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Internazionale

  • Cordoba 16’
  • Muntari 25’

Napoli

  • Lavezzi 36’

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  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Internazionale
    • Napoli
    • 90' The final whistle goes, and Inter go provisionally six points clear, with second-placed Milan playing Palermo in the late game this evening.
    • 90+3' Ibrahimovic slams the free-kick.. just wide!
    • 90+2' Adriano is tugged back and this gives Inter a chance to get forward and burn a few more seconds - three minutes of stoppage time being played.
    • 90' Inter make a final change, bringing Luiz Jimenez on for Sulley Muntari, who reacts furiously. Calm down, son. It's only a couple of minutes.
    • 88' Around the grounds: Time ticks down and Roma look set for a 1-0 win at home to Fiorentina - Francesco Totti with the goal, smashing the ball home after being found expertly by Rodrigo Taddei.
    • 86' Zanetti has a chance to settle it as he runs from deep and has a shot from the right side of the box, but Iezzo saves it. Adriano was screaming for the ball, but shooting was probably the right decision.
    • 83' Inter bring on a defender for a midfielder as Nicolas Burdisso replaces Dejan Stankovic.
    • 80' Lavezzi goes shoulder to shoulder with Maxwell and then takes a dive. It's pretty blatant, and that's a yellow card for the young Argentinian.
    • 78' The splendidly-named Argentinian striker German Denis comes on for Maggio as Napoli look to get more men forward.
    • 75' Maggio is bundled over at the edge of the Inter box, but Napoli's claims for a free-kick are turned down by referee Roberto Rosetti.
    • 72' Off goes Cruz, and he is replaced by the controversial Brazilian Adriano.
    • 70' Atalanta have scored two quick goals at home to Lazio - the Rome side's chances of overtaking Napoli to go fourth taking a knock there.
    • 69' Lovely skill from Ibrahimovic, balancing the ball on his foot and then whipping it past the defender.
    • 66' Blasi smashes into Muntari and is lucky to escape a booking - but it still provides Inter with a dangerous free-kick. Napoli deal with it well.
    • 63' Around the grounds: There is not much going on elsewhere. Cagliari are a goal to the good against Sampdoria, while Siena still lead Torino 1-0. Roma and Fiorentina are still goalless despite plenty of chances for both sides.
    • 60' Zlatan! Tries a left-foot drive from the edge of the box but Iezzo pushes the ball away.
    • 58' Zalayeta tries the spectacular, going for a 35-yard volley, but it deflects behind for a corner.
    • 55' Ibrahimovic tries a flick to get himself into a shooting position but the ball gets away from him and Napoli clear.
    • 52' A Napoli corner is cleared but the visitors regain possession and work the ball back into the area.. cleared again.
    • 49' Inter skipper Javier Zanetti sees a shot fly over the bar from 25 yards. He says he was fouled by Aronica and should have been a corner... there is a bit of a barney between the two and both are yellow carded.
    • 46' Napoli go close almost directly from the kick-off! Lavezzi is played through down the right channel and his shot is deflected over!
    • 46' Second half under way, let's hope for more of the same..
    • 45+1' Half-time in Milan, and what a game we have here! Inter lead 2-1 and we have had three magnificent goals to enjoy. Lovely stuff.
    • 43' Disappointing delivery from the Argentinian, who curls the ball directly out for a goal-kick.
    • 42' Inter free-kick 30 yards from goal, and Esteban Cambiasso lines it up...
    • 39' That Ezequiel Lavezzi goal has opened the game right up, and suddenly Inter look jittery having been imperious for all of this first half.
    • 36' GOOOOOLL!!!! Napoli pull one back and it is an absolute dream of a goal!! Lavezzi plays a give-and-go to Zalayeta, who finds his team-mate with a delicious backheel, and Lavezzi beats Julio Cesar with a cool chip that goes in off the left-hand post!
    • 32' Inter continue to dominate proceedings here. Esteban Cambiasso has whipped in a couple of dangerous free-kicks and Ibrahimovic is looking imperious. Napoli are nowhere.
    • 30' Around the grounds: The only goal in Serie A outside of the Inter game is at Siena, where Middlesbrough fans will be interested to hear that Massimo Maccarone has scored a wondergoal to give the home side the lead against Torino.
    • 25' GOOOOOOLLL!!! Two-nil Inter, and it's another beauty!! Cruz backheels from the right byline for Cordoba, who drives the ball low across the face of goal and Sulley Muntari drags the ball back from behind him into the net! Mourinho's men are flying!
    • 22' Gargano drives a long-range free-kick for Napoli that has pace and dip, but Julio Cesar follows it well and makes a good catch.
    • 19' Inter come forward with pace through Muntari, Cambiasso and Ibrahimovic, who dribbles in from the left but cannot get his shot away.
    • 16' GOOOOOOL!! Oh, what a goal, Inter lead! A corner is swung in from the Inter left and Ivan Cordoba directs the ball past Iezzo with a sensational left-foot volley! Brilliant.
    • 11' No goalmouth action yet but the pattern of the game is clear - Inter will dominate possession with Napoli trying to hit them on the break through the pace of Zalayeta and Lavezzi.
    • 7' Elsewhere in Serie A, Roma are taking on Fiorentina and Lazio are at Atalanta in the pick of the other games. We'll keep you updated with the big incidents from those.
    • 5' Inter have made the brighter start, getting immediately on the attack while Napoli seem to have taken it upon themselves to wind up Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
    • 3' Inter might be top of Serie A, but their coach Jose Mourinho has come in for no end of criticism following some dismal Champions League displays, including a 1-0 defeat at home to Panathinaikos on Wednesday. Mourinho has axed Adriano for this one, replacing him with Julio Cruz.
    • 1' Game on at the Giuseppe Meazza! Inter in their famous blue and black stripes; Napoli wear red shirts, white shorts and red socks, and are captained by Fabio Cannavaro's brother Paolo.
    • - Welcome to LIVE coverage of Jose Mourinho's table-topping Internazionale side as they take on a resurgent Napoli!

  • Team Stats

    Internazionale Stats Napoli
    50% Possession 49%
    14 Shots 12
    4 Shots on target 2
    0 Saves 2
    7 Corners 3
    19 Fouls 13
    1 Offsides 1
    1 Yellow cards 3
    0 Red cards 0
    23 Tackles 25
    287 Accurate passes 263
    67 Bad passes 49

  • 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 10 1 0
      2 Ivan Cordoba 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 19 0 3
      13 Douglas Maicon 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 31 3 1
      6 Maxwell Cabelino Andrade 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 24 11 2
      25 Walter Samuel 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 23 9 3
      19 Esteban Cambiasso 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 37 5 4
      5 Dejan Stankovic 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 24 4 2
      4 Javier Zanetti 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 39 4 1
      20 Sulley Ali Muntari 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 35 16 5
      9 Julio Cruz 0 1 0 3 4 0 0 11 4 0
      8 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 0 3 1 1 3 1 0 30 9 1
      10 Leite Ribeiro Adriano 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
      11 Luis Jimenez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
      22 Paolo Orlandoni 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Luis Figo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Hernan Crespo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      33 Amantino Mancini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Nicolas Burdisso 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
    • Napoli
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Gennaro Iezzo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0
      28 Paolo Cannavaro 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 0 7
      83 Leandro Rinaudo 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 14 2 2
      6 Salvatore Aronica 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 20 3 1
      5 Michele Pazienza 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 29 7 2
      23 Walter Gargano 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 50 5 5
      77 Daniele Mannini 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 26 11 4
      11 Cristian Maggio 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 12 0 0
      17 Marek Hamsik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 7 1
      25 Marcelo Zalayeta 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 28 5 0
      7 Ezequiel Lavezzi 1 3 1 1 3 0 0 27 3 1
      4 Francesco Montervino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      30 Nicolás Navarro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      3 Luigi Vitale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Manuele Blasi 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 3 2
      18 Mariano Bogliacino 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
      13 Fabiano Santacroce 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Germán Denis 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0

