| Inter Milan | 0 - 0 | AS Roma |
|---|---|---|
| Date | : | Saturday, Sep 17, 2011 |
| Time | : | 20:45 CET |
| Competition | : | Italian Serie A |
Inter (4-3-1-2): Julio Cesar; Jonathan, Ranocchia, Lucio, Nagatomo; Zanetti, Cambiasso, Obi; Sneijder; Pazzini, Forlan.
Roma (4-3-3): Stekelenburg; Rosi, Burdisso, Heinze, Cassetti; Perrotta, De Rossi, Pjanic; Borriello, Totti, Borini
Head to Head
May 11, 2011, Inter Milan 1 - 1 Roma, Coppa Italia
Apr 19, 2011, Roma 0 - 1 Inter Milan, Coppa Italia,
Inter Milan 5 - 3 Roma, Serie A
Sep 25, 2010, Roma 1 - 0 Inter Milan, Serie A
Aug 21, 2010, Inter Milan 3 - 1 Roma, TIM Supercup
Inter Milan last 5 match
Sep 14, 2011, Inter Milan 0 - 1 Trabzonspor 1 , UCL
Sep 11, 2011, Palermo 4 - 3 Inter Milan 3, ITA1
Aug 18, 2011, AC Milan 0 - 1 Inter Milan 1, FR
Aug 18, 2011, Inter Milan 7 - 6 Juventus 6, FR
Aug 6, 2011, AC Milan 2 - 1 Inter Milan 1, TIMS
Roma last 5 match
Sep 11, 2011, Roma 1 - 2 Cagliari
Aug 25, 2011, Roma 1 - 1 Slovan Bratislava
Aug 18, 2011, Slovan Bratislava 1 - 0 Roma
Aug 12, 2011, Valencia 3 - 0 Roma
May 22, 2011, Roma 3 - 1 Sampdoria
Inter Milan and Roma both picked up their first point of the season in a combative draw at the San Siro which leaves the future of the respective coaches far from certain.
As in the midweek defeat to Trabzonspor, Inter coach Gian Piero Gasperini heard boos echoing around the stadium and was left still waiting for his first win in charge after four attempts.
Roma boss Luis Enrique, on the other hand, will know that what would normally be regarded as a good point in Milan does little to help his own cause.
There was also a worrying injury for Roma goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg, who was taken to hospital after receiving a boot to the head from Inter defender Lucio and was reported to have briefly lost consciousness.
As for the result, after such a tense encounter with few clearcut chances, neither coach can have too many complaints that their first win of the season will have to wait until at least the middle of next week.
Luis Enrique sprang a few surprises in his team selection, choosing midfielders Simone Perrotta and Rodrigo Taddei as full-backs and leaving Bojan Krkic out in favour of Fabio Borini, making his first start of the season.
And he was forced into another change after just 15 minutes when Stekelenburg had to be carried off the field and taken to hospital after his collision with Lucio.
His replacement Bogdan Lobont was promptly tested by Wesley Sneijder, whose shot from 20 yards skidded off the surface, but was saved at the second attempt by the Romanian.
That was Inter's first shot of the game and Roma's first arrived moments later from Borini, whose effort was too close to Julio Cesar to cause any danger.
Inter went closer when Yuto Nagatomo's shot curled over the bar from the edge of the area in the 36th minute.
Roma followed Inter's lead in creating, then spurning, another chance in the first minute of the second half with Osvaldo the man to be denied by Julio Cesar.
The best chance of the game fell to Sneijder in the 85th minute, but his shot was deflected wide by Simon Kjaer.
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