Jean Canesse, Media365, published on Saturday November 23, 2024 at 5:30 p.m.
24 hours before the clash between Naples and AS Roma, Inter Milan took the lead in Serie A this Saturday, winning very clearly on the pitch of Hellas Verona (0-5). Marcus Thuram scored twice.
Failing to have been able to dominate Naples (1-1), just before the international break, and thus take the reins of Serie A, Inter Milan succeeded this Saturday… with one more match. Very clearly victorious on the pitch of Hellas Verona (0-5), the Milanese club took two points ahead of Napoli, who will host AS Roma (12th) late Sunday afternoon. While waiting to know whether Simone Inzaghi's squad will once again have to cede first place to Antonio Conte's, it is indeed an eighth championship match without defeat (six wins, two draws) that they have been able to validate.
Hellas, thirteenth last season and currently fourteenth, was unable to resist the defending champion, who spent five in Veneto this Saturday. Without Hakan Calhanoglu, spared, without Lautaro Martinez, ill, without Federico Di Marco, Denzel Dumfries or Benjamin Pavard, left the entire match on the bench, the Nerazzurri were first able to count on a former Marseillais to open the scoring. Joaquin Correa, who remained silent all last season with OM, took advantage of a service from Marcus Thuram to lob the opposing goalkeeper and launch his own (0-1, 17th).
Thuram, and new!
A decisive passer, the Blues striker then scored twice in four minutes. Starting each time on the edge of offside, the interior center forward won his two duels with Lorenzo Montipo (0-2, 22nd; 0-3, 25th) to increase his goal counter to nine goals this season, two lengths behind the best fireworks player in the championship, Atalanta player Mateo Retegui (eleven).
Stefan de Vrij (0-4, 31st) then Yann Bisseck (0-5, 41st) then increased the score during a victory which took shape during the first period. A perfect afternoon, or almost (defender Francesco Acerbi was injured at the very start of the match), three days before returning to the Champions League and the RB Leipzig team.
