Inter miraculously turned the fate of the match against Napoli, after being down 0-2, winning Saturday night’s Serie A game 3-2, now having 9 points out of 9 possible.
Even though they lived dangerously, Cristi Chivu’s team knew how to settle the match with Allegri’s squad. It all happened through Lautaro Martinez’s brace (56′ and 90+1′), and Marcus Thuram’s goal (82′).
The Romanian coach was praised by the Peninsula press for the changes made, considering that at the 2-2 goal, two freshly introduced players by Chivu combined, with Carlos Augusto providing the assist and Thuram scoring with a header.
"A message for Mourinho and for the entire Real Madrid club. In Inter's three goals, there was a bit of everything: the ability to react, the art of capitalizing on others' mistakes, the usual left flank producing crosses at a fast pace, and the impact of captain Lautaro, scoring his first brace of the season.
Dimarco recorded his first decisive pass for Lautaro – Politano being inattentive to the change of direction – while in Thuram's equalizer with a header, Meret and Badiashile were also involved. The azzurro goalkeeper was caught off guard, while the Frenchman was surpassed by Marcus. Good cross from Carlos Augusto in the opponent's third. All schemes were blown up for the third goal: Lautaro, after a header deflection by Akanji, put it in the net from a scramble, with his left foot. And San Siro shook just like last year," wrote Gazzetta dello Sport after the match.
And Calcio Mercato rated the Romanian with a 7: "If Inter starts winning matches of such difficulty, coming from behind, especially in a direct duel... This year, Chivu's team wants to do things on a large scale and do them well. His Inter is crazy, but as long as they win, there are not many reasons to criticize."
Inter is leading in Serie A, along with AS Roma, the only two teams with 9 points out of 9 so far.
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