DBasia.news – Inter Milan, who were two goals behind, managed to turn things around and ended with a 4-2 victory over Torino at the Giuseppe Meazza, Sunday (22/11) pm.
In this match Inter made five changes from the squad that appeared previously. Milan Skriniar, Stefan de Vrij, Darmian, Marcelo Brozovic and Lautaro Martinez were rested and replaced by Danilo D’Ambrosio, Andrea Ranocchia, Achraf Hakimi, Roberto Gagliardini, and Romelu Lukaku to start.
In Torino, coach Marco Giampaolo could not be present to accompany his team as he had to undergo independent isolation at home. Apart from the coach, Torino is also without four players due to COVID-19.
Inter immediately stepped on the pedal when the match started. Three minutes in, Roberto Gagliardini has threatened Torino’s goal. However, the header was successfully blocked. In the same minute Ashley Young attempted a right-footed shot but went wide.
Torino turned to threaten through the experiments of Simone Zaza and Simone Verdi. However, the efforts of the two players were unable to break into Inter’s goal guarded by Samir Handanovic.
Romelu Lukaku and his teammates continued to control the game and set the tempo. However, Torino defended well enough to make it challenging to penetrate.
In the 30th minute, Sanchez created an opportunity. The former Barcelona player fired a right-footed shot but was successfully blocked by the Torino player.
Towards the end of the first half, Inter got a chance through a free kick executed by Nicolo Barella. But Barella’s attempt to break into Torino’s goal was unsuccessful.
Simone Zaza finally broke the deadlock in the second minute of injury time. The 1-0 score lasted until the first half ended.
Entering the second half, Inter and Torino both had difficulty maintaