Big shock this Sunday evening, at the Giuseppe Meazza stadium (Milan), between Inter Milan and Juventus for the 9th day of Serie A. For this Italian derby, Simone Inzaghi lined up his eleven type from the start. sending with Benjamin Pavard and Marcus Thuram in his 3-5-2. Opposite, Thiago Motta remained in his 4-1-4-1 with Pierre Kalulu in central defense and Dušan Vlahović at the forefront of the attack. Khéphren Thuram started the match on the bench.
In an intense first period, the Interists opened the scoring from the penalty spot by Piotr Zieliński (15th, 1-0), after a foul by Danilo on Marcus Thuram. Despite this conceded goal, the Bianconeri did not give up. In six minutes, Juventus turned the match around thanks to Dušan Vlahović’s seventh goal in the league (20th, 1-1) and Timothy Weah (26th, 1-2). Well served by Marcus Thuram, Henrikh Mkhitaryan allowed Inter to get back on track (35th, 2-2) before Zieliński once again deceived Michele Di Gregorio, from the penalty spot (37th, 3-2). After these first 45 minutes of madness full of twists and turns, Inter returned to the locker room with a one-goal lead on the scoreboard.
Kenan Yildiz in “supersub” mode
Upon returning from the locker room, the intensity of the match did not decrease and the two teams went blow for blow. Free from any marking, Denzel Dumfries scored a new goal for Inzaghi’s team (53rd, 4-2). Seeing his team faltering, Thiago Motta decided to bring in Kenan Yildiz in place of Timothy Weah, in the 62nd minute. A profitable change since in 20 minutes, the Turkish international scored a magnificent goal to give hope to Juventus (72nd, 4-3), before scoring a double to allow the two teams to be tied (82nd, 4 -4).
With this spectacular draw, which was not broadcast in France due to a lack of agreement for TV rights, the Nerazzurri leave Napoli, leader, with four points ahead, two weeks before the clash between the two teams. After losing to Stuttgart in the Champions League this week, Juventus narrowly escaped their first defeat in the league and occupies third place in the standings, one point behind their evening opponent.