  • Summary

    • 90+3' Ibrahimovic slams the free-kick.. just wide!
    • 88' Around the grounds: Time ticks down and Roma look set for a 1-0 win at home to Fiorentina - Francesco Totti with the goal, smashing the ball home after being found expertly by Rodrigo Taddei.
    • 86' Zanetti has a chance to settle it as he runs from deep and has a shot from the right side of the box, but Iezzo saves it. Adriano was screaming for the ball, but shooting was probably the right decision.
    • 70' Atalanta have scored two quick goals at home to Lazio - the Rome side's chances of overtaking Napoli to go fourth taking a knock there.
    • 63' Around the grounds: There is not much going on elsewhere. Cagliari are a goal to the good against Sampdoria, while Siena still lead Torino 1-0. Roma and Fiorentina are still goalless despite plenty of chances for both sides.
    • 60' Zlatan! Tries a left-foot drive from the edge of the box but Iezzo pushes the ball away.
    • 46' Napoli go close almost directly from the kick-off! Lavezzi is played through down the right channel and his shot is deflected over!
    • 36' GOOOOOLL!!!! Napoli pull one back and it is an absolute dream of a goal!! Lavezzi plays a give-and-go to Zalayeta, who finds his team-mate with a delicious backheel, and Lavezzi beats Julio Cesar with a cool chip that goes in off the left-hand post!
    • 30' Around the grounds: The only goal in Serie A outside of the Inter game is at Siena, where Middlesbrough fans will be interested to hear that Massimo Maccarone has scored a wondergoal to give the home side the lead against Torino.
    • 25' GOOOOOOLLL!!! Two-nil Inter, and it's another beauty!! Cruz backheels from the right byline for Cordoba, who drives the ball low across the face of goal and Sulley Muntari drags the ball back from behind him into the net! Mourinho's men are flying!
    • 22' Gargano drives a long-range free-kick for Napoli that has pace and dip, but Julio Cesar follows it well and makes a good catch.
    • 16' GOOOOOOL!! Oh, what a goal, Inter lead! A corner is swung in from the Inter left and Ivan Cordoba directs the ball past Iezzo with a sensational left-foot volley! Brilliant.
    • - Welcome to LIVE coverage of Jose Mourinho's table-topping Internazionale side as they take on a resurgent Napoli!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Roberto Rosetti

  • Internazionale

    Captain: Javier Zanetti

    Starting line-up

    • Júlio César
    • Maicon
    • I. Córdoba
    • W. Samuel
    • Maxwell
    • J. Zanetti Yellow Card
    • E. Cambiasso
    • D. Stankovic Substitution Out (84′)
    • S. Muntari Goal Substitution Out (88′)
    • J. Cruz Substitution Out (71′)
    • Z. Ibrahimovic

    Subs

    • L. Figo
    • P. Orlandoni
    • H. Crespo
    • L. Jimenez Substitution In88′
    • Adriano
    • N. Burdisso
    • A. Mancini

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Napoli

    Captain: Paolo Cannavaro

    Starting line-up

    • G. Iezzo
    • P. Cannavaro
    • S. Aronica Yellow Card
    • M. Pazienza Substitution Out (83′)
    • L. Rinaudo Yellow Card
    • M. Hamsik
    • C. Maggio Substitution Out (78′)
    • D. Mannini
    • W. Gargano
    • M. Zalayeta
    • E. Lavezzi

    Subs

    • M. Blasi Substitution In65′
    • M. Bogliacino Substitution In83′
    • F. Santacroce
    • L. Vitale
    • N. Navarro
    • G. Denis Substitution In78′
    • F. Montervino

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

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