45′ – Double whistle from Daniele Chiffi, the first half of Atalanta-Inter ends goalless! The Italian champions play the game, create an industrial quantity of opportunities to take the lead, but waste them all due to poor aiming or Carnesecchi’s saves. The Goddess, revolutionized by Gasperini, remained attached to the match and went to the locker rooms with a 0-0 which was a bargain from what we saw, even if they could regret Scalvini’s mistake in front of goal in the 16th minute.
45′ – Brescianini just comes close with a header and sends it very far from the goal defended by Sommer.
43′ – Nothing done, we are left with the decision made live on the pitch. Doubts remain over the Dumfries-Ruggeri contact.
42′ – Dumfries claims a penalty for an alleged foul by Ruggeri. Chiffi, closeness to the action, let it go. Lautaro’s backheel to serve the Dutchman was excellent, but he was then unable to kick in front of Carnesecchi due to the Atalanta player’s trouble. A VAR check is now underway.
40′ – Zaniolo widens the wing too much and hits Mkhitaryan’s face. Without violence, so much so that Gasperini asks Chiffi for explanations about the whistle.
39′ – Lautaro missed another one! Mkhitaryan invents in the area for Thuram, who finishes for the Argentine’s volley who lacks aim.
36′ – Atalanta now tries! The ball dances dangerously in the Inter area, Kolasinac bursts in and kicks at an opponent. Only corner, not exploited by Gasperini’s team.
34′ – Throwing Barella into no man’s land. Misunderstanding between the midfielder and Thuram, ball given to Atalanta.
33′ – Inter relies on Sommer, who decides to go long on Thuram. Sharp advance from Kossounou.
31′ – Zaniolo also makes himself useful in the defensive phase by challenging Bisseck for the ball, before receiving a free kick.
30′ – Brescianini commits a breakthrough foul against Bastoni after an insistent action by Atalanta.
28′ – The first yellow card comes out of Chiffi’s pocket: Scalvini gets it, guilty of having entered Barella late.
28′ – Zappacosta tries with a header, following Brescianini’s inviting cross: the ball ends high, without causing any problems for Sommer.
27′ – Sommer misses the support towards Dumfries, giving Atalanta the throw-in in the offensive zone.
26′ – Kolasinac ends up in the offside trap set by the Inter defense.
25′ – Bastoni stops a pass with his hand, Chiffi’s whistle arrives: Atalanta can restart with a free kick in their half of the pitch.
24′ – Headshot suffered by Mkhitaryan, game temporarily stopped. Everything is ok, the Armenian has already gotten back up.
23′ – After the scare in the 16th minute, Inter returned to playing the game and producing chances. Too many errors in front of goal from Inzaghi’s men.
22′ – Lautaro wastes again! On the development of a corner, double tower Thuram-Bisseck which opens up the possibility for Toro to kick first. Shot to the side.
21′ – Double save by Carnesecchi! Hien loses sight of Lautaro, who has a clear view to kick towards the goal. The Atalanta goalkeeper relaxes, who then has to repeat Dimarco’s cross shot.
19′ – Dimarco shoots on the barrier, Atalanta tries to restart quickly but Zaniolo fiddles and gives Barella the chance to fall back.
18′ – De Roon intervenes too impetuously in the duel with Calhanoglu: Chiffi, very close, sees well and orders a free kick from 30 meters in favor of Inter. The two of them are always on the ball: Dimarco and Calhanoglu.
16′ – Scalvini eats up the lead! The 42 of the Bergamo players, all alone in front of Sommer, thanks to Bastoni’s bad clearance, finds himself heading the ball all alone in front of Sommer, but ends up giving him a ball with a back pass.
15′ – Lautaro pinched offside: the linesman’s flag rises after Thuram’s in-depth touch for the Argentine.
14′ – Providential defensive diagonal from Ruggeri, who avoids the worst on Dumfries’ very long insertion to the edges of the Atalanta area. A corner comes out at the end.
13′ – There have already been three opportunities created by Inter, for now Atalanta seems unable to find the countermeasures as happened in the last two matches in the league.
12′ – Atalanta tries to shake off the tension with an unpretentious shot from outside the area by Zappacosta, who doesn’t make much headway: Bastoni rejects it.
10′ – Carnesecchi outdoes Lautaro Martinez! Prodigious reflex on the sure-fire volley Tour: ball cleared for a corner. Which Bisseck then sends just over the crossbar.
9′ – Kolasinac brings down Thuram, who does well to come forward to act as a marker: an interesting free kick for Inter in the attacking midfield.
7′ – Inter, with the dribble, tries to attract their opponents, who have various man references, and then attack the space behind them.
6′ – Atalanta is unable to get out of their own half, thanks to Inter’s ferocious re-aggression every time they lose the ball.
5′ – Dimarco’s cross fell between Carnesecchi’s gloves, at the end of a good development from below by Inter.
4′ – Atalanta are going overboard at the start: Kolasinac also resorts to a foul in midfield to stop Lautaro.
3′ – Ruggeri trips Bisseck in midfield: free kick for Inter, who immediately put their rhythm into the match.
