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2023/2024 Serie A
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Match Report
Verona’s Thomas Henry missed a last-gasp penalty in a dramatic finish at San Siro as Serie A leaders Inter hung on to a 2-1 victory.
Henry had cancelled out Lautaro Martinez’s 13th-minute opener with 16 minutes left only for Davide Frattesi to apparently win the game for the hosts in injury time.
However, a lengthy VAR check saw Verona, who had Darko Lazovic sent off, awarded a penalty, from which the unfortunate Henry struck a post.
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Inter have never lost at home to Verona but it was the visitors who created the first real chance, Cyril Ngonge playing the ball in from the right for Tomas Suslov, who was still at a tight angle when he sent in a shot that was blocked by keeper Yann Sommer.
Inter, looking to return to winning ways after drawing with Genoa, scored the opener from their first real opening, carving the Verona defence apart.
Marcus Thuram’s deft touch played in Henrikh Mkhitaryan, who drove towards the edge of the box before teeing up Martinez for a comfortable finish into the bottom corner.
Inter continued to have most of the possession for the remainder of the first half but their final ball was disappointing and the best chance fell to Verona’s Milan Djuric, whose header was straight at Sommer.
Inter Milan’s Lautaro Martinez celebrates after scoring the opening goal
Martinez thought he had scored a second for Inter three minutes into the second half, finding the net after Francesco Acerbi had headed on Mkhitaryan’s free-kick, but the linesman’s flag denied him.
There did not appear to be a great deal of threat from Verona until Henry scored the equaliser with his first touch after coming off the bench.
Marko Arnautovic wanted a foul for a challenge from Giangiacomo Magnani but the referee played on and Ondrej Duda’s cross from the right flew past Sommer off Henry’s knee.
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Inter immediately set about trying to restore their lead and came agonisingly close in the 79th minute. A free-kick clipped the shoulder of Juan David Cabal, drawing a smart save from Lorenzo Montipo, with the ball just evading Arnautovic at the back post.
A frustrated Martinez then sent a header straight at the keeper while Arnautovic was unable to get his head on Acerbi’s high cross with the goal gaping.
But three minutes into injury time, Inter found the goal they craved. Alessandro Bastoni’s thunderous volley struck the bar, Nicolo Barella followed up with a well-struck shot that Montipo could not hold and substitute Frattesi tapped in to spark jubilant scenes.
Lazovic was shown a second yellow card in the aftermath but there was still time for another big twist when a VAR review saw Matteo Darmian penalised for kicking Magnani’s foot, only for Henry to agonisingly miss the target.
Line-ups
Inter XI: Sommer, Mkhitaryan, Acerbi, Calhanoglu, Barella, Thuram, Dumfries, Pavard, Lautaro, Bastoni, Carlos Augusto
Subs: Sanchez, Darmian, Arnautovic, De Vrij, Klaassen, Raffaele Di Gennaro, Dimarco, Sensi, Emil Audero, Frattesi, Yann Bisseck, Kristjan Asllani
Verona XI: Milan Djuric, Duda, Lorenzo Montipò, Giangiacomo Magnani, Mboula, Michael Folorunsho, Cyril Ngonge, Tomas Suslov, Josh Doig, Jackson Tchatchoua, Diego Coppola
Subs: Lazovic, Faraoni, A. Berardi, Simone Perilli, Thomas Henry, Bonazzoli, Serdar, Martin Hongla, Bruno Amione, Juan Cabal, Juan Manuel Cruz, Yayah Kallon, Charlys