Serie A Inter-Torino 3-2: Triplet by Thuram, goal by Zapata and Vlasic

Journalist

October 5, 2024 (changed at 10.46pm) – SAN SIRO

Marcus Thuram takes the lift, goes up to the third tier and accompanies Inter to second place with a couple of gores and a paw from number nine. It is the first hat-trick with Inter. The second of his career after the three slaps in the German Cup in 2022. When Tikus scores, Inter doesn’t lose: 3-2 against Torino. And he does it all. First he causes Maripan to be sent off, then he scores two similar goals by jumping higher than everyone else and finally he gets the hat trick by stinging Milinkovic with a goal from the front, harpooning the three points that put Inter at -2 from Napoli. The discordant note for Torino is the knee injury of Duvan Zapata, who went off on a stretcher with his hands on his face five minutes from the end. A very heavy knockout.

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In Inzaghi’s backpack there is room for certainties. A divide-and-conquer Calhanoglu, a Dimarco who churns out crosses, the two goals from Thuram, the construction from the left and the offensive verve of Acerbi, the faithful, capable of churning out the assist for Tikus’ second signing. Two notes to show the group in Monday’s second half: the first concerns Bisseck, who started in place of Pavard and was replaced at half-time. He was to blame for Toro’s 2-1 win. The second is Frattesi, who often, when he starts from the beginning, finds himself entangled in that vortex called construction. It often affects him. The former Sassuolo player doesn’t shorten, but immediately throws himself forward, and this forces Inter to build from the left. In short, worth seeing again. And the Bull? He starts off well, tidy, eager to snatch the feat at San Siro and confirm the good things seen in these first six days, but Maripan’s direct red card in the 20th minute – a tight leg on Thuram reviewed by the VAR – forces the disqualified Vanoli (in grandstand) to change the score. Expelled. Curiosity: Zamorano, his compatriot, was in the stands.

marcus

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The first goal is the manifesto of a reasoned construction. One of those automatisms that Inter relies on. In the 25th minute Bastoni collects the ball after a pass from the right and finds Thuram in the middle of the area. The Frenchman jumps between Coco and Pedersen and puts Milinkovic in the corner. First goal. At this point Godinho – Vanoli’s assistant on the bench – sends Masina onto the pitch in place of Adams, but Inter press. Bite. And he constructs the second goal from the left: Dimarco lowers himself, Bastoni invents and Acerbi – as a winger – finds Thuram in the middle. Double. There wasn’t even time to bow your head to take note of what happened before Torino equalized with Zapata, who was good at harpooning a loose ball and stinging Sommer with his left foot. Here the error is Bisseck’s, too light in the disengagement phase. It will cost him to replace.

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my shoes

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Inter respects the script of a team with the extra man: they sink and look for the third goal. The hat-trick was scored by Thuram, the Nerazzurri ace, who did well to collect a short clearance from Milinkovic following a header from Lautaro and go over it from two steps (60′). Special mention for Bastoni, who pushed forward like a winger. Like Acerbi in the first half. His was the decisive cross that triggered the 3-1. The Frenchman comes off due to a small physical problem in the 67th minute – just a bruise – earning applause from the north: “We came all this way to see Thuram score.” He satisfied them: hat-trick. Toro, however, tried to raise its head with the penalty scored by Vlasic for a foul by Calhanoglu on Masina (86′), but lost Zapata to a knee injury. The Colombian got the worst of it after a clash with Acerbi and left the field on a stretcher with his hands on his face. The Inter fans gave him applause of encouragement. Sportsmanship.