Internazionale 1 – 0 AS Roma
Internazionale 1 – 0 AS Roma
Giuseppe Meazza (80,018)
GOAL SCORERS
CLAESSON (79)
Nainggolan making a fierce tackle on Gagliardini
Today Internazionale play AS Roma in the shield round 1. These two teams already faced in the league in which AS Roma won but with this being the shield, Inter will be looking for revenge. 79,980 fans are here to watch this match unravel. AS Roma will hope that their poor league form doesn’t continue here as they look to make it into round 2.
Fert said in his pre-match conference that he hopes that his team can win on this ground again. He also said that the team will be a mix of the first team and substitutes as he wants to make sure that AS Roma enter the next round of the shield. Inter made 6 changes to the line up that lost to Arsenal with Icardi, Brozovic, Mario, D’Ambrosio, Miranda and Cancelo being dropped. They come into the match with a 4-2-3-1 (B) formation.
Internazionale line up:
S Handanovic (91)
D Santon (88) A Ranocchia (88) M Skrinar (86) H Dalbert (88)
R Gagliardini (88) M Vecino (90)
A Candreva (91) B Valero (91) V Claesson (84)
C Eder (c) (90)
AS Roma made six changes to the starting line up that lost to PSG with only Nainggolan, De Rossi, Strootman, Gonalons and Alisson starting this match after playing on Sunday. AS Roma played with a 4-2-3-1 (A) formation.
AS Roma line up:
B Alisson (89)
B Peres (89) D De Rossi (92) (c) H Moreno (89) E Palmieri (88)
K Strootman (91) M Gonalons (90)
J Iturbe (88) R Nainggolan (93) G Defrel (88)
L Vietto (89)
First Half:
The referee blew his whistle and the match was started by Inter. There was no action until the 24th minute when Vietto received the ball from Iturbe and got his shot on target but Handanovic got a hand to it. Gagliardini got the ball but was fouled by Palmieri who got booked for the challenge. The referee started getting frustrated with the AS Roma players as he booked Gonalons for pulling Valero’s shirt. De Rossi was told to warn his team mates. The last action of the match was when Alisson tipped Claesson’s shot with an acrobatic save. The first half ended with a stale 0 – 0 and each team only had a shot on target.
Second Half:
AS Roma started the second half but quickly lost possession. Two minutes later, Nainggolan was warned for his tackle on Gagliardini but Ranocchia insulted the referee for not booking the Nainggolan so the Inter player was booked. A minute later, Palmieri committed another foul and received another yellow card which resulted in a red card. Claesson tried to dip the free kick over Alisson but the ball went over the bar. In the 50th minute, Vietto shot the ball but Handanovic managed to keep it out. 10 minutes of no action resulted in Andrew Flint making a substitution with Vecino coming off and being replaced by Dzhikia. Fert also made a substitution as Iturbe left for Fazio. Nainggolan passed the ball to Gonalons who then tried a long shot, but the ball missed the target. 64 minutes into the match, Candreva pulled the shirt of Nainggolan and received a yellow card. This got Nainggolan angry as a minute later Nainggolan tacked Candreva from behind and received a red card. The referee had to separate these two from fighting. Inter used the number gain to their advantage as Roma had only 9 players on the pitch by putting pressure on the opposition. Alisson managed to keep the score 0 – 0 after saving Dalbert and Claesson’s shots. AS Roma’s frustration got the better of them in the 79th minute as it led to Inter’s goal. Claesson took struck the free kick well and Alisson couldn’t reach the ball. Inter got another free kick and Peres was booked for the foul but Eder couldn’t get Claesson’s cross past Alisson. The last chance on the game came to AS Roma but De Rossi’s long shot went wide. The final whistle blew with AS Roma losing this match 1 – 0 and being knocked out of the shield.
FULL TIME: Internazionale 1 – 0 AS Roma
MOTM: Becker Alisson
Post Match Conference:
A sad Fert was here to give his opinion about the match. He said "I think our frustration got the better of us. We felt that the referee was a bit harsh on us and easy on the opponents and that cost us the match. Assuming we had 11 men of the field, it might had gone into penalties as the two teams were equal on paper. I hope we bounce back against Real Madrid on Thursday”. Nainggolan also had something to say. He said “I’m very sorry for costing my team this match. As we were down to 10 men, I should have remained calm and not reacted to the way I did. Even if some might say that the referee was harsh today, I shouldn’t have let that get to me. With a 3-match ban, I’ll be taking a break and will be back better than ever”.
