Perisic is just caught offside as he makes a run forward. He's been superb today, and showed consistent quality throughout the game.
90'
Inter look supremely confident now, moving the ball with a flair and quality we didn't see for the first hour or so.
88'
R. Gagliardini gets yellow.
Gagliardini makes a cynical challenge out wide to prevent a Bologna counter and picks up a yellow card for his troubles.
87'
CHANCE! Skriniar has a golden chance to make it four, but he swipes at the ball twice and can't get a good connection. He's not on the field to score goals, and he showed why there.
85'
Š. Vrsaljko enters the game and replaces D. D'Ambrosio.
D'Ambrosio makes way at right-back for new signing Vrsaljko, who recently joined from Atletico Madrid.
84'
I. Perišić has scored a goal for Inter Milan!
GOAL! It's now 3-0! Perisic gets the goal he deserves, latching onto a cross on the left and cutting inside a defender, before curling a shot into the top-right corner of the goal! Bologna's faint hopes have been all but extinguished.
82'
A. Candreva has scored a goal for Inter Milan! Assist by I. Perišić.
Perisic has been an outlet all game, and his through-ball was perfectly-weighted there.
GOAL! Candreva makes it 2-0! This game is surely over now. Perisic slides the ball through for the substitute, who races onto it and tucks it in at the near post! No fuss made, but Inter's celebrations are telling - they're sure they've just got their first win of the season.
81'
Handanovic is alert as he comes to claim a dangerous ball amidst a crowd of bodies.
79'
A. Candreva enters the game and replaces K. Baldé.
M. Destro enters the game and replaces D. Falcinelli.
Keita trudges off, still ruing his miss, as he's replaced by Candreva.
Falcinelli off for Destro is Filipo Inzaghi's last roll of the dice as he searches for a late equaliser.
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78'
M. Vecino enters the game and replaces R. Nainggolan.
Goalscorer Nainggolan makes way for Vecino in midfield. The debutant has shown his new fans exactly what they can expect from him today.
76'
MISS! WHAT A MISS! Perisic gets down the line well and squares for Keita, who has the simple task of placing the ball into the corner, but he somehow skies his shot over the bar!
75'
O. Okwonkwo enters the game and replaces A. Poli.
Poli comes off for Okwonkwo as Bologna chase the game.
74'
MISS! A glorious cross from the right by Mattiello is met by Santander and glanced agonisingly wide of the far post! Handanovic was rooted to the spot!
73'
Skriniar shows great confidence and composure in trying to dribble out from defence, screening the ball well with his body and earning a free-kick to get his side out.
72'
R. Orsolini enters the game and replaces S. De Maio.
Centre-back De Maio comes off for a winger in Orsolini, changing the shape to four at the back.
70'
Bologna are forced to come out of their low, defensive shape now that they are behind. We may see a few more chances at both ends.
68'
Dijks gives away a silly free-kick for handball. It comes to nothing, however.
66'
R. Nainggolan has scored a goal for Inter Milan! Assist by M. Politano.
Politano found a pocket of space on the edge of the box and caused problems for the Bologna defence, who were scrambling as he fed Nainggolan in the area. Good play from the wide-man, tucking in to create in the final third.
GOAL!!! Nainggolan makes it 1-0 on his debut!! Politano feeds Nainggolan in the box, and the Belgian has a yard of space to flick the ball up with his first touch, before rifling a low volley into the bottom left corner of the net! That's Inter's first shot on target, and they've scored from it!
65'
MISSES! Dzemaili has a couple of pops from outside the box, but both are wide either side of the goal.
61'
Perisic has been the main outlet so far for Inter in this half, but he doesn't have much to aim for with his crosses. There's been a distinct lack of shooting opportunities for the Nerrazzuri.
60'
B. Džemaili gets yellow.
Dzemaili makes a poor challenge and tries to protest his innocence, but earns the first yellow card of the game.
59'
Keita takes a ball over the top in well, but he's a yard offside. Disappointing for him, as that was an excellent opportunity.
57'
Perisic gets away down the left and drills a cross into the box, but it's collected easily by Skorupski.
55'
Inter have pushed Bologna really deep here. Only Santander is as high as the base of the centre-circle.
53'
MISS! Gagliardini slips Keita through down the right, and the forward gets a shot off under pressure, but it's low into the side-neting!
52'
MISS! A spell of scrappy possession in midfield sees Dzemaili attempt a speculative shot from range that he drags just wide of the left-hand post.
50'
Keita drives at the defence with the ball at his feet, but he shows too much of it to Danilo and has it nicked off his toes. Inter need to make more of situations like these.
48'
Politano launches a long throw into the box that Gagliardini tries to flick on for Keita, but there's too many bodies back defending and Bologna get it away, and Inter have to start again.
46'
Bologna get us underway for the start of the second half!
45' +1
MISS! Nainggolan lashes a half-volley just over the bar from outside the box after a poor clearance from a free-kick. That strike had venom!
HALF-TIME: BOLOGNA 0-0 INTER
44'
Brozovic works the corner short to Keita again, but his whipped cross is just about headed clear of the danger zone.
42'
Keita beats his man well with some quick feet, and earns a corner from his dinked cross.
40'
Inter look more potent down the left than the right, using the forward-thinking of Skriniar to spark attacks down this side, combining well with Asamoah and Perisic, who have looked busy.
38'
Inter are knocking it about smoothly from side-to-side, but they're struggling to create clear openings with their forward passing. There's plenty of energy in their midfield, but perhaps a lack of creativity. Icardi's absence potentially robs them of a more obvious focal point up front, too.
