After two consecutive draws, Inter manages to win by scoring the winning goal in injury time in this away game, Reggina 2-3 Inter.
Ricardo Quaresma was back in the Inter starting lineup. He played on the left-side and was replaced in the 81st minute by Hernan Crespo. I think Balotelli was not at his best and he needed to be replaced, not Quaresma.
Quaresma had a hand in Inter's second goal. He shot twice off-target and had mroe possesion of the ball than Balotelli. In the second half, Quaresma created a goal opportunity by crossing it to Crespo, but Crespo hit it over the bar.
I saw the game on RaiItalia TV and commentator described Quaresma's hand in Viera's goal "una grande giocata di Quaresma, finalmente, insomma" (A brilliant play by Quaresma, finally."
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Granillo, Nov. 1, 2008- Ricardo Quaresma in Reggina 2-3 Inter. Photo: regginacalcio.com
Granillo, Nov. 1, 2008- Ricardo Quaresma in Reggina 2-3 Inter. Photo: regginacalcio.com
Reggina 2-3 Inter, "O.Granillo" di Reggio Calabria, Nov. 1, 2008.
33' Cozza, 53' (st) Brienza 9' Maicon, 69' Vieira, 90' (st) Cordoba
Starting lineups:
INTER: 12 Julio Cesar; 13 Maicon, 2 Cordoba, 26 Chivu (75' Burdisso), 6 Maxwell; 4 Zanetti, 14 Vieira, 77 Quaresma (82' Obinna), 45 Balotelli, 8 Ibrahimovic, 33 Mancini (58' Crespo).
Substitutes: 1 Toldo, 5 Stankovic, 23 Materazzi, 25 Samuel, 16 Burdisso, 18 Crespo, 21 Obinna.
Coach: Mourinho.
REGGINA: 30 Campagnolo; 3 Costa, 5 Cirillo, 55 Lanzaro (75' Cosenza), 16 Valdez; 7 Vigiani, 8 Barreto, 35 Carmona; 81 Brienza (82' Tognozzi), 10 Cozza (68' Di Gennaro), 9 Corradi.
Substitutes: 1 Puggioni, 2 Hallfredsson, 13 Cosenza, 18 Rakic, 20 Alvarez, 31 Tognozzi, 88 Di Gennaro.
Coach: Orlandi.
yellow cards: Barreto; Cordoba.
Referee: De Marco (Chiavari).
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