MILANO. Inter defeats Sheriff 3-1. Inter was vastly superior ball possession (70%) was among the key factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza stadium in Milano on Tuesday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Danny Desmond Makkelie who had the assistance of Hessel Steegstra and Jan de Vries. The 4th official was Joey Kooij. The weather was mist. The temperature was cold at 12.6 degrees Celsius or 54.75 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Inter was in firm control of the ball 70% while Sheriff was struggling with a 30% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Inter was more aggressive with 86 dangerous attacks and 27 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Inter won the match.
Inter shot 27 times, 8 on target, 19 off target. On the other side, Sheriff shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Inter received 1 yellow card (F. Dimarco). On the opposite side, Sheriff received 1 yellow card (M. Cojocaru).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Next matches
In the next match in the Champions League, Inter will play away with Real Madrid on the 7th of December with a 3-0 head to head in favor of Real Madrid (0 draws).
Sheriff will play away agasint Shakhtar Donetsk on the 7th of December with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Sheriff (0 draws).
Inter – Formation
Inter
67'
55'
51'
Inter started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Simone Inzaghi decided to play with the following team: Samir Handanovič , Milan Škriniar , Stefan de Vrij , Federico Dimarco , Denzel Dumfries , Nicolò Barella , Marcelo Brozović , Arturo Vidal , Ivan Perišić , Edin Džeko and Lautaro Martínez .
The home team had on the bench: Alessandro Bastoni , Roberto Gagliardini , Stefano Sensi , Danilo D’Ambrosio, Alexis Sánchez , Alex Cordaz, Aleksandar Kolarov , Andrea Ranocchia, Matías Vecino, Joaquín Correa, Matteo Darmian and Andrei Radu.
Substitutions
Inter made 5 changes: F. Dimarco for A. Bastoni (55′), E. Dzeko for A. Sanchez (75′), A. Vidal for R. Gagliardini (75′), M. Brozovic for S. Sensi (85′) and I. Perisic for A. Kolarov (85′).
Best player: Nicolò Barella
The most impressive player for Inter was Nicolò Barella even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 100 passes (83% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 12 duels out of 15. He performed 2 crosses.
Sheriff – Formation
Sheriff
Sheriff started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
On the other side, Yury Vernydub played with: Dumitru Celeadnic , Fernando Costanza , Danilo Arboleda , Gustavo Dulanto , Cristiano , Edmund Addo , Sebastien Thill , Dimitrios Kolovos , Frank Castañeda , Bruno and Adama Traore .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Serghei Paşcenco, Maxim Cojocaru , Stjepan Radeljić , Momo Yansane, Boban Nikolov , Keston Julien, Moussa Kyabou and Serafim Cojocari.
Substitutions
Sheriff made 4 changes: F. Castaneda for S. Radeljic (46′), E. Addo for B. Nikolov (75′), D. Kolovos for M. Cojocaru (84′) and A. Traore for S. Cojocari (90′).
Best player: Sebastien Thill
The most impressive player for Sheriff was Sebastien Thill.
His rating is with 1 goal, 38 passes (78% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 6. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Champions League.
- Inter – Sheriff – 3-1
- Shakhtar Donetsk – Real Madrid – 0-5
- Ajax – Borussia Dortmund – 4-0
- Beşiktaş – Sporting CP – 1-4
- Porto – Milan – 1-0
- Atlético Madrid – Liverpool – 2-3
- Paris Saint Germain – RB Leipzig – 3-2
- Club Brugge – Manchester City – 1-5
