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Palermo

Internazionale

  • Ibrahimovic 46’, 62’
  1. Ibrahimovic magic downs Palermo

    Ibrahimovic magic downs Palermo

    Two wonder-goals from Zlatan Ibrahimovic have given Internazionale a 2-0 Serie A win at Palermo. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Palermo
    • Internazionale
    • 90+4 Inter keep their clean sheet and move top of Serie A, three points ahead of Juventus, who played on Thursday! A fairly tepid performance from Inter marked out by two splendid goals from Zlatan.
    • 90+3 Almost a consolation for Palermo as Cavani's long-range drive is sent straight at Cesar.
    • 90+1 Good save this time from Montana, who dives across to tip behind another Zlatan screamer.
    • 90' Three minutes added time being played.
    • 88' Inter threaten again as a ball wide right is left by Stankovic for Maicon, who thrashes a shot into the side-netting.
    • 86' INTER SUB: Vieira comes off for Burdisso.
    • 83' Inter have all-but put this game to bed, stroking it about and letting Palermo do all the running. My how this has been a game of two halves.
    • 80' Mancini with a long-range shot but Fontana spills it and Zlatan can finish this off with a hat-trick but Palermo get back to force him out of it!! Fontana has had a Gomes tonight.
    • 79' PALERMO SUB: Cassani trudges off for Ciaramitaro.
    • 78' Balzaretti is booked for a quite absurd foul on Vieira - the Frenchman passed him and, as he fell, Balzaretti swung his far leg across Vieira's chest.
    • 77' INTER SUB: Cruz off for Mancini.
    • 76' Cambiasso to take, he swings it left-footed to the far post AND CRUZ SLIDES IN BUT HE MISSES IT AND IT GOES INCHES WIDE! Should have been three.
    • 75' Free-kick to Inter on the right, Cambiasso and Zanetti both over it...
    • 73' An Inter attack breaks down but instead of using the space to launch a counter, Palermo end up playing keep-ball and Inter regroup.
    • 70' Long-range effort from Miccoli well wide.
    • 66' Miccoli to take... but his neat inswinger is read by Cesar who takes it into his chest at the near post.
    • 65' Cynical foul by Cordoba on Simplicio on the edge of the box, just as he was preparing to shoot. Free-kick just on the left corner and a yellow.
    • 64' INTER SUB: Muntari's work is done, and he comes off for Stankovic, back from injury.
    • 62' Inter have a free-kick on the edge of the D, Zlatan steps up.... AND HE FIRES AN UNSTOPPABLE SHOT INTO THE ROOF OF THE NET! He went straight down the middle but that was so fierce Fontana didn't even see it! Incredible strike, yet another masterpiece from the Swedish maestro.
    • 60' Palermo come forward and Cavani gets it on the right and smashes in a drive which beats Cesar at the near post but no side-netting! Looked in as it spun back across goal and nestled in the outer corner.
    • 58' Booking for Bovo after he clobbers Cambiasso.
    • 56' Cross into the box and Fontana again hesitates and it almost goes in off a defender's head! This Palermo keeper is D-O-D-G-Y.
    • 55' Zlatan on the left, he just powers past Cassani and hammers in a low drive that Fontana should hold but spills behind at his near post. Corner Inter, who since scoring right at the start of the half have the measure of Palermo.
    • 54' Zanetti swings the corner near post and Vieira flies in but heads well wide.
    • 53' This time Fontant does his job, touching behind a low drive from Cruz that was creeping into the bottom-right corner.
    • 52' Fontana can't really deal with any kind of centre, staying on his line for a Maicon cross that really he should deal with.
    • 50' Fontana again looks dodgy at dealing with a corner, coming out and flapping but fortunate to have a defender at hand to head clear.
    • 47' Zlatan gets the ball on the right, he's around 10 yards from the edge of the area and he strikes it at the near post BUT IT SWERVES INCREDIBLY AND GOES ACROSS MONTANA AND IN AT THE FAR POST! ZLATAN SCORES ANOTHER WONDER-GOAL! A banana-shot to end all banana-shots! Inter have not deserved to go ahead but my was that goal worth it!
    • 46' Second half underway!
    • 45+1 More great play from Zlatan to hold the ball up and feed Maicon on the overlap. The whistle goes, 0-0 and Palermo have looked the more likely to score.
    • 44' Palermo get back to their usual position of hugging the right touchline but, for all their possession, they can't seem to break down a resolute Inter back four.
    • 43' Zlatan with a great run down the right, he flies to the touchline and hooks the ball back but headed clear from under Cruz's nose!
    • 40' Cassani gets forward from full-back and has a crack but this one is very wild and skews up between corner flag and goal.
    • 37' Palermo have been camped in the Inter half, specifically the far-right corner for about three minutes now but a shocking throw-in hands possession back to the visitors.
    • 34' Palermo are still dictating the pace of this game although Inter look dangerous on the counter, as would any team with Ibra.
    • 31' Zlatan finally gets back on the pitch after receiving treatment to what can only be described as a scratch.
    • 29' Outrageous skill from Ibra to loft the ball over and then around Carrozzieri, who catches him with a hand in the face. Free-kick? No, nothing given. Poor decision.
    • 27' Zlatan on the ball, he cuts inside from the left and beats one man, then ghosts past another AND HE HAMMERS IN A LOW DRIVE THAT FONTANA BLOCKS WITH HIS LEGS FOR A CORNER! Great play by Ibra, Inter's best move yet.
    • 21' Inter with a rare foray forward as Maicon surges down the right and smashes a rasping drive on goal but it flies well over.
    • 17' Cesar is forced into another save low to his right. Palermo all over Inter at the moment.
    • 14' Palermo are really bossing it at the moment, first Migliaco, then Bresciano and then Miccoli all sending shots wide.
    • 11' Free-kick Palermo on the left, Bresciano to take... he swings it into the six-yard box, a vicious delivery and it takes a touch off Zanetti but a great save from Cesar to prevent the own-goal! Corner Palermo.
    • 9' Palermo come forward through Cassani and it comes in to Bresciano on the edge of the box but his volley is deflected over. The ref gives a goal-kick and the Aussie is furious.
    • 7' Successive corners to Inter cause massive problems to Fontana, who flaps at both and is lucky not to be beaten by Ibrahimovic!
    • 5' Wonderful one-touch play by Palermo frees Cavani in the box but his finish is weak and easy for Cesar.
    • 3' Typically cautious start from both sides.
    • 1' Match underway at Palermo!
    • - Hello and welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo!'s LIVE coverage of Palermo against Inter in Serie A from 19:30 UK time!

