Inter striker Marcus Thuram impressed with three goals in the Nerazzuri’s narrow 3-2 win over devastated Torino. In the final stage, the reigning champions narrowly missed out on their reward.
He scored three times against FC Turin: Marcus Thuram.
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Inter coach Simone Inzaghi made many changes after the 4-0 win over Red Star Belgrade in the league stage and added seven new players to his starting eleven: Bisseck, Acerbi, Darmian, Frattesi, Dimarco, Thuram and Lautaro Martinez in action. by Pavard, de Vrij, Dumfries, Zielinski, Carlos Augusto, Taremi and Arnautovic.
Inzaghi’s colleague, Lino Godinho, who represented the suspended head coach Paolo Vanoli, was in no way inferior to him and put seven new players on the field compared to the 2: 3 against Lazio: returned Milinkovic-Savic between the posts and replaced Paleari. . In addition, Walukiewicz, Maripan, Linetty, Gineitis, Pedersen and Adams started instead of Vojvoda, Masina, Tameze, Ilic, Sosa and Sanabria.
Maripan flies – Thuram nods twice
From the start, the crowd at the San Siro witnessed a dominant Inter team who immediately gained a lot of possession. However, the first opportunity went to the guests: Ricci tested Sommer from a distance, but was unable to overcome the Swiss (14th). Shortly after, Torino defender Maripan did his team a disservice: the Chilean arrived clearly too late against Thuram and caught the Frenchman in the ankle with his studs first – the logical consequence according to VAR consideration was the send-off (20th).
Inter quickly took advantage of their numerical superiority; And the strength of the attacker’s headers was always the main theme, with the former Gladbach striker scoring a brace in the same manner ten minutes later (35′).
Zapata scores the next goal – Thuram for the third
However, the visitors were not at a loss for an answer: the celebration for Thuram’s second goal had not yet died down when Zapata remained stable in the home team’s penalty area and Sommer left no chance to defended with a powerful shot from close range and suddenly the score was only 2:1 (36th). Apparently keen to restore the old distance, the active Dimarco worked his way into the penalty area again in the 41st minute of the match, but some excellent defending from Milinkovic-Savic, left him with no chance until that point, the score went. into the locker room with a score of 2-1.
After a relatively quiet start to the second half compared to the first, the home side tried again to take the lead with two goals. A cross from substitute Pavard found Lautaro Martinez, who put his header near the goal (56′). A little later, Thuram’s goalie hour came for the third time: Again a header from Lautaro Martinez was the starting point, and as a result the Frenchman put the rebound into the net for his third goal (60th).
Zapata has to go off injured – Vlasic scores from the spot
Inter did not let up after the third goal, although they conserved their energy afterwards. Three-point scorer Thuram asked for it a day shortly after his goal and was replaced by Taremi (68th place). The Nerazzuri created further opportunities, and Bastoni almost missed a corner to make it 4-1 (75′).
Substitute Taremi also tried again in the 82nd minute, but was denied by Milinkovic-Savic from a tight angle. Shortly after, in addition to the bad luck for the guests, there was also more bad luck: While trying to walk on a long ball, Zapata accidentally stepped on the San Siro lawn and had to carried off the field on a stretcher due to a leg injury (82′). Suddenly the luck seemed to change as Masina fouled Calhanoglu in the penalty area – Vlasic put the penalty into the net to make it 2-3 (86th).
Inter played down the six minutes of stoppage time with confidence and Taremi almost made it 4-2. However, Milinkovic-Savic prevented that with a strong save (90th + 4). And thanks to Pavard’s save from the oncoming Vlasic shortly before stoppage time expired, the Nerazzuri completed a narrow 3-2 victory over a valiantly battling Torino. The international break is now coming for both teams, after which Inter will face Roma on October 20 (8:45 pm). FC Torino meets Cagliari Calcio a few hours earlier (6 pm).