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Italian Soccer Serie A
39% Ball Possession EMPOLI and 61% Ball Possession INTER
Empoli 0 – 3 Inter 
. 48′ Romelu Lukaku
. 76′ Romelu Lukaku
. 88′ Lautaro Martínez
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👉 Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Empoli, 15th position with 32 points and a negative goal difference of -12
Inter, 6th position with 51 points and a positive goal difference of +14
Inter won the Serie A Week 31 game crushing Empoli on Sunday 23 April 2023 at the Carlo Castellani Stadium in Empoli, Italy. With today’s victory, Inter are projected into 5th position, -2 behind Mourinho’s Roma; Empoli, on the other hand, keeps its position in the standings unchanged. Men of Zanetti and Inzaghi who will be engaged in the 32nd matchday respectively away, guests of Dionisi’s Sassuolo, and within the walls of the San Siro stadium against Lazio.
A battle between the Azzurri and the Nerazzurri which is renewed after almost exactly one year from the last match, that of 06 May 2022, in which the Milanese team beat the Tuscans 4-2 on the stage of the San Siro Stadium. Empoli come from a 1-0 defeat remedied on the last day against Ballardini’s Cremonese.
Inter opened the score in the 48th minute. Forward Romelu Lukaku defeated Empoli goalkeeper Samuele Perisan with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Marcelo Brozovic.
👉 Empoli 0 – 1 Inter, 48th minute, ⚽️ goal by Romelu Lukaku for @Inter_en with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Marcelo Brozovic. https://t.co/sEp26fFVGo
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) April 23, 2023
A big match for BIG Rom! Lukaku scored a brace in the 76th minute with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Hakan Çalhanoglu.
👉 Empoli 0 – 2 Inter, 76th minute, ⚽️ goal by Romelu Lukaku for @Inter_en with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Hakan Çalhanoglu. https://t.co/clAKpfde86
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) April 23, 2023
Argentinean forward Lautaro Martínez sealed the victory in the 88th minute with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Romelu Lukaku.
👉 Empoli 0 – 3 Inter, 88th minute, ⚽️ goal by Lautaro Martínez for @Inter_en with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Romelu Lukaku. https://t.co/UqFNC2ovOL
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) April 23, 2023
Stats before the game: One of Empoli’s only four Serie A wins against Inter came in the first leg of this campaign (they have never won two games in a row against the Nerazzurri) – the balance between the two sides in the competition ends with three draws and 22 Milanese successes. After 1-0 draws against Inter Milan and 0-0 draws against Milan, Empoli could go unbeaten in three successive matches against Milanese sides for the second time in Serie A – the first was between 2014 and 2015 (three draws). Inter have not conceded a goal in their last seven league away games against Empoli and have won all the most recent four; the only team to record five consecutive away wins against the Tuscans in the competition was Juventus (five between 2014 and 2022 – series still ongoing). Empoli have won just one of their last 11 Serie A matches (D4 L6) and have failed to find the net in the two most recent ones: the last time they played three games in a row in the competition without scoring was in March 2017.
👉 Lineup EMPOLI (4-3-1-2). Perisan; Parisi-Luperto-Ismajli-Ebuehi; Bandinelli-Marin-Haas; Baldanzi; Cambiaghi-Caputo.
👉 Lineup INTER (3-5-2). Handanovic; D’Ambrosio-De Vrij-Acerbi; Bellanova-Gagliardini-Brozovic-Calhanoglu-Gosens; Lukaku-Correa.
