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Inter Milan 4-0 Skonto Riga - August 12, 1998 / Champions League 1998/1999

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Champions League 1998/1999 - 2nd round

Arena Garibaldi - Pisa - Italy

August 12, 1998

16 000

Inter Milan

Italy

4 - 0

Skonto Riga

Latvia

(header) Iván Zamorano

(header) Diego Simeone

10'

(header) Nicola Ventola

20'

Assist by Diego Simeone (left foot) Roberto Baggio

50'

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4' - Goal Iván Zamorano4

4' - Substitution Vitalijs Astafjevsis substituted by Vits Rimkus

10' - Goal Diego Simeone10

20' - Goal Nicola Ventola20

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46' - Substitution Zé Eliasis substituted by Javier Zanetti46

50' - Goal Roberto Baggio50

57' - Substitution Vits Rimkusis substituted by Ilja Novikovs

59' - Substitution Giuseppe Bergomiis substituted by Salvatore Fresi59

65' - Substitution Roberto Baggiois substituted by Andrea Pirlo65

80' - Substitution Vladimirs Babicevsis substituted by Volodymyr Melnyk

89' - Red card Francesco Colonnese89

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Inter Milan

4 - 0

Skonto Riga

Inter Milan Skonto Riga

Team line-ups

Inter Milan

1 Pagliuca

Gianluca Pagliuca

Italy

B.date18/12/1966

Age31 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

2 Bergomi59

Giuseppe Bergomi

Italy

B.date22/12/1963

Age34 years

H1m84

positionRight central defender

5 Galante

Fabio Galante

Italy

B.date20/11/1973

Age24 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

3 Colonnese89

Francesco Colonnese

Italy

B.date10/08/1971

Age27 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

25 Milanese

Mauro Milanese

Italy

B.date17/09/1971

Age26 years

H1m86

positionLeft full-back

15 Cauet

Benoît Cauet

France

B.date02/05/1969

Age29 years

H1m76

positionDefensive Midfielder

13 Zé Elias46

Zé Elias

Brazil

B.date25/09/1976

Age21 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

14 Simeone10

Diego Simeone

Argentina

B.date28/04/1970

Age28 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

18 Zamorano4

Iván Zamorano

Chile

B.date18/01/1967

Age31 years

H1m78

positionCentre forward

11 Ventola20

Nicola Ventola

Italy

B.date24/05/1978

Age20 years

H1m85

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Gianluca Pagliuca		31	188	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Giuseppe Bergomi	59	34	698	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Fabio Galante		24	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Francesco Colonnese	89	27	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	D	Mauro Milanese		26	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Benoît Cauet		29	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Zé Elias	46	21	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Diego Simeone	10	28	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Iván Zamorano	4	31	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Nicola Ventola	20	20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

