Inter's poor start to the Serie A season continued as Federico Dimarco's stunning late strike saw them suffer a shock 1-0 defeat at home to Parma, who claimed their first win back in the top flight.
2018/2019 Serie A
0-1
Match Events
16' CHANCE! Perisic's shot over the bar
Perisic tries his luck on goal once again this time from the centre of the box, but this time he floats it wide and away to the right.
57' CHANCE! Perisic's shot blocked
Perisic gets a better angle on his shot on goal and Sepe just swats it away. Did that cross the goal line? We await the adjudication from VAR, but nothing is forthcoming, as Inter take the corner as a result.
79' GOAL! Inter 0-1 Parma (Federico Dimarco)
Goal! Inter Milan 0, Parma 1. Federico Dimarco (Parma) right footed shot from more than 35 yards to the top right corner.
Match reports:
Luciano Spalletti's men appeared to kick-start their campaign with a 3-0 win at Bologna before the international break, but they were wasteful in front of goal and ultimately paid the price.
The absence of Mauro Icardi – who could only make the bench due to a recent thigh injury – seemed to be particularly felt in the first half, when Inter crafted several chances but failed to take any.
Parma became more defensively minded after half-time and Inter struggled to break them down, before getting caught out late on.
Dimarco, who previously denied Ivan Perisic a certain goal, struck from long range 11 minutes from time and secured Parma a first win over Inter at San Siro since 1999.
Line-ups
Internazionale XI: I. Perišić, S. Handanovič, Candreva, Nainggolan, De Vrij, D'Ambrosio, M. Brozović, Skriniar, Gagliardini, K. Baldé, Dalbert
Subs: João Miranda, D. Padelli, Valero, Asamoah, Ranocchia, M. Vecino, João Mário, Icardi, Politano
Parma XI: M.Gobbi, A. Barillà, Bruno Alves, Gervinho, S. Iacoponi, Rigoni, Luigi Sepe, Inglese, A. Di Gaudio, Leo Stulac, R. Gagliolo
Subs: Gazzola, F. Ceravolo, P. Frattali, Mattia Sprocati, Ciciretti, Federico Dimarco, Deiola, Alessio Da Cruz, Francisco Sierralta, Alessandro Bastoni, Fabrizio Bagheria