Keita Balde Diao and Radja Nainggolan were on target to ensure Inter will play Champions League football next season.
2018/2019 Serie A
2-1
Match Events
10' Perisic’s powerful strike stopped
Perisic works some space for the shot outside the box and forces Dragowski into a good, fingertip stop. Inter are dominating the match and are looking good value to open the scoring.
21' CLOSE! Icardi’s shot wide out
Asamoah slips the ball towards Perisic, who dummies it for Icardi. The striker turns brilliantly and gets a shot away, which flies narrowly wide of the target with Dragowski looking a little worried.
27' CLOSE! Dragowski denies de Vrij’s effort
Brozovic is encouraged to shoot from 25 yards and he does exactly that. The ball has plenty of power behind it but not enough bend, giving Dragowski the chance to push it behind for a corner kick.
51' GOAL! Inter 1-0 Empoli (Balde)
What a huge, huge goal this is for Inter - and it comes from the half-time substitute! Keita uses the decoy run of Icardi to his advantage by shifting the ball to his right and picking out the far bottom corner of the net with a superb strike from 22 yards.
60' Penalty Missed! (Icardi)
Justice is done as Dragowski, who has been phenomenal today, uses his full frame to keep out Icardi's penalty with his legs.
76' GOAL! Inter 1-1 Empoli (Traore)
This is incredible - a goal that changes everything at both ends of the table! Ucan is played in behind and he sends the ball towards the back post, where Empoli have a couple of players waiting to pounce inside the six-yard box. Traore is one of those left unmarked and he has the simple task of converting into an empty net.
81' GOAL! Inter 2-1 Empoli (Nainggolan)
Inter bail themselves out! Vecino drives forward with the ball and unleashes a brilliant shot that comes back off the base of the post. Nainggolan is in the right place at the right time to send the rebound past Dragowski from 10 yards.
Match Report
Inter secured their place in next season's Champions League and condemned Empoli to relegation as Radja Nainggolan's late goal sealed a 2-1 win in a dramatic game on the final day of the Serie A season.
Inter finish a point above city rivals AC Milan in fourth, while Empoli make an immediate return to Serie B after Genoa's 0-0 draw away at Fiorentina.
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