Haller gets into a dangerous position on the edge of the box and Skriniar is forced to bring the Frenchman down and picks up a yellow card for that foul.
90' +2
Gonçalo Paciência gets yellow.
Palencia picks up a late yellow card after cynically bringing down Vecino on the halfway line as the Inter midfielder looked to break.
90' +1
Perisic slides the ball into the path of Merola, and the Italian’s effort from outside the box sails over the bar.
90'
There will be six added minutes at the end of this game.
89'
Gonçalo Paciência enters the game and replaces S. Rode.
Frankfurt make their final change of the game as Palencia comes on to replace Rode. Only a few minutes left to play.
86'
Kostic is once again able to get the better of D’Ambrosio down the left-hand side of the field before drilling a low pass towards Haller. The Frenchman does brilliantly to control the ball on the edge of the area, but his right-footed strike is blocked by De Vrij who was quickly out to meet the Frankfurt striker.
84'
Inter are enjoying a bright spell of possession at present as they look to force the issue with only a few minutes left to play. Frankfurt, however, continue to defend resolutely as the home side struggle to find a way through.
81'
Candreva swings a cross into the box, but Perisic’s header from an acute angle is a tricky one to get right and it sails over the bar.
80'
D. Merola enters the game and replaces M. Politano.
Inter make their final substitution of the match as Politano makes way for Merola. As it stands, Frankfurt are still going through with this 1-0 scoreline.
De Guzman takes the resulting free-kick, but his delivery towards the far post is easily claimed by Handanovic.
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79'
Kostic wins a free-kick from Skriniar down the left wing after being caught by the defender as the Serbian looked to cut back inside.
77'
Inter swing a corner in from the left which is overhit and Ndicka is able to claim the ball and send it through down the left for Kostic. The Frankfurt attacker is spoilt for choice to his right, but instead looks to go alone and in the end runs straight into D’Ambrosio. Real chance wasted there for Frankfurt.
73'
M. Stendera enters the game and replaces J. Willems.
S. Esposito enters the game and replaces Borja Valero.
Inter make their second change of the match as they look to make something happen in the final exchanges. Valero is replaced by Esposito.
The away side make their second substitution of the match as Willems makes way for Stendera. There is less than 20 minutes left to play.
70'
Following a poor clearance from the back, the ball drops to Candreva who tries his luck from 35 yards out, but Trapp manages to rush back to his line and claim the ball as it looked to be dipping under the bar.
66'
Politano drives inside from the left and opens up the space to unleash a strike. The shot from the edge of the area, however, is easily saved in the centre of his goal by Trapp.
63'
S. Rode gets yellow.
Rode picks up a yellow card after blocking Vecino as the midfielder looked to break for Inter from deep inside their own half.
62'
A. Ranocchia enters the game and replaces Cédric Soares.
The home side make their first change of the game as Cedric is replaced by Ranocchia.
59'
J. de Guzmán enters the game and replaces M. Gaćinović.
Frankfurt are forced into their first change of the match following that injury to Gacinovic. The Serbian midfielder is replaced by De Guzman. It remains 1-0.
57'
S. Haller gets yellow.
Haller goes into the book after going in late on De Vrij deep inside the Inter half. Free-kick to the hosts.
52'
Borja Valero gets yellow.
Valero is shown a yellow card after sliding in from behind and cynically bringing Jovic to the ground on the halfway line as the Serbian looked to break. The Spaniard has no complaints with that decision.
51'
Candreva drifts inside from the right before seeing his effort from the edge of the box blocked by Ndicka.
47'
Keita receives the ball in the centre of the park before being clattered to the ground from behind by Rode. Inter win a free-kick.
46'
We are back underway! Frankfurt get the second half kicked off.
45' +1
HALF TIME: INTER 0-1 EINTRACHT FRANKFURT
45'
There will be one added minute at the end of the first half.
Kostic brings down Candreva on the right wing and Inter win a free-kick. The Italian whips the delivery into the box and after taking numerous ricochets, Frankfurt eventually hook the ball to safety.
44'
Perisic creates space down the left side of the penalty after being found by Cedric, but the Croatian’s effort deflects up off the boot of Hinteregger and Trapp easily claims it.
43'
Valero attempts to turn away from Gacinovic on the halfway line, but the Frankfurt midfielder clips the Spaniard and Inter win a free-kick.
41'
Jovic is played in on the edge of the Inter penalty area by Gacinovic, but his curling right-footed strike goes well over the top of the bar.
37'
Following a corner to the left which is won off Da Costa, the ball eventually comes back out to Politano who wins another corner off Hinteregger. Once again, however, the delivery is poor and Frankfurt are easily able to clear their lines.
35'
Willems picks the loose ball up a few yards outside of his own penalty and looks to send a searching pass in behind the Inter defence for Haller to chase. The pass is overhit and Handanovic easily claims the ball.
34'
The visitors are doing a wonderful job of pressing Inter at every possible opportunity which is forcing the hosts to hit the ball long more often than they would like. Inter do manage to break out and D’Ambrosio finds space down the right but his cross into the area is steered to safety by Ndicka.
32'
Following Kostic’s cross from the left, Da Costa clatters Cedric from behind and Inter win a free-kick on the edge of their own penalty area.
30'
After winning a corner to the right off Hasebe, Perisic swings the ball in towards the near post which Vecino is able to meet, but he fails to get enough on the ball and Inter win another corner off Jovic. The resulting corner is easily cleared to safety by the away side.