2′ – Dumfries escorts the ball which goes out in a foul, thus Atalanta’s first action is interrupted.
1′ – Inter immediately very close to taking the lead! Thuram swings down the right and puts it in for Lautaro, who shoots twice, then offers it in the middle for Mkhitaryan who sees the goal canceled out by Zappacosta.
8.00pm – Kick-off at Al -Awwal Park in RiyadInter-Atalanta begins right now!
19.58 – After the greetings, the coin toss to establish the first ball possession of the match and the occupation of the two halves of the pitch.
19.57 – The Serie A anthem starts, while the players line up before the ritual greetings.
19.56 – Referee Daniele Chiffi directs the match, assisted by Cecconi and Bahari, with Zufferli as fourth official. In the VAR room the Abisso-Meraviglia couple.
19.55 – Here are the 22 protagonists who appear on the playing field of Al-Awwal Park in Riyadh preceded by the referees.
19.54 – Teams in the tunnel, nice chat between Inzaghi and Gasperini before entering the pitch.
19.50 – The atmosphere lights up at Al-Awwal Park: a short ceremony with light shows is underway.
19.45 – Another 15 minutes of waiting and then it will be time for Inter-Atalanta, stay up here FcInternews.it so you don’t miss the live text of the match!
19.35 – Inter have won all the last six matches played against Atalanta, taking all competitions into account (the two most recent with a score of 4-0), after having failed to find success in seven of the previous nine (6N , 1P). The Nerazzurri of Milan could achieve at least seven consecutive victories against the Dea for the first time since the period between 1964 and 1967 (eight in that case).
19.30 – Teams on the field for a few minutes for the classic pre-match warm up. Kick-off in half an hour.
19.25 – Inter are looking for a historic poker of consecutive victories in the Italian Super Cup after having put the trophy on the board in the last three editions, all under the management of Simone Inzaghi, record holder with five victories. No team, in the history of the competition, has ever achieved this feat: Milan stopped at the trio between 1992 and 1994.
19.20 – Atalanta will soon make their debut in the Italian Super Cup by challenging Inter, their 13th participation in the competition like Milan. Juve, the other team that will take part in the final 4 in Riyadh, leads the way with 18 tokens. Curiosity: the Dea it will be the 12th different team to play a match in the Italian Super Cup; the last one to find success in its first match played in this competition was Lazio, against Juventus in 1998.
19.11 – However, the decisions of Gian Piero Gasperini are surprising, as he revolutionized the team with six changes Dea compared to the one seen at the Olimpico in Rome last Sunday: the new players are Kossounou, Scalvini, Ruggeri, Samardzic, Brescianini and Zaniolo. Djimsiti, Ederson, Bellanova Pasalic, Lookman and De Ketelaere end up on the bench.
19.10 – Lineup choices confirmed at Inter: Inzaghi repeats the 11 that won the last match of 2024 in Cagliari. In front of Yann Sommer, therefore, De Vrij will once again lead the unit with Bisseck and Bastoni at his sides. In the middle of the field, the usual trio Barella-Calhanoglu-Mkhitaryan is back, while Dimarco and Dumfries act as fifths. In attack, needless to say, the Shut up.
19.05 – THE OFFICIAL LINEUPS:
INTER (3-5-2): 1 Summer; 31 Bisseck, 6 De Vrij, 95 Bastoni; 2 Dumfries, 23 Barella, 20 Calhanoglu, 22 Mkhitaryan, 32 Dimarco; 9 Thuram, 10 Lautaro. Available: 13 J. Martinez, 40 Calligaris, 7 Zielinski, 8 Arnautovic, 11 Correa, 16 Frattesi, 17 Buchanan, 21 Asllani, 30 Carlos Augusto, 36 Darmian, 42 Palacios, 50 Aidoo, 51 Alexiou, 52 Berenbruch, 99 Taremi. Trainer: Simone Inzaghi.
ATALANTA (3-4-2-1): 29 Carnesecchi; 3 Kossounou, 4 Hien, 23 Kolasinac; 77 Zappacosta, 15 De Roon, 42 Scalvini, 22 Ruggeri; 24 Samardzic, 44 Brescianini; 10 Zaniolo. Available: 28 Rui Patrício, 31 Rossi, 2 Toloi, 6 Sulemana, 8 Pašalić, 11 Lookman, 13 Ederson, 16 Bellanova, 17 De Ketelaere, 19 Djimsiti, 27 Palestra, 48 Vlahović. Trainer: Gian Piero Gasperini.
19.00 – The first of the two semi-finals of Italian Super Cup in Riyadh it is the best that local football can offer at the moment: the Italian champions Inter, as well as holders of the trophy, challenge the team that exported the made in Italy beyond the borders last May 22nd thanks to the historic triumph in the Europa League. With Juve and Milan completing the list of participants in the final 4However, we cannot talk about an early final, as pointed out on the eve of Simone Inzaghi, who against the debutant Gian Piero Gasperini is chasing the poker of consecutive successes in the competition, a feat never achieved by anyone. From Al-Awwal Park, welcome to Inter-Atalanta (kick-off at 8pm).
