Inter V Roma

A perfect game for the debut players as Antonio Cassano and Alessandro Florenzi score for their respective teams. This was one of the most anticipated and entertaining games in week 2 of the Serie A season and it did not disappoint!

It was end to end with some truly beautiful football played in between. AS Roma were a new team under Zemen, they were more attack orientated, and it show when the young Florenzi scored in the 15th minute. And as this early lead brought much elation to the travelling fans, Roma fell asleep and almost let Inter back in the game when Diego Milito was seen to be brought down by the Roma goalkeeper, but as you look more closely you see just how vital the keeper was in his decision to come out for the ball- and he didn't get Milito. Yet Roman hearts were stopped when Danieli De Rossi was force to come off within 30 minute due to an injury, not only forcing them to be without the heart and soul of the midfield but they were forced to use up one of their substitution early on in the game.
Inter were stuggling to hold onto the ball for long periods of time, even though the stats record that they had 53% of the possesion- it was very tight! It took Inter up until first half stoppages, and even that was lucky, it took a huge deflection from Burdisso for Cassano's shot to go past the keeper. So they went in at the break all square.

In the second half you didn't have the time to blink it was that quick! After a few blunders a misses that should never have happened from such players, Pablo Osvaldo scored a beauty on 67 minute when he ran onto the ball threaded neatly by a reinvigorated Francesco Totti and lobbed it over the Inter keeper.  Substitute Marquinho scored the third goal to seal the victory. The only thing that tainted the victory was a second yellow card to Osvaldo for a deliberate yellow card which resulted in a sending off in the 90th minute. But it in no means dampened the celebrations from the fans as they watched as hoards of the Nerrazzurri fans depart their stadium  before the end of the game.