and powers a fierce header against the cross bar.
    • 6' Inter full backs - Miacon and Maxwell - make great strides down the wings...only for their crosses to be drift harmlessly wide or fall into the arms of Alex Manninger
    • 3' After the early onslaught Siena settle and come back inot to it...good work in midfiled from Locatelli and Vergassola dbear little fruit with Maccarone caught offside twice in consecutive minutes
    • 1' Inter make their intentions clear early on - direct and incisive. First Cruz having a shot saved and then Vieira dragging an effort just wide!!!
    • 1' And we're off Crespo drops to the bench and is replaced by Ballotelli and Jimenez replaces Maniche!!! Former Middlesborough man Maccarone will lead the line for Siena.
    • - The Nerazzurri will be looking to put last weeks disappointing defeat to city rivals Milan behind them and claim a third successive Scudetto title today, with what should be a relatively comfortable game against mid table Siena - but Inter seem not to like doing things the comfortable way.
    • - Good afternoon and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE!! coverage of Internazionale v Siena in Serie A.

  • Team Stats

    Internazionale Stats Siena
    62% Possession 37%
    22 Shots 5
    5 Shots on target 4
    2 Saves 1
    14 Corners 0
    14 Fouls 14
    6 Offsides 4
    1 Yellow cards 5
    0 Red cards 0
    12 Tackles 28
    345 Accurate passes 179
    54 Bad passes 40

  • 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 7 0 0
      23 Marco Materazzi 0 5 1 2 2 2 0 30 8 2
      6 Maxwell Cabelino Andrade 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 12 0
      13 Douglas Maicon 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 39 0 3
      16 Nicolas Burdisso 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 27 0 0
      14 Patrick Vieira 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 50 1 2
      11 Luis Jimenez 0 6 0 3 2 2 0 35 1 1
      19 Esteban Cambiasso 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 29 9 2
      4 Javier Zanetti 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 34 13 1
      45 Mario Balotelli 1 1 1 3 4 1 1 17 1 1
      9 Julio Cruz 0 6 2 1 2 0 0 27 8 0
      18 Hernan Crespo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      31 Aparecido César 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      29 David Suazo 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 1 0
      1 Francesco Toldo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      28 Maniche Ribeiro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      30 Vítor Hugo Gomes Paços 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
      24 Nelson Rivas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Siena
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Alexander Manninger 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 4 0
      90 Daniele Portanova 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 2
      33 Daniele Ficagna 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 14 0 8
      15 Simone Loria 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 19 4 1
      21 Andrea Rossi 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 11 8 3
      6 Houssine Kharja 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 22 5 1
      5 Paul Codrea 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 2 0
      8 Simone Vergassola 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 25 3 4
      14 Daniele Galloppa 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 12 4 2
      20 Tomas Locatelli 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 14 1 3
      32 Massimo Maccarone 1 2 1 0 1 4 0 11 2 0
      13 Luca Rossettini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      55 Manuel Coppola 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 8 5 1
      9 Christian Riganò 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 0
      31 Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Paolo De Ceglie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Mario Frick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Do Carmo Nieto Alberto 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 8 0 3

  • Summary

    • 86' After good work from Suazo, Vieira clips a ball to the far post...Jimenez heads agonisingly wide!!!
    • 72' David Suazo looks threatening, finding space in behind the Siena defence and playing in Cruz, whose shot was - comically - blocked by Materazzi
    • 68' Gooooooalllll for...Siena...OH DEAR...Inter had numerous chances to clear, but finally when the ball fell to the impressive Kharja, he curled a controlled effort aorund Julio Cesar into the bottom corner. It came from nowhere.
    • 61' Kharja looks Siena's most likely dent Inter's title charge, his testing cross is dealt with by Maicon. inter break quickly but Cruz fires tamely at Manninger
    • 45' Inter are back in front...from a Maicon long throw, Viera, at the near post, flicks on for Balotelli to head into a gapping neat!!! 2-1 and that little bit closer to the Scudetto
    • 40' Yet Siena still pose a threat, after a poor free kick from Maicon, Rossi breaks half the length of the field and forces Julio Cesar into a fine save!!! Although, the Seina fullback - what was he doiong there - will be kicking himself he didnt do better!!!
    • 30' ...but wait...GOAL....a Kharja ball finds Maccarone who, from a tight angle, fires past the onrushing Julio Cesar!!! 1-1!!! and it was coming!!!
    • 20' jimenez wins a freekick...delivered by Maicon, in the scramble that ensues Cruz has a blocked shot!!!
    • 10' Goooooaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllll!!!! Vieira rises unmarked and gets on the end of another Zanetti corner...no cross bar to save Siena this time!!! One nil Inter!!
    • 1' Inter make their intentions clear early on - direct and incisive. First Cruz having a shot saved and then Vieira dragging an effort just wide!!!
    • - Good afternoon and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE!! coverage of Internazionale v Siena in Serie A.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Sig. Gava

  • Internazionale

    Manager: Roberto Mancini

    Captain: 4. Javier Zanetti

    On the Field

    • Julio César
    • Maicon
    • Burdisso
    • Materazzi Yellow Card
    • Maxwell Substitution Out (80′)
    • Cambiasso Substitution Out (84′)
    • Zanetti
    • Vieira Goal
    • Jimenez
    • Balotelli Goal Substitution Out (63′)
    • Cruz

    Subs

    • 1. Toldo
    • 18. Crespo Substitution In80′
    • 29. Suazo Substitution In63′
    • 31. Cesar
    • Maniche
    • 24. Rivas Nelson
    • 30. "Pelé" Substitution In84′

    Injured

    • 7. Figo
    • 26. Chivu
    • Cordoba
    • 25. Samuel
    • 8. Ibrahimovic

    Suspended

    None

  • Siena

    Manager: Mario Beretta

    On the Field

    • Manninger
    • Ficagna Yellow Card
    • Portanova
    • Loria
    • Rossi
    • Codrea
    • Vergassola Yellow Card
    • Galloppa Substitution Out (65′)
    • Locatelli
    • Kharja Goal Yellow Card
    • Maccarone Goal

    Subs

    • 31. Eleftheropoulos
    • 22. Alberto
    • 7. Frick
    • Riganò Substitution In65′ Yellow Card
    • 5. Coppola Yellow Card
    • 11. De Ceglie
    • 13. Rossettini

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None