Inter, runners-up in Europe last season, again offered a serious and disciplined image that led to their comfortable victory in their visit to promoted Cagliari (0-2). holding hands Lautaro Martínez, became leader and captain, The ‘nerazzurri’ have made it six in total after the first two days and share the Serie A lead with Milan and champions Napoli.
simone inzaghi He informed his players that there will be no repeat of the failures against an a priori affordable rival that prevented him from fighting for the ‘scudetto’ last season.
Lesson learned, Inter started Serie A with a 2-0 defeat at Monza and made the same match Claudio Ranieri’s Cagliari. Two wins with the same ambition from the first minute and the success of a very plugged-in Lautaro Martínez. The ‘Toro’ achieved the double on the first day and tonight he scored the goal that decided the game.
Three goals that keep the Argentine at the top of the list of top scorers Olivier Giroud (Milan) and Victor Osimhen (Naples), the gunners were among the only teams to add six points.
Lautaro, in the post and Thuram assisted Dumfries
Before the end of the first quarter of an hour, Lautaro showed that he was ‘on fire’ with a left-footed volley that deflected off the post. is Marcus Thuram, his partner in attack this season after being incorporated from Borussia M’gladbach, making it 0-1.
The French forward, who was also highlighted as a complement to Lautaro, waited for the check off of Denzel Dumfries to put a good assist that left him an advantage in the area to put a cross shot that missed the goalkeeper Boris Radunovic (20′).
Lautaro did not disappoint
Less than half an hour later, it was Lautaro’s turn thuram again at the source of the play, this time combined from left to Federico Dimarco, to attend Lautaro so with aplomb he defined through the low.
Inter didn’t have many chances but they were very effective and kept their concentration to avoid surprises. Cagliari, with a point to their credit, hardly caused him any problems and allowed him to lift his foot off the accelerator in the second half.
Post avoids 0-3
Inzaghi introduced some new players late in the match and one of them, the recently signed John Squareput a ball that, finished with Hakan Calhanoglu and deflected by Alberto Dossena, hit the post.
In the end, Cagliari got their best chance with a point-blank shot from paulo azzi but Yann Sommerwith almost his only stoppage, he managed to keep his goal unbeaten in these first two days of Serie A.
CAGLIARI
02
INTER
Cagliari: Radunovic; Zappa (Deiola, 85′), Dossena, Obert, Augello; Makoumbou, Sulemana (Shomurodov, 85′); Oristanio (Di Pardo, 46′), Nández, Jankto (Azzi, 60′); Pavoletti (Luvumbo, 35′)
The
Inter: Sommer; Bastoni, DeVrij, Darmian; Dumfries (Cuadrado, 71′), Barella (Frattesi, 71′), Çalahanoglu, Mkhitaryan (Sensi, 82′), Dimarco (Carlos Augusto, 71′); Lautaro Martinez, Marcus Thuram (Arnautovic, 77′)
The
Goals: 0-1 Dumfries (21′), 0-2 Lautaro Martínez (30′)
The
Referee: Michael Fabbri. YELLOW CARD: Luvumbo (81′), Mkhitaryan (81′)
The
Spectators: 16,412 at Unipol Domus
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Source: La Verdad
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