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34% Ball Possession CAGLIARI and 66% Ball Possession INTER
Cagliari 0 – 2 Inter 
. 21′ Denzel Dumfries
. 30′ Lautaro Martínez
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Cagliari, 11th position with 1 point and a goal difference of “0”
Inter, 5th position with 3 points and a positive goal difference of +2
Inter won the Serie A Week 2 game defeating Cagliari on Monday 28 August 2023 at the Unipol Domus in Cagliari, Italy. Inter have shown they can have their say in this championship. Nerazzurri lead through Denzel Dumfries, doubling in the first half through Lautaro Martinez. Inter with full 6 points climbed to the 3rd position while Cagliari stepped down to the 15th position.
Cagliari have won only one of their last 11 league games against Inter (D1 L9), 2-1 on 1 March 2019 with Rolando Maran on the bench, thanks to an own goal from Ivan Perisic and a goal from Leonardo Pavoletti.
Inter opened the score in the 21st minute. Denzel Dumfries defeated Cagliari goalkeeper Boris Radunovic with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Marcus Thuram.
👉 Cagliari 0 – 1 Inter, 21st minute, ⚽️ goal by Denzel Dumfries for @Inter_en with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Marcus Thuram. https://t.co/uUZPPV0xsk
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) August 28, 2023
Got the @DenzelJMD2 seal of approval to go to bed 👍😴
Sweet dreams, everyone 👋#ForzaInter #CagliariInter pic.twitter.com/AZ7o3EqqNs
— Inter (@Inter_en) August 28, 2023
Inter doubled in the 30th minute. Forward Lautaro Martínez scored with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Federico Dimarco.
👉 Cagliari 0 – 2 Inter, 30th minute, ⚽️ goal by Lautaro Martínez for @Inter_en with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Federico Dimarco. https://t.co/okzEp2txkp
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) August 28, 2023
Calm, cool, and collected in front of goal.
Lautaro Martínez can’t stop scoring for Inter! 😮💨 pic.twitter.com/f49Bv2Dfw0
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) August 28, 2023
✅ Stats before the game: Inter have found the net in each of their last 16 matches against Cagliari in Serie A (35 goals scored, an average of 2.2 per match), the last rossoblù goalkeeper to keep a clean sheet against the nerazzurri was Michael Agazzi on 14 April 2013 (2-0 success). Inter have won six of their last seven away games against Cagliari in the league (L1), including the most recent three: in their history they have never recorded more consecutive away wins against this opponent. After a 0-0 draw against Torino, Cagliari can go unbeaten in each of the first two games in a Serie A season for the first time since 2011/12.Inter can win each of the first two games of a Serie A championship for five seasons in a row for the first time in their history (there are currently four, a result they had only achieved between 1952/53 and 1955/56 ).
👉 Lineup CAGLIARI (4-4-2): Radunovic; Zappa, Dossena, Obert, Augello; Nandez, Makoumbou, Sulemana, Jankto; Oristanio, Pavoletti.
👉 Lineup INTER (3-5-2): Sommer; Darmian, De Vrij, Bastoni; Dumfries, Barella, Çalhanoğlu, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco; Thuram, Lautaro.
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📺 Click the video to watch Cagliari 0 – 2 Inter highlights on Monday 28 August 2023
Bentornata a Cagliari, Serie A 🤩🌈 pic.twitter.com/QOTBz595xi
— Cagliari Calcio (@CagliariCalcio) August 28, 2023
Photo via twitter.com/cagliaricalcio
We’re in the building 👋#ForzaInter #CagliariInter pic.twitter.com/QAbngs7b2m
— Inter (@Inter_en) August 28, 2023
Photo via twitter.com/Inter_en
👉First half is over. Cagliari 0 – 2 Inter
⚽️ Goals: 21′ Denzel Dumfries, 30′ Lautaro Martínez
🟨 Yellows: None
✍ Ball Possession: 32% @CagliariCalcio and 68% @Inter_en
✅ https://t.co/aRfAvMMAzT@InterClubIndia @InterClubLA @InterClubDC @SerieASitdown @socios https://t.co/JUi2XMnaab
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) August 28, 2023
👉Result Cagliari 0 – 2 Inter
⚽️ Goals: 21′ Denzel Dumfries, 30′ Lautaro Martínez
🟨 Yellows: 81′ Henrikh Mkhitaryan (I), 81′ Zito Luvumbo (C)
✍ Ball Possession: 34% @CagliariCalcio and 66% @Inter_en
✅ https://t.co/aRfAvMMAzT@InterClubIndia @InterClubLA @InterClubDC https://t.co/YxR2xVgF7m
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) August 28, 2023
Photo via twitter.com/cagliaricalcio
2023 – 2024 Italian Serie A Week 2
Cagliari 0 – 2 Inter
Monday 28 August 2023
Unipol Domus
Cagliari, Italy
20:45
Referee: FABBRI
Assistants: MONDIN – DI IORIO
Fourth Official: AYROLDI
VAR: MARINI
AVAR: LONGO S.
Goals: 21′ Denzel Dumfries (I), 30′ Lautaro Martínez (I)
Official lineups – formations – tabellino:
👉 Lineup CAGLIARI (4-4-2): 1 Radunovic; 28 Zappa (61 Shomurodov 85′), 4 Dossena, 33 Obert, 27 Augello; 8 Nandez, 29 Makoumbou, 25 Sulemana (14 Deiola 85′), 21 Jankto (37 Azzi 60′); 30 Pavoletti (77 Luvumbo 35′), 19 Oristanio (99 Di Pardo 46′).
Subs.: 18 Aresti, 22 Scuffet, 3 Goldaniga, 10 Viola, 16 Prati, 39 Kourfalidis.
Coach: Claudio Ranieri.
👉 Lineup INTER (3-5-2): 1 Sommer; 36 Darmian, 6 De Vrij, 95 Bastoni; 2 Dumfries (7 Cuadrado 71′), 23 Barella (16 Frattesi 71′), 20 Calhanoglu, 22 Mkhitaryan (5 Sensi 82′), 32 Dimarco (71 Carlos Augusto 71′); 9 Thuram (8 Arnautovic 77′), 10 Lautaro.
Subs.: 12 Di Gennaro, 77 Audero, 21 Asllani, 31 Bisseck, 34 Agoumé, 48 Guercio, 49 Sarr, 50 A. Stankovic.
Coach: Simone Inzaghi.