Match Report


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Match Report
An overcast sky looms overhead here at San Siro where Inter Milan play host to Venezia. A crowd of 8,338 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
Both Inter Milan and Venezia are lined up in a 3-5-2 formation.


0.00
The whistle blows and Inter Milan kick off!
4.51
Cataldo Petruzzi brings the ball forward. Cataldo Petruzzi knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
6.44
Bruno Antunes controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Stefano Colacone. Stefano Colacone decides to run forward with the ball. Stefano Colacone controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal. The ball swerves in the air but the keeper is a match for it. Saved!
10.05
The crowd are getting restless wanting to see some action.
15.03
Christian Karembeu kicks a strong pass forward to Manuele Pandolfi. Manuele Pandolfi plays a perfect one-two with Samir Meyer and rushes in on goal... Manuele Pandolfi cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal. It's a goal!! What a beauty!
20.34
Inter Milan are playing some beautiful football, but they cannot seem to penetrate Venezia's defence.
21.58
Giancarlo Lo Gatto kicks a strong pass forward to Samir Meyer. Samir Meyer lofts in a cross ball towards Manuele Pandolfi. Manuele Pandolfi is perfectly placed and heads the ball at goal. What a cracker!! Tommaso Lupatelli had no chance!! Goal for Inter Milan!
27.56
Pier G. Piovani sees a break and surges forward. Pier G. Piovani whips in a cross ball towards Vinicio E. Bonadei. Vinicio E. Bonadei is unmarked! He powers a header at goal. Sieb Denneboom is helpless! The ball slams into the back of the net - goal!!
30.33
Pier G. Piovani passes the ball forward to Vinicio E. Bonadei. Vinicio E. Bonadei shoots from 25 yards but he balloons it over the crossbar!
33.11
Arthur Moffat knocks the ball to his team mate, Giancarlo Lo Gatto. Giancarlo Lo Gatto knocks the ball to his team mate, Manuele Pandolfi. Manuele Pandolfi knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
36.48
Maurizio Croce flicks the ball to his team mate, Giancarlo Lo Gatto. Giancarlo Lo Gatto makes a simple pass to Manuele Pandolfi. Manuele Pandolfi lofts in a cross ball towards Samir Meyer. Samir Meyer flicks the ball with his head but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
40.25
Marco Aliyu deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Manuele Pandolfi. Manuele Pandolfi shoots from distance. The ball dips but the keeper is a match for it. Saved!
45.00
Venezia are keeping most of the possession at the moment but are so far unable to make the most of it.
45.00
The referee blows for the end of the first half


45.00
The whistle blows and Venezia get the second half underway!
48.56
Giancarlo Lo Gatto clumsily knocks into Pier G. Piovani. The referee calls over Giancarlo Lo Gatto and warns him to calm down! Pier G. Piovani runs off the knock.
54.20
Stefano Colacone makes a probing pass to Jan Welke. Jan Welke knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Sieb Denneboom who gathers it comfortably.
57.40
Inter Milan are playing some beautiful football, but they cannot seem to penetrate Venezia's defence.
63.23
Marco Aliyu threads the ball through to Samir Meyer. Samir Meyer whips in a cross ball towards Manuele Pandolfi. Manuele Pandolfi directs the ball goalwards with his head but it goes wide for a goal kick.
67.12
Renzo Favalli deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Mirko Bennardo. Mirko Bennardo knocks the ball forward to Manuele Pandolfi. Manuele Pandolfi shoots from long range but he balloons it over the crossbar!
72.15
Mirko Bennardo makes a probing pass to Manuele Pandolfi. Manuele Pandolfi shoots from distance but it flies wide!
73.42
Arthur Moffat deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Marco Aliyu. Marco Aliyu makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Samir Meyer. Samir Meyer knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Bruno Antunes.
77.08
Renzo Favalli sees a break and surges forward. Renzo Favalli chips the ball to his team mate, Samir Meyer. Samir Meyer whips in a cross ball towards Manuele Pandolfi. Manuele Pandolfi connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal. Tommaso Lupatelli is helpless! The ball slams into the back of the net - goal!!
83.32
Mirko Bennardo knocks the ball to his team mate, Manuele Pandolfi. Manuele Pandolfi knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Tommaso Lupatelli who gathers it comfortably.
84.14
Arthur Moffat flicks the ball to his team mate, Cataldo Petruzzi. Cataldo Petruzzi knocks the ball to his team mate, Manuele Pandolfi. Manuele Pandolfi makes a probing pass to Samir Meyer but he's offside!
87.11
Vinicio E. Bonadei clumsily knocks into Renzo Favalli. The referee reaches into his pocket ... it's a yellow card! Renzo Favalli stretches but gets up unharmed.
89.22
Venezia are playing some beautiful football, but they cannot seem to penetrate Inter Milan's defence.
90.00
The whistle blows full-time!


The man of the match was awarded to Manuele Pandolfi of Inter Milan
Match Statistics
Goals
3
1
Shots on Target
4
2
Shots off Target
4
1
Offsides
1
0
Fouls
1
1
Yellow Cards
0
1
Red Cards
0
0

Possession
69.8%
30.2%
Play Area
20.6%
50.8%
28.6%