32′ Benali is felled by Barella just a few yards outside the box and Crotone now have a free-kick in a very dangerous position. Can they make the most of it?
29′ NO PENALTY! There’s a brief stoppage as the footage is reviewed to determine whether Inter should be awarded a penalty for handball. Djidji did block Lukaku’s shot with his elbow, but his arm was tucked into his body and no spot-kick is given.
28′ BLOCK! Lukaku strikes a venomous half-volley towards the top-left corner from the edge of the box, but Djidji gets in the way to block it! The rebound falls for Martinez, who attempts an ambitious overhead kick, but it sails over the bar! There will be a VAR check to come, however.
25′ Crotone win a corner down their left and get plenty forward, but they can’t make the most of it and Inter get the ball clear.
23′ POST! Sensi whips the cross in towards the near post and Lukaku gets his head to it in the crowded box, flicking towards the far corner, but the striker sees his effort strike the post and stay out!
22′ Inter pepper the Crotone box with crosses, and Magallan slices behind for a corner after some scruffy, poorly-timed clearances from his team-mates.
19′ BLOCK! A long ball from Magallan sails over everyone in midfield and drops for Ounas in the Inter third. He wriggles past Bastoni and drives down the left side of the box, but Skriniar is there to block the resulting shot behind for a corner!
17′ BLOCK! Martinez leads a counter down the left but is forced to wait for support, allowing Crotone to scramble bodies back. It’s eventually worked to Sensi, right on the edge of the box, and the midfielder strikes a firm effort at goal, but it’s blocked away!
15′ Bastoni tries to release Darmian in behind down the left, but the wing-back goes a little early and the flag goes up for offside.
13′ Hakimi floats a deep cross in from the right, but Golemic gets to it at the back post and chests calmly back to his goalkeeper from just a few yards out.
11′ Crotone have enjoyed their fair share of possession so far and look comfortable on the ball. There’s not a great deal of urgency about their passing at the moment, however.
9′ Simy pulls off a lovely spin as Barella dives in to win the ball, getting round the midfielder and offloading the ball with composure and poise.
6′ Handanovic is forced off his line to deal with a deep cross into the box from the right and the goalkeeper can only get one hand to it, but it’s enough to parry it out of the danger zone.
4′ SAVE! Sensi makes a clever run in behind and Brozovic picks him out with a smart pass. The midfielder is one-on-one with Cordaz, but the midfielder’s low effort across goal is kept out by the goalkeeper’s outstretched leg!
3′ BLOCK! Inter respond almost immediately with an incisive attack of their own, with Sensi playing a sharp one-two with Lukaku inside the box and trying to place an effort inside the bottom-right corner, but Messias deflects it just wide of the post!
2′ SAVE! Ounas picks the ball up in the Inter half and drives purposefully at the defence, getting into the box down the left and lashing an effort high towards the near post from a tight angle, but Handanovic stands tall and keeps it out!
1′ We’re underway in Crotone!
Inter are unbeaten in 17 Serie A games, their longest unbeaten streak in a single season in the competition since February 2008.
Inter have scored 13 goals in five games against Crotone in Serie A, an average of 2.6 per game – there have been three wins for the Nerazzurri, a draw and a Rossoblu win.
Inter manager Antonio Conte, meanwhile, makes two changes despite his team’s 1-0 victory over Hellas Verona last time out. Match-winning substitute Darmian starts at left wing-back, while Sensi slots into midfield. Perisic and Eriksen, respectively, drop out of the starting line-up and are named amongst the substitutes. Arturo Vidal and Aleksandar Kolarov remain sidelined due to injury.
Crotone head coach Serse Cosmi makes just one change following his side’s 4-3 victory over fellow relegation strugglers Parma as Zanellato drops to the bench, with Benali taking his place in midfield. Striker Samuel Di Carmine misses out through injury.
Inter substitutes: Alexis Sanchez, Ivan Perisic, Andrea Pinamonti, Ionut Radu, Andrea Ranocchia, Daniele Padelli, Roberto Gagliardini, Christian Eriksen, Matias Vecino, Danilo D’Ambrosio, Ashley Young.
Inter XI (3-5-2): Samir Handanovic; Milan Skriniar, Stefan de Vrij, Alessandro Bastoni; Achraf Hakimi, Nicolo Barella, Marcelo Brozovic, Stefano Sensi, Matteo Darmian; Romelu Lukaku, Lautaro Martinez.
Crotone substitutes: Niccolo Zanellato, Eduardo Henrique, Gian Marco Crespi, Giuseppe Cuomo, Luis Rojas, Emmanuel Riviere, Milos Vulic, Marco Festa, Luca Marrone, Pedro Pereira, Jacopo Petriccione, Andrea Rispoli.
Crotone XI (3-5-2): Alex Cordaz; Koffi Djidji, Vladimir Golemic, Lisandro Magallan; Salvatore Molina, Junior Messias, Luca Cigarini, Ahmad Benali, Arkadiusz Reca; Adam Ounas, Simy.
If Inter defeat bottom-of-the-league Crotone – whose imminent relegation would be mathematically confirmed if they fail to win – and Atalanta do not beat Sassuolo tomorrow, the Nerazzurri will be confirmed as Serie A champions for the first time in over a decade.
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