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68% Ball Possession INTER and 32% Ball Possession CESENA
Inter 1 – 1 Cesena
48′ Rodrigo Palacio                                             30′ Gregoire Defrel

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Inter, 9th position with 36 points and a positive goal difference of +7
Cesena, 19th position with 20 points and a negative goal difference of -23

Inter succumbing to the pressure to win the home game to keep up the race towards a spot in Europa League next season only to ended up with a 1-1 draw.  Cesena in desperate need to defeat Inter to climb towards salvation.   Bottom line,  Inter needed to get back to the winning path after losing the Europa League Round of 16 against Wolfsburg in Germany.  Now, Inter will prepare  to face Wolfsburg this Thursday at the Meazza for the second leg of the Europa League.   Surely, this draw is not a high motivation.

Surprise, surprise, it is Cesena to open the score freezing the Giuseppe Meazza!   In the 30th minute  Cesena forward Gregoire Defrel defeating Inter goalkeeper Samir Handanovic with a left footed shot in the center.   The assist is by midfielder Carlos Carbonero.

Inter equalizing the score in the 48th minute.    There it is forward Rodrigo Palacio defeating Cesena goalkeeper with a right footed shot in the bottom right corner.   The assist is by forward Mauro Icardi.   It’s the 5th goal this season by Palacio.

Photo:  facebook.com/Inter

Here is INTER official starting lineup by coach Roberto Mancini:

INTER (4-3-1-2): Handanovic; D’Ambrosio, Ranocchia, Andreolli, Dodò; Guarin, Medel, Kuzmanovic; Shaqiri; Palacio, Icardi.

Here is CESENA official starting lineup by coach Domenico Di Carlo:

CESENA  (4-3-1-2): Leali; Perico, Capelli, Krajnc, Magnusson; Giorgi, Mudingayi, De Feudis; Carbonero; Defrel, Djuric.

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Stats AFTER  the game.  Top scorer for INTER: Forward Mauro Icardi with 15 goals

Top scorer for CESENA:  Forward Gregoire Defrel  with 6 goals

Stats. Here are the last 3 games of INTER:   1 draw, 2 lost

Here are the last 3 games of CESENA: 1 win, 1 draw, 1 lost

2014 – 2015 Italian Serie A Week 27

Inter 1 – 1 Cesena
Sunday 15 March 2015
Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
Milan, Italy

20:45

Referee: GERVASONI
Assistants: DOBOSZ – IORI
Fourth Official: DI FIORE
ADD1: TAGLIAVENTO
ADD2: MANGANIELLO

Goals: 30′ Gregoire Defrel (C), 48′ Rodrigo Palacio (I)

Official formations – lineups:

INTER (4-3-1-2): Handanovic; D’Ambrosio, Ranocchia, Andreolli, Dodò; Guarin, Medel, Kuzmanovic; Shaqiri; Palacio, Icardi.

Subs.: Carrizo, Berni, Kovacic, Podolski, Campagnaro, Obi, Santon, Felipe, Puscas, Brozovic, Hernanes.

Coach: Roberto Mancini.

CESENA  (4-3-1-2): Leali; Perico, Capelli, Krajnc, Magnusson; Giorgi, Mudingayi, De Feudis; Carbonero; Defrel, Djuric.

Subs: Agliardi, Bressan, Nica, Rodriguez, Brienza, Volta, Succi, Gaiola, Moncini, Cascione, Pulzetti.

Coach: Domenico Di Carlo.