Photo via twitter.com/Inter_en
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📺 Click the video to watch Empoli 0 – 3 Inter highlights on Sunday 23 April 2023
Empoli Coach Paolo Zanetti and Inter Coach Simone Inzaghi
Photo via twitter.com/empolifc
Photo via twitter.com/empolifc
Photo via twitter.com/empolifc
Alle 12.30 al Castellani la sfida contro l’Inter: ecco la nostra formazione ⬇
EMPOLI: Perisan; Marin, Caputo, Ebuehi, Bandinelli, Cambiaghi, Haas, Luperto, Ismajli, Baldanzi, Parisi. pic.twitter.com/yKT3KKIDZ9
— Empoli Football Club Official (@EmpoliFC) April 23, 2023
𝗖𝗶𝗮𝗼 𝗯𝗼𝘆𝘀 👋#EmpoliInter #ForzaInter pic.twitter.com/ji9f6QR0jn
— Inter (@Inter_en) April 23, 2023
It starts now 🏃♂️🔥#EmpoliInter #ForzaInter pic.twitter.com/sfUr6ovAeA
— Inter (@Inter_en) April 23, 2023
Photo via twitter.com/Inter_en
Photo via twitter.com/Inter_en
Inter fans cheering at the Carlo Castellani Stadium
It’s the Inter boys making all the noise 👏😍#EmpoliInter #ForzaInter pic.twitter.com/fIm3VA2r3W
— Inter (@Inter_en) April 23, 2023
👉 First half is over. Empoli 0 – 0 Inter
⚽️ Goals: 0
🟨 Yellows: 32′ Fabiano Parisi (E)
Corners: Empoli 2, Inter 2
Offsides: Empoli 0, Inter 1✍ Ball Possession: 33% @EmpoliFC and 67% @Inter_en
✅ https://t.co/k6iAqOLAPk@TheCalcioGuys @SerieASitdown https://t.co/ynHql4pE5O
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) April 23, 2023
👉Result Empoli 0 – 3 Inter
⚽️ Goals: 48′, 76′ Romelu Lukaku, 88′ Lautaro Martínez
🟨 Yellows: 32′ Fabiano Parisi (E), 81′ Nicolò Barella (I)
✍ Ball Possession: 39% @EmpoliFC and 61% @Inter_en
✅ https://t.co/k6iAqOLAPk@InterClubDC @InterClubLA @InterClubIndia https://t.co/McJf7BcRSG
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) April 23, 2023
Photo via twitter.com/empolifc
2022 – 2023 Italian Serie A Week 31
Empoli 0 – 3 Inter
Sunday 23 April 2023
Carlo Castellani Stadium
Empoli, Italy
12:30
Referee: MARINELLI
Assistants: ROSSI C. – DI GIOIA
Fourth Official: FELICIANI
VAR: BANTI
AVAR: MANGANIELLO
Goals: 48′, 76′ Romelu Lukaku, 88′ Lautaro Martínez
Official lineups – formations – tabellino:
👉 Lineup EMPOLI (4-3-1-2). 1 Perisan; 24 Ebuehi, 34 Ismajli, 33 Luperto (26 Tonelli 72′), 65 Parisi; 32 Haas (5 Grassi 65′), 18 Marin, 25 Bandinelli (55 Vignato 72′); 35 Baldanzi; 19 Caputo (23 Destro 80′), 28 Cambiaghi (9 Satriano 65′).
Substitutes: 22 Ujkani, 40 Stubljar, 3 Cacace, 8 Henderson, 14 Pjaca, 20 Degli Innocenti, 23 Destro, 30 Stojanovic, 91 Piccoli.
Coach: Paolo Zanetti.
👉 Lineup INTER (3-5-2): 1 Handanovic; 33 D’Ambrosio, 6 De Vrij, 15 Acerbi; 12 Bellanova (2 Dumfries 69′), 5 Gagliardini, 77 Brozovic (23 Barella 78′), 20 Calhanoglu, 8 Gosens (32 Dimarco 78′); 90 Lukaku, 11 Correa (10 Lautaro 69′).
Substitutes: 21 Cordaz, 24 Onana, 9 Dzeko, 14 Asllani, 36 Darmian, 45 Carboni, 46 Zanotti, 95 Bastoni.
Coach: Simone Inzaghi.