36'
Keita gets to the byline on the left and tries to lift the ball into the path of Gagliardini, but it's too close to Skorupski, who smothers the ball.
34'
CHANCE! Poli latches onto a loose ball from Brozovic and tries to slide it through for Falcinelli, but Handanovic is out quickly to smother.
32'
NO PENALTY! Inter move the ball quickly around the edge of the box, and Nainggolan feels he's been obstructed as he chases a dinked ball in behind, but the referee is adamant that there was no foul. The Belgian is furious at the decision, but it's the correct one.
31'
Handanovic collects after a succession of Bologna corners, and relieves the building pressure on his team.
29'
Bologna work their left flank again, earning a corner and then trying a long throw, but both are repelled by the Inter back-line.
27'
MISS! Bologna come close again as Santander heads a Pulgar cross just wide of the near post from a free-kick! Bologna certainly trying to make the most of set-pieces here.
23'
CHANCE! There's a mad scramble as the ball falls to Keita in the box, but he loses his footing and can't poke it past the keeper, and it's hacked away.
22'
MISS! Politano's left-footed effort swerves over the bar from the edge of the box. Inter are pushing hard here.
21'
Dijks bursts down the line and crosses into the box, but it's an easy take for Handanovic. The only attacks the hosts seem to be able to build are coming down that left flank.
19'
Brozovic fells Santander on halfway and the Bologna striker's team-mates are not happy with him as he appears to kick the ball away afterwards. The referee elects not to take action however, which further aggravates the hosts.
17'
Lots of attacks being built from the back here, with Skriniar in particular seeing lots of the ball. Not a great deal of penetration higher up the field though.
15'
Keita barrels his way down the right and is bundled to the floor. A goal kick is given as the ball runs out of play and he looks around incredulously, furious at the lack of a free-kick.
13'
D'Ambrosio passes the ball straight out of play on the right, looking for Politano down the line. In his defence, it's not the smoothest surface out there.
11'
Icardi is pictured in the stands reacting to that earlier Perisic chance. He's out through injury today, meaning Keita leads the line, but there's a positive for Inter as Nainggolan makes his debut for the club following his remarkable capture from Roma.
9'
SAVE! The corner is taken short and Pulgar curls it into the area, and Danilo heads back across goal for Helander to power a header at goal, but Handanovic makes an incredible save!
8'
Bologna get forward for the first time down the left and force a corner. These set-pieces could be important for them today.
6'
MISS! Gagliardini has a golden opportunity to put Inter in front as the ball comes to him inside the box, but he snatches at it under pressure and blazes over the bar.
4'
Inter decidedly on top in the opening stages, dominating the ball so far.
2'
CHANCE! Skorupski comes for a right-wing cross and gets nothing, but Perisic can only find the side-netting from a tight angle with the goal gaping!
1'
And we're off!
There's an early Inter corner, but it's cleared at the near post and comes to nothing.
Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of the Serie A fixture between Bologna and Inter at the Stadio Renato Dall'Ara.
Bologna XI (3-5-2): Lukasz Skorupski; Filip Helander, Danilo, Sebastien De Maio; Mitchell Dijks, Blerim Dzemaili, Erick Pulgar, Andrea Poli, Federico Mattiello; Federico Santander, Diego Falcinelli
Bologna substitutes: Riccardo Orsolini, Antonio Santurro, Giancarlo Gonzalez, Ladislav Krejci, Arturo Calabresi, Ibrahima Mbaye, Mattia Destro, Juan Manuel Valencia, Orji Okwonkwo, Mattias Svanberg, Caio Vinicius, Adam Nagy
Inter XI (4-2-3-1): Samir Handanovic; Kwadwo Asamoah, Milan Skriniar, Stefan de Vrij, Danilo D'Ambrosio; Marcelo Brozovic, Roberto Gagliardini; Ivan Perisic, Radja Nainggolan, Matteo Politano; Keita
Inter substitutes: Daniele Padelli, Lautaro Martínez, Andrea Ranocchia, Sime Vrsaljko, Borja Valero, Mauro Icardi, Joao Mario, Antonio Candreva, Matías Vecino, Dalbert, Miranda
Inter have dominated the ball in the first half, but there's been just one clear scoring opportunity each for these sides. Persic could only find the side-netting early on when Skorupski flapped at a cross, while Handanovic made an incredible stop from a well-worked Bologna corner, denying Swedish centre-back Helander from point-blank range. Inter are certainly missing their star striker Icardi, but debutant Nainggolan produced a promising early display, lashing a vemonous half-volley just over the bar.
Bologna will likely continue in the same vein as in the first half, sitting deep to frustrate Inter and looking to break down the left and make the most of set-piece situations. The challenge for Inter is to break this defensive block down and open the game up with a goal. Their forward passing will need a little more quality in this half if they are to achieve that, though.
The game took about an hour to get going, but the floodgates opened late on for Inter, who scored two goals in three minutes to put an end to the contest. Debutant Nainggolan rifled in the opener, before substitute Candreva and the excellent Perisic hit quickfire goals to earn Inter all three points. Bologna - to their credit - made life very difficult for the Nerrazzuri, but just couldn't cope with their quality in the end, and their rotten record against this opponent goes on. Inter face Parma next, while Bologna continue to search for their first win of the season at Genoa. It finishes 3-0 to Inter here at the Stadio Renato Dall'Ara!
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