Inter 4-1 Empoli: result and report
Serie A · Wednesday 21 December 2005
Result
Inter 4-1 Empoli
Serie A · Wednesday 21 December 2005, 19:30 UTC · half-time 2-0
Inter 4-1 Empoli: match report
Inter defeated Empoli 4-1 in Serie A on Wednesday 21 December 2005. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Adriano opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Inter's goals came from Adriano (4'), Julio Cruz (45'), Luis Figo (66') and Obafemi Martins (85'). Empoli scored through Ighli Vannucchi (64').
Discipline: Inter received no yellow cards; Empoli received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Inter were 2nd on 35 points from 16 and Empoli 13th on 18 points from 16. Inter went on to finish that season 3rd with 76 points, and Empoli 11th with 45.
Going into the match Inter's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Empoli's D-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Adriano
- 29'Yellow card · Stefano Lucchini
- 45'Goal · Julio Cruz
- 64'Goal · Ighli Vannucchi
- 66'Goal · Luis Figo
- 85'Goal · Obafemi Martins
Team news
Inter line-up
Júlio César, Nicolás Burdisso, Javier Zanetti, Giuseppe Favalli, Walter Samuel, Luis Figo, Juan Verón, Esteban Cambiasso, Adriano, Obafemi Martins, Santiago Solari Poggio
Empoli line-up
Gianluca Berti, Stefano Lucchini, Andrea Coda, Riccardo Bonetto, Andrea Raggi, Sergio Almirón, Davide Moro, Antonio Busce, Fabrizio Ficini, Francesco Tavano, Christian Rigano