Marcus Thuram’s hat trick, Inter beat a ten-man Torino but never tamed
Triplet by Marcus Thuram, Inter beat a ten-man Torino but never tamed
At the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Inter beat Torino 3-2 in the Saturday evening match of the seventh day of Serie A. The first chance è for Toro and came on 14’ with Ricci, who right-footed from outside the box forced Sommer to make a flying save. On 19’ però Maripan enters with a hammered foot on Thuram and referee Marcenaro initially cautions him but then, with the help of VAR, rightly expels him.
On 22’ Frattesi puts out by a notch a cross from the left by Dimarco even though he claims the’corner. At 25’ the advantage of the champions of Italy:the usual Dimarco crosses from the left and Thuram jumps undisturbed with his header and scores, leaving Milinkovic-Savic motionless. Again Thuram at 28’ on the development of a corner sends a left-footed shot on the outside of the net.
At 35’ double almost in photocopy of the Frenchman who on a crross from the left of Acerbi slips a header but this time on the left of Milinkovic-Savic instead of on the right. But after 60 seconds a distraction of the Nerazzurri defense allows Gineitis to serve Zapata who with a right-footed shot chills Sommer and shortens the distance. In the 40’ Dimarco served by Thuram came in front of Milinkovic-Savic but saw his left repelled.
Resume. At 50’ Lautaro d favorable position in the area gets a shot that seemed a sure shot deflected into the corner. Again the Argentine at 55’ this time with a header on Pavard’s cross, he puts it on the bottom. A minute later Calhanoglu sends a right-footed shot from outside the area just high. At 60’ Thuram’s hat trick: Bastoni’s cross from the left, Lautaro smashes in a header, Milinkovic-Savic repels where there’è Thuram, who hitting poorly, scores the classic gollonzo.
On 75’ on yet another corner for the Nerazzurri Dimarco volleyed badly, rebound where there’è Acerbi who sent high from a good position. At’80’ Zapata gets injured and for the Colombian striker a serious knee injury is feared. At’85’ Masina inserts himself in the Nerazzurri area, Calhanoglu knocks him down: a clear penalty that Vlasic transforms. In the middle of the recovery double save by Milinkovic-Savic, first on Zielinski and then on Taremi.
After six minutes of recovery ends 3-2 for Inter in a match that took the direction of the Nerazzurri after Maripan’s expulsion, the Italian champions, despite numerous distractions that are characterizing their season and also today’s match take the three points and bring themselves back to two lengths from Napoli in the lead.