117

Skonto Riga

1 Karavajevs

Olegs Karavajevs

Latvia

B.date13/02/1961

Age37 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

3 Silagadze

Levan Silagadze

Georgia

B.date04/08/1976

Age22 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

2 Stepanovs

Igors Stepanovs

Latvia

B.date21/01/1976

Age22 years

H1m92

positionCentral defender

13 Sevlakovs

Juris Sevlakovs

Latvia

B.date24/01/1959

Age39 years

H1m81

positionDefender

21 Astafjevs4

Vitalijs Astafjevs

Latvia

B.date03/04/1971

Age27 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

7 Rekhviashvili

Alexander Rekhviashvili

Georgia

B.date06/08/1974

Age24 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

17 Laizans

Jurijs Laizans

Latvia

B.date06/01/1979

Age19 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

8 Bleidelis

Imants Bleidelis

Latvia

B.date16/08/1975

Age22 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

9 Pahars

Marians Pahars

Latvia

B.date05/08/1976

Age22 years

H1m74

positionVersatile Midfielder

10 Babicevs80

Vladimirs Babicevs

Latvia

B.date22/04/1968

Age30 years

H1m78

positionForward

11 Miholaps

Mihails Miholaps

Latvia

B.date24/08/1974

Age23 years

H1m84

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Olegs Karavajevs		37	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Levan Silagadze		22	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Igors Stepanovs		22	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Juris Sevlakovs		39	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Vitalijs Astafjevs	4	27	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Alexander Rekhviashvili		24	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Jurijs Laizans		19	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Imants Bleidelis		22	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Marians Pahars		22	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Vladimirs Babicevs	80	30	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Mihails Miholaps		23	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
7	D	Salvatore Fresi	59	25	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Javier Zanetti	46	25	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Andrea Pirlo	65	19	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
23	M	Ilja Novikovs	57	20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Volodymyr Melnyk	80	18	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Vits Rimkus	457	25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Iván Zamorano

Alvaro Recoba

OUT

Nicola Ventola

Ronaldo

OUT

Giuseppe Bergomi

Salvatore Fresi

OUT

Zé Elias

Paulo Sousa

OUT

Diego Simeone

Aaron Winter

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Luigi Simoni

Success rate in this team:

65 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

32 %

Simoni vs Skonto Riga

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 12, 1998

Simoni vs Starkovs

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 12, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Alexandrs Starkovs

153

Success rate in this team:

76 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

76 %

Starkovs vs Inter Milan

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 12, 1998

Starkovs vs Simoni

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 12, 1998

Referee

Fritz Stuchlik

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Inter Milan1 match	General total	Skonto Riga1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Inter Milan1 match	Season total	Skonto Riga1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on August 12, 1998					Latest figure on August 12, 1998

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Key figures

End of streak for Skonto Riga after 3 consecutive matches without a loss (since 30/09/1997). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 24/07/1996 (2 matches)

It's the first time Nicola Ventola scores 1 goal in Champions League

No Inter Milan manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Luigi Simoni has reached 65% of wins .

Read the next 16 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VInter Milan 2-1 Vicenza28/03/1998

VInter Milan 2-1 Spartak Moscow31/03/1998

VInter Milan 3-0 Sampdoria05/04/1998

VInter Milan 2-0 Udinese19/04/1998

DInter Milan 0-0 Piacenza03/05/1998

VInter Milan 4-1 Empoli16/05/1998

Overall

VInter Milan 2-0 Udinese19/04/1998

LJuventus 1-0 Inter Milan26/04/1998

DInter Milan 0-0 Piacenza03/05/1998

VInter Milan 3-0 Lazio06/05/1998

LBari 2-1 Inter Milan10/05/1998

VInter Milan 4-1 Empoli16/05/1998

Current form

Away

VValmiera 1-5 Skonto Riga16/06/1998

DMetalurgs Liepaja 0-0 Skonto Riga21/06/1998

VDizvanagi Rezekne 0-2 Skonto Riga28/06/1998

VDinaburg 0-1 Skonto Riga01/07/1998

VRanto/Miks 2-7 Skonto Riga25/07/1998

VDinamo Minsk 1-2 Skonto Riga29/07/1998

Overall

VSkonto Riga 1-0 JFK Ventspils15/07/1998

DSkonto Riga 0-0 Dinamo Minsk22/07/1998

VRanto/Miks 2-7 Skonto Riga25/07/1998

VDinamo Minsk 1-2 Skonto Riga29/07/1998

VSkonto Riga 3-0 LU/Daugava Riga02/08/1998

VSkonto Riga 4-0 Valmiera06/08/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	10	1
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	4	4
Unbeaten streak	7	12
Drawless streak	4	4
Scoring streak	4	4
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

0	Number of games (Competition total)	2
0	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
0	Victories (Competition total)	1
0	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

0	Goals scored (Competition total)	2
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
0	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.5
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
0	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (1 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	7
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	3
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

-	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Vitalijs Astafjevs
-	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Vitalijs Astafjevs
-	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Imants Bleidelis
-	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Imants Bleidelis
-	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Vitalijs Astafjevs