Goal

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  • 95'
    FT: Inter Milan 2-1 Tottenham. Well, well! A superb late turnaround secures victory for the hosts when they had previously looked resigned to defeat. Goals from Mauro Icardi and Matias Vecino see the Italians over the line as they get their return to the Champions League off to the perfect start.
Goal
Goaaaaaal!
de Inter en el 92'
  • 92'
    GOAL! INTER! VECINO! 2-1! It's all gone Pete Tong for Spurs. Another corner from the right is headed back across goal by De Vrij and Vecino gets there ahead of Winks to nod home to surely seal the win! Pure drama at the San Siro!
  • 91'
    Carnage! The kitchen sink is being thrown at the visitors as Inter players take turns in seeing shots blocked in the wake of a corner form the right. this could be a long four minutes for Spurs.
  • 90'
    4 minutes added on.
  • 89'
    Changes for both sides as Borja Valero replaces Radja Nainggolan for Inter and Harry Kane makes way for Danny Rose for Spurs.
  • 88'
    Lucas cuts in from the left and looks for the spectacular but it sails harmlessly over the crossbar.
Goal
Goaaaaaal!
de Inter en el 86'
  • 86'
    GOAL! INTER MILAN! ICARDI! 1-1! Textbook. Asamoah is given too much space down the left and he picks out Icardi "on the Scholes", with the Argentine duly marking his Champions League debut with a goal as he fires a wonderfully controlled first-time volley beyond the despairing dive of Michel Vorm and into the far corner.
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a Tottenham Hotspur
  • 82'
    Vorm is booked for timewasting.
  • 81'
    Candreva buys himself a yard of space in the box to get an effort away but he can only fire over the crossbar.
  • 77'
    Eriksen is chopped down by Asamoah on halfway as he looks to spray a pass. Spurs are managing the game well now.
  • 72'
    Erik Lamela's night is over as he makes way for Harry Winks, whilst Keita Baldé joins the fray for Inter in place of Matteo Politano.
  • 64'
    Lucas replaces Son for Tottenham, with Candreva on for Perisic for the hosts.
  • 62'
    Son has the ball in the net, but it won't count. Aurier does brilliantly down the right to breeze past Brozovic and feed Lamela inside the box. His low left-footed effort is well saved by Handanovic, with the rebound dropping for Son to cut inside Miranda and fire into the bottom corner, but the flag had long since gone up.
  • 61'
    Ben Davies, looking somewhat panicked, hacks a loose ball behind for an Inter corner, but the visitors hold firm to clear.
  • 57'
    CHANCE! Politano checks back onto his left foot and crosses to the far post where Perisic is waiting, but his header is straight at Vorm. The game appears to be opening up now!
  • 56'
    CLOSE! Spurs pile pile forward on the counter, with Lamela cutting in from the right and taking aim, but his effort is deflected wide by De Vrij.
Goal
Goaaaaaal!
de Tottenham Hotspur en el 53'
  • 53'
    GOAL! TOTTENHAM! ERIKSEN! 0-1! The Dane's low drive from 22 yards is parried away by Handanovic, but the ball makes its way back to the Tottenham man, with his second attempt taking a wicked deflection off Miranda and looping over the goalkeeper and into the back of the net. It's against the run of play in this second half, but Tottenham lead.
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  • 51'
    Vertonghen is booked for pulling back Nainggolan in just about every way imaginable as he looked to burst through in midfield.
  • 49'
    GOOD DEFENDING! Vecino looks to set Perisic in with a long ball but Aurier reads it and gets his body between the Croatian and the ball to snuff out the chance.
  • 47'
    Politano cuts in from the right and looks to shape one into the far corner but is takes a nick off Davies and drops a couple of yards wide. Oblivious to the fairly obvious deflection, Clement Turpin awards a goal kick. Robbery.
  • 46'
    Inter get us back underway here. Here's hoping for a bit more action in this second half.
  • 45'
    HT: Inter Milan 0-0 Tottenham. There's nothing to choose between the two sides at the break here. Spurs have arguably had the better of the chances with Christian Eriksen seeing a long-range free-kick parrier away and Harry Kane spurning a brilliant opening after being excellently found by the Dane, but the hosts have also hasd promising moments in what was on the whole a low-key first period.
  • 42'
    Spurs finally string a few passes together with conviction, ending with Serge Aurier getting in on the overlap down the right but his low ball in is parried away by Handanovic before it reaches Kane.
  • 39'
    Politano takes aim but Kane stands firm in the wall to head it behind.
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  • 38'
    Sanchez slides in late on Nainggolan and becomes the second player to go in the book. Inter have a free-kick in a dangerous position some 25 yards out, centre of goal.
  • 37'
    CHANCE! Eriksen dinks a wonderful ball over the top for Kane who can see the whites of Handanovic's eyes. the England man tries to round the goalkeeper, but can't adjust his feet to produce the finish and the ball runs out for a goal kick.
  • 36'
    Son spins away form his marker and races away down the left. His ball in from the byline takes a nick off De Vrij and runs away to safety.
  • 34'
    Brozovic tries one from 22 yards but he drags his right-footed effort a couple of yards wide.
  • 30'
    Sanchez rises highest to meet a deep free-kick form the right but he can't get enough power on it to test Handanovic.
  • 29'
    Politano makes a great run in behind and it picked out by Vecino. The winger strains his neck to nod it down for Icardi, but the flag is raised to deny him a shot at goal. There didn't look to be much in that at all.
  • 26'
    CARFEUL! Perisic's cross from the left takes a nick of Aurier and in trying to get something on it Sanchez winds up heading it towards his own goal. Vorm reacts to parry it away, though on second viewing it may have been creeping wide.
  • 24'
    Spurs have enjoyed 56% of the possession so far, but aside from that Eriksen free-kick they're yet to really do anything with it.
  • 22'
    The Dane does send in the free-kick, which is flicked on at the near post and gathered by Handanovic at the far. As you were.
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  • 21'
    Skriniar is given the game's first booking for barging a marauding Son in the face and chest after the South Korean looked to jink past him. Eriksen will swing in the set-piece from the left.
  • 17'
    Spurs earn their first corner of the game down the right but they take it short and Perisic heads clear at the near post.
  • 15'
    Another Politano long throw isn't defended brilliantly and the ball drops for Vecino, who screws an effort high and wide.
  • 13'
    Eriksen does have a go and makes good contact, but Handanovic plunges away to his left to palm it away.
  • 12'
    Lamela is barged over by a combination of Vecino and Brozovic and Spurs have a free-kick dead-centre of goal 30 yards out. Eriksen and Kane are hovering.
  • 11'
    One to watch out for. Politano winds up a long throw and Perisic wins the flick-on, but Sanchez is there to to make an acrobatic clearance.
  • 9'
    The ball comes all the way through for Nainggolan 20 yards out and he blazes high into the stand first time.
  • 8'
    Perisic forces the game's first corner down the left after being found by Asamoah.
  • 5'
    The two sides are exchanging spells of possession early on here, with both looking more than happy to play the ball out from the back and press their oppoenets high.
  • 3'
    Icardi is flagged offside as he looks to work the channels. The Argentine is likely to pose problems with his running in behind all night.
  • 1'
    We're off! Spurs get the ball rolling here!
Start of match