28'
Candreva gets the better of Kostic down the right-hand side, but the Italian’s delivery into the box is easily dealt with by Ndicka.
25'
Inter work the play forward very quickly as the ball gets spread over to the right for Candreva by Politano. The Italian goes for goal from 30 yards out despite better options to his left, and his right-footed shot sails wide to the left of Trapp’s goal.
23'
Frankfurt are starting to enjoy their best spell of possession as they patiently look for another opening. Keita attempts to win the ball back for Inter on the halfway line, but in doing so impedes Hasebe and gives away a free-kick.
20'
D. D'Ambrosio gets yellow.
D’Ambrosio picks up the first yellow card of the match after going over the top of ball and catching Gacinovic rather later. He cannot have too many complaints with that one.
Willems once again tries his luck on the edge of the area after being found by Jovic, but his audacious effort sails over the bar.
19'
The game has calmed down a little following a rather frantic start to proceedings. Inter are growing into the game as Handanovic looks to send Keita through on goal, but the attacker is flagged for offside after making his run marginally too early.
18'
Candreva is brought down by Rode on the right wing and Inter win a free-kick. Valero floats it into the Frankfurt penalty area, but Hinteregger rises highest to nod the ball to safety.
16'
D’Ambrosio sends Perisic away down the left and the Croatian goes for goal from an acute angle. The Inter winger’s ambitious effort goes high and wide of the near post. Trapp was not troubled by that one.
15'
Following a foul by Vecino on Haller down the left wing, the free-kick is delivered deep into the box before deflecting off both De Vrij and Skriniar and into the path of Handanovic with Haller lurking.
14'
Willems receives the ball from Haller and opts to go for goal from 20 yards out, but his left-footed strike goes wide of the far post.
13'
Da Costa wins a corner down the right off Cedric which is swung in towards the penalty spot, and after failing to clear their lines initially, the ball gets sent behind for another corner by Candreva. The resulting set-piece is headed to safety by Skriniar.
11'
Rode goes in a little too aggressively on Valero and concedes a free-kick just inside the Inter half.
7'
The away side have started very aggressively in the opening exchanges and deservedly lead after seven minutes. Kostic gets sent away down the left wing, but his cross into the box is too close to Handanovic who easily claims it.
5'
L. Jović has scored a goal for Eintracht Frankfurt!
GOAL! Jovic gives Frankfurt the lead! A hopeful long ball forward is missed by De Vrij who makes a real mess of heading the ball back to his goalkeeper and Jovic nips in to take the away from the Inter defender on the right side of the penalty area. Handanovic rushes out to close down the Frankfurt striker, but Jovic calmly lifts the ball over the top of the Inter goalkeeper and into the top left corner. 1-0.
2'
The hosts win an early free-kick deep inside their own half after Politano is caught late by Willems. Inter are comfortably knocking the ball around in the opening minutes of the game.
1'
Kick off! Inter get the game underway.
Hello and welcome to live match coverage of the Europa League round-of-16 second leg clash between Inter and Eintracht Frankfurt at San Siro.
Inter will come into this match full of confidence having secured a 0-0 draw in the reverse fixture several weeks ago. Frankfurt, however, will be optimistic that they can progress after denying their hosts a crucial away goal at Commerzbank-Arena.
INTER (4-2-3-1): Samir Handanovic; Danilo D'Ambrosio, Stefan de Vrij, Milan Skriniar, Cedric Soares; Matias Vecino, Borja Valero; Antonio Candreva, Matteo Politano, Ivan Perisic; Keita Balde Diao.
EINTRACHT FRANKFURT (3-5-2): Kevin Trapp; Martin Hinteregger, Makoto Hasebe, Evan Ndicka; Danny da Costa, Sebastian Rode, Jetro Willems, Mijat Gacinovic, Filip Kostic; Sebastien Haller, Luka Jovic.
INTER SUBS: Daniele Padelli, Andrea Ranocchia, Gabriele Zappa, Marcelo Brozovic, Lorenzo Gaviola, Sebastiano Esposito, Davide Merola.
EINTRACHT FRANKFURT SUBS: Frederik Ronnow, Simon Falette, Taleb Tawatha, Marco Russ, Marc Stendera, Jonathan de Guzman, Goncalo Paciencia.
The home side are yet to taste defeat in the Europa League and emphatically secured a victory in their only home game in the competition after beating Rapid Wien 4-0 in the previous round. Frankfurt, meanwhile, are currently nine games without defeat in Europe this season and have won three of their four away matches.
The teams are out and kick-off will soon be upon us here at San Siro.
Inter have yet to get going in this round-of-16 clash and will need to improve if they are to get back into this game in the second half. The hosts will be hoping that both Perisic and Candreva have better performances after the break following the pair being fairly ineffective in the first half. Frankfurt, however, will look to continue in much the same fashion after the restart. Gacinovic grew into the game as the half wore on and will be instrumental if the away side are to grab another goal in the second half.
After exiting the Europa League following their defeat to Frankfurt, Inter face a derby with AC Milan in their next Serie A fixture as they look to return to winning ways. The visitors, meanwhile, will have to wait until the 15th of March before they find out their quarter-final opponents but do return to domestic action this weekend with a home fixture against Nurnberg.
That brings an end to our coverage of the Europa League round-of-16 first leg clash between Inter and Eintracht Frankfurt at San Siro.Thank you very much for joining us. Goodbye!
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