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45'+1 Hernan Crespo's splendid early strike separates the two teams after the opening 45 minutes at the Giuseppe Meazza. |
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45'+1 Aronica's long-range effort takes a deflection. Corner to Reggina. Aronica's cross is headed clear by Ivan Cordoba. |
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45' One minute of added time. |
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45' Nothing comes of the corner. |
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45' Stankovic's cross from a Figo pass is deflected out for a corner by Aronica. |
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43' Crespo's shot from a Burdisso left-wing cross is well off-target. |
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42'
Mesto wins a corner for Reggina after combining well with Leon on the
right wing. Cordoba's headed clearance from the corner falls to Modesto
whose deflected shot wins the Amaranto another corner kick. |
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40' Figo plays short to Stankovic. The Serbian's long-range effort is well wide. |
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39' Free kick to Inter in a central position 30 yards out, awarded for a foul on Cruz. |
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38'
Julio 'El Jardinero' Cruz goes close with a low shot from a tight angle
after receiving from Solari on the left side of the Reggina area. |
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37' Reggina coach Walter Mazzarri is sent off for protesting. |
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33'
Tognozzi fires wide from inside the Inter box after Burdisso's attempt
at a headed clearance from Leon's free kick spins up into the air. |
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30' Pelizzoli blocks a Crespo effort from a Figo through ball. Figo then goes close with a hooked volley from the loose ball. |
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30'
Great defending by Javier Zanetti. The Inter captain races back to beat
Missiroli to a Leon pass and calmly brings the ball out of defence. |
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28' Santiago Solari skips past an opponent on the left, advances a yard and sends a cross-shot narrowly wide of the back post. |
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26' Nicolas Burdisso booked for a foul on Leon. |
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25' Figo enters the Reggina box from the right after taking on an opponent. The Portuguese winger's diagonal shot is blocked. |
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25'
Stankovic shakes off challenges from two opponents before passing low
into the Reggina area. Crespo and Cruz, playing in attack together for
the first time this season, are beaten to the ball. |
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24' Missiroli receives on the left and whips in a cross for Leon, whose shot is blocked by two Inter players. |
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23' Stankovic looks for Crespo on the edge of the Reggina area. Lanzaro intercepts and clears. |
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20' Samuel booked for a foul on Bianchi. |
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18'
Reggina split the Inter defence open with a good move down the right.
Samuel blocks a Leon shot from a left-wing Modesto cross. |
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13' Stankovic blocks a Leon cross from the right. Nothing comes of the resulting corner. |
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12' Free kick to Reggina in a central position 25 yards out. Leon's effort is over the bar. |
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11' Julio Cesar makes a one-handed save from Leon's cross-shot from a narrow angle. |
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10' The Calabrians go close again. This time Simone Missiroli sends a flicked header on to the post. |
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9'
Reggina close as their captain Mesto bursts past Burdisso in the area
before crossing to the far post where Cordoba makes a headed clearance
to deny Bianchi a tap-in. |
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7' Bianchi is beaten to Leon's free kick into the Inter box. |
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4'
GOOOOAAAALLL!!!! Magnificent goal by Hernan Crespo, who runs on to
Patrick Vieira's looping headed pass over an opponent in the area
before lashing right-footed into the back of the net. |
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3' A
Figo cross spins off Amerini and falls to Burdisso who crosses from the
left wing to the far post. Reggina head clear to deny Cruz. |
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1' Reggina kick off. FORZA INTER!!!!!!!! |
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Reggina: 22 Pelizzoli; 55 Lanzaro, 4 Giosa, 6 Aronica; 20 Mesto, 16
Amerini, 8 Tognozzi, 23 Modesto; 27 Leon, 9 Bianchi, 34 Missiroli. |
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Inter: 12 Julio Cesar; 4 Zanetti, 2 Cordoba, 25 Samuel, 16 Burdisso; 7
Figo, 5 Stankovic, 14 Vieira, 21 Solari; 9 Cruz, 18 Crespo. |
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Welcome to the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza for Inter v Reggina. With Palermo
beaten at Cagliari last night, a victory this afternoon will see the
Nerazzurri move three points clear at the top of the Serie A table. |
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