Start of match

  • PRVW
    The players are out on the pitch and we'll be underway imminently!
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    The San Siro will play host to this one:
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    Here's how these two sides have fared going into this one:
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    Omen? Spurs thumped the Italians 6-1 in a pre-season friendly back in 2016, with Harry Kane, Eric Lamela and Dele Alli all getting on the scoresheet. Ivan Perisic scored Inter's consolation.
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    Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino: “The most important thing is to perform well. You can have all the experience but if you don’t perform in the way that you want, it’s so difficult to win. It’s a tough competition – with the Premier League, I think that both are the most difficult competitions in the world and of course we hope and wish to have a very good performance and be close to winning. It will be so tough because Inter is a great team."
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    Inter boss Luciano Spalletti: "These are games that mean a lot and give you a lot in terms of enthusiasm and belief. Considering the period we're going through, that's very important. This is a competition that you wouldn't swap for anything in the world. You experience truly wonderful emotions. After you've been in it, you can't go without it. There's very little confusion. We analyse what we do and we know what we must do. We have great responsibility, me above all for these results."
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    A strong-looking Inter side then. Sime Vrsaljko misses out as expected whilst Danilo D'Ambrosio is only fit enough for a place on the bench., menaing something of a reshuffle at the back.
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    Inter: Handanovic; Skriniar, De Vrij, Miranda, Asamoah; Brozovic, Vecino; Politano, Nainggolan, Perisic; Icardi. Padelli, Berni, Ranocchia, D'Ambrosio, Borja Valero, Candreva, Baldé.
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    A couple of surprises for the visitors as they make changes down the right flank, with Lucas Moura and Kieran Trippier dropping out to be replaced by Erik Lamela and Serge Aurier. Ben Davies and Son Heung-Min also come in for Danny Rose and Harry Winks. Dele Alli and Hugo Lloris once again miss out through injury, as expected.
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    Spurs: Vorm; Aurier, Sanchez, Vertonghen, Davies; Dier, Dembele, Eriksen; Lamela, Son, Kane (C). Subs: Gazzaniga, Rose, Walker-Peters, Wanyama, Winks, Lucas, Llorente.
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    Competitive games between the sides have traditionally been high-scoring affairs, with there having been 19 goals in their four meetings to date.
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    This will be the fifth time the two sides have met in European competition, with the spoils currently shared with two wins apiece (one each in the champions League and Europa League).
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    Manager Mauricio Pochettino has dismissed suggestions he could opt to rest out-of-sorts forward Harry Kane for this one, with the World Cup Golden Boot winner expected to line up as the sole front man once again for the Londoners. Dele Alli continues to struggle with a thigh problem suffered on international duty with England but could make the bench, whilst goalkeeper Hugo Lloris will once again miss out with a thigh problem of his own.
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    The hosts will be without defender Sime Vrsaljko after he aggravated a knee problem which blighted the latter stages of his World Cup campaign with Croatia earlier this summer, with fellow defender Danilo D'Ambrosio also struggling to be fit. However, they will be boosted by the return of star striker Mauro Icardi, who was rested for the shock defeat to Parma at the weekend.
Info

Pre-match

18 September 2018, 18:55

Referee: Clement Turpin

Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

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    Hello and welcome! The Champions League is back and it has served us up a spectacle on gameweek one as Inter Milan host Tottenham at the San Siro.