Serie A | Verona 2-2 Inter: Arnautovic at the double

Originally posted on Football Italia | By Susy Campanale | Last updated 5/26/24

Marko Arnautovic bagged a brace to ensure Inter avoided defeat in the final round of the Scudetto-winning season, but Verona gave as good as they got.

It was a celebratory atmosphere at the Stadio Bentegodi, as Hellas had already secured safety and Inter completed their Scudetto-winning campaign, although it was the first match since Suning lost control of the club to Oaktree. Ondrej Duda and Thomas Henry were suspended, with Lorenzo Montipò, Michael Folorunsho and Karol Swiderski injured.

Marko Arnautovic opened the scoring after 10 minutes when he caught Diego Coppola napping on the edge of the penalty area and robbed him to beat the goalkeeper one-on-one.

However, Hellas equalised on the counter when a smart Tomas Suslov slide-rule pass allowed Tijjani Noslin to spring the offside trap for a delicate finish.

Marcus Thuram’s deflected effort caused problems for the goalkeeper, who made a great save on the Davide Frattesi header.

Verona turned the game around when Nicolò Barella was robbed by Suat Serdar in the final third and Noslin laid it off for Suslov just inside the box.

Inter equalised in first half stoppages, as Barella floated a ball over the top, which Frattesi cushioned down with his chest for Arnautovic to finish off.

Simone Perilli made a sensational double save on first Frattesi and then Alexis Sanchez, as the Tajon Buchanan low cross wreaked havoc.

Perilli also flew to push a Hakan Calhanoglu effort over the bar, while Inter’s third choice goalkeeper Raffaele Di Gennaro had to make a tough reaction save on Serdar at the back post on a corner, then the Elyas Tavsan snapshot.

Frattesi thought he’d won it by lobbing the goalkeeper at the 84^th minute, but Ruben Vinagre cleared it off the line, albeit onto the underside of the bar.

Alexis Sanchez scored with a beautiful lob in stoppages, but that was ruled offside.

Verona 2-2 Inter

Arnautovic 10, 45 (I), Noslin 16 (V), Suslov 37 (V)

26-05-2024 19:45 MatchDay 38 Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi

Verona

Inter 2 - 2

Player statistic

1st half

	10'	Marko Arnautovic
Tijjani Noslin (Assist: Tomas Suslov)	16'
Juan Cabal	30'
Tomas Suslov (Assist: Tijjani Noslin)	37'
	45+1'

Marko Arnautovic (Assist: Davide Frattesi) 2nd half

60'

Nicolò Barella

Match statistic

35 Possession % 65 18 Total shots 15 8 Shots on target 11 2 Shots off target 1 8 Blocked shots 3 9 Corners 3 2 Offsides 5 17 Fouls 8 Verona Inter

Starting lineups

34 Simone Perilli Goalkeeper 42 Diego Coppola Defender 32 Juan Cabal Defender 67' 19

Rúben Vinagre Defender 8

Darko Lazovic Midfielder 67' 6 Reda Belahyane Midfielder 74' 25

Suat Serdar Midfielder 31

Tomas Suslov Midfielder 83' 38 Jackson Tchatchoua Attacker 10 Stefan Mitrovic Attacker 74' 17 Tijjani Noslin Attacker 77

Emil Audero Goalkeeper 68' 32

Federico Dimarco Defender 56' 15

Francesco Acerbi Defender 31 Yann Bisseck Defender 30

Carlos Augusto Midfielder 16 Davide Frattesi Midfielder 2

Denzel Dumfries Midfielder 56' 20

Hakan Calhanoglu Midfielder 23

Nicolò Barella Midfielder 68' 9

Marcus Thuram Attacker 8

Marko Arnautovic Attacker

56'

Substitutes

Federico Bonazzoli Attacker 27

Pawel Dawidowicz Defender 16 Mattia Chiesa Goalkeeper 18

Fabien Centonze Defender 94 Giacomo Toniolo Goalkeeper 28 Nicola Patanè Midfielder 82 Christian Corradi Defender 72 Junior Ajayi Attacker 23

Giangiacomo Magnani Defender 67' 37 Charlys Midfielder 67' 7 Elayis Tavsan Attacker 74' 21 Dani Silva Midfielder 74' 80 Alphadjo Cissè Attacker 83' 22

Henrikh Mkhitaryan Midfielder 5

Stefano Sensi Midfielder 36

Matteo Darmian Defender 95

Alessandro Bastoni Defender 6

Stefan de Vrij Defender 10

Lautaro Martínez Attacker 28

Benjamin Pavard Defender 14

Davy Klaassen Midfielder 1

Yann Sommer Goalkeeper 7

Juan Cuadrado Defender 56' 70

Alexis Sánchez Attacker 56' 17

Tajon Buchanan Attacker 56' 21 Kristjan Asllani Midfielder 68' 12