  • Team Stats

    Palermo Stats Internazionale
    46% Possession 53%
    15 Shots 17
    5 Shots on target 9
    5 Saves 2
    2 Corners 9
    21 Fouls 15
    0 Offsides 1
    3 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    16 Tackles 16
    321 Accurate passes 380
    65 Bad passes 81

  • 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
    • Palermo
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      12 Alberto Fontana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
      80 Morris Carrozzieri 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 18 5 1
      42 Federico Balzaretti 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 58 18 1
      16 Mattia Cassani 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 4
      5 Cesare Bovo 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 28 4 2
      11 Fabio Liverani 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 42 6 0
      30 Fabio Simplicio 0 1 1 1 6 0 0 56 13 1
      8 Giulio Migliaccio 0 1 1 3 4 0 0 14 0 4
      23 Mark Bresciano 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16 3 1
      10 Fabrizio Miccoli 0 6 1 1 4 0 0 26 10 0
      7 Edison Cavani 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 18 1 1
      15 Paolo Hernan Dellafiore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      77 Davide Lanzafame 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 7 3 1
      14 Roberto Guana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Simon Kjaer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Samir Ujkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Igor Budan 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 4 2 0
      18 Maurizio Ciaramitaro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0
    • Internazionale
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      12 Julio César 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
      25 Walter Samuel 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 23 8 1
      6 Maxwell Cabelino Andrade 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 60 21 2
      13 Douglas Maicon 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 38 1 0
      2 Ivan Cordoba 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 16 0 2
      20 Sulley Ali Muntari 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 26 7 2
      19 Esteban Cambiasso 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 35 7 0
      14 Patrick Vieira 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 35 1 3
      4 Javier Zanetti 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 59 20 5
      8 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 2 7 6 1 3 0 0 28 5 0
      9 Julio Cruz 0 2 2 2 3 1 1 20 6 1
      16 Nicolas Burdisso 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
      45 Mario Balotelli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      5 Dejan Stankovic 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 20 2 0
      33 Amantino Mancini 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 11 3 0
      1 Francesco Toldo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Marco Materazzi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Victor Nsofor Obinna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90+1 Good save this time from Montana, who dives across to tip behind another Zlatan screamer.
    • 80' Mancini with a long-range shot but Fontana spills it and Zlatan can finish this off with a hat-trick but Palermo get back to force him out of it!! Fontana has had a Gomes tonight.
    • 76' Cambiasso to take, he swings it left-footed to the far post AND CRUZ SLIDES IN BUT HE MISSES IT AND IT GOES INCHES WIDE! Should have been three.
    • 62' Inter have a free-kick on the edge of the D, Zlatan steps up.... AND HE FIRES AN UNSTOPPABLE SHOT INTO THE ROOF OF THE NET! He went straight down the middle but that was so fierce Fontana didn't even see it! Incredible strike, yet another masterpiece from the Swedish maestro.
    • 60' Palermo come forward and Cavani gets it on the right and smashes in a drive which beats Cesar at the near post but no side-netting! Looked in as it spun back across goal and nestled in the outer corner.
    • 56' Cross into the box and Fontana again hesitates and it almost goes in off a defender's head! This Palermo keeper is D-O-D-G-Y.
    • 55' Zlatan on the left, he just powers past Cassani and hammers in a low drive that Fontana should hold but spills behind at his near post. Corner Inter, who since scoring right at the start of the half have the measure of Palermo.
    • 47' Zlatan gets the ball on the right, he's around 10 yards from the edge of the area and he strikes it at the near post BUT IT SWERVES INCREDIBLY AND GOES ACROSS MONTANA AND IN AT THE FAR POST! ZLATAN SCORES ANOTHER WONDER-GOAL! A banana-shot to end all banana-shots! Inter have not deserved to go ahead but my was that goal worth it!
    • 43' Zlatan with a great run down the right, he flies to the touchline and hooks the ball back but headed clear from under Cruz's nose!
    • 29' Outrageous skill from Ibra to loft the ball over and then around Carrozzieri, who catches him with a hand in the face. Free-kick? No, nothing given. Poor decision.
    • 27' Zlatan on the ball, he cuts inside from the left and beats one man, then ghosts past another AND HE HAMMERS IN A LOW DRIVE THAT FONTANA BLOCKS WITH HIS LEGS FOR A CORNER! Great play by Ibra, Inter's best move yet.
    • 11' Free-kick Palermo on the left, Bresciano to take... he swings it into the six-yard box, a vicious delivery and it takes a touch off Zanetti but a great save from Cesar to prevent the own-goal! Corner Palermo.
    • 7' Successive corners to Inter cause massive problems to Fontana, who flaps at both and is lucky not to be beaten by Ibrahimovic!
    • 5' Wonderful one-touch play by Palermo frees Cavani in the box but his finish is weak and easy for Cesar.
    • - Hello and welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo!'s LIVE coverage of Palermo against Inter in Serie A from 19:30 UK time!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

  • Palermo

    Manager: Davide Ballardini

    Captain: 11. Fabio Liverani

    Starting line-up

    • A. Fontana
    • M. Cassani Substitution Out (78′)
    • M. Carrozzieri
    • C. Bovo Yellow Card
    • F. Balzaretti Yellow Card
    • F. Liverani Substitution Out (64′)
    • G. Migliaccio
    • M. Bresciano Substitution Out (56′)
    • F. Simplicio Yellow Card
    • S. Cavani
    • F. Miccoli

    Subs

    • 20. I. Budan Substitution In56′
    • 14. R. Guana
    • 18. .. Ciaramitaro Substitution In78′
    • 15. P. Dellafiore
    • 1. S. Ujkani
    • 77. D. Lanzafame Substitution In64′
    • 24. S. Kjaer

    Injured

    • 32. M. Amelia

    Suspended

    • 33. A. Nocerino

  • Internazionale

    Manager: Jose Mourinho

    Captain: 4. Javier Zanetti

    Starting line-up

    • S. Julio César
    • D. Maicon
    • I. Cordoba Yellow Card
    • W. Samuel
    • C. Maxwell
    • E. Cambiasso
    • P. Vieira Substitution Out (86′)
    • J. Zanetti
    • S. Muntari Substitution Out (65′)
    • Z. Ibrahimovic Goals×2
    • J. Cruz Substitution Out (76′)

    Subs

    • 5. D. Stankovic Substitution In65′
    • 1. F. Toldo
    • 23. M. Materazzi
    • 16. N. Burdisso Substitution In86′
    • 33. A. Mancini Substitution In76′
    • V. Nsofor Obinna
    • 45. M. Balotelli

    Injured

    • 7. L. Figo
    • 26. C. Chivu
    • 11. L. Jimenez
    • 24. E. Rivas Nelson

    Suspended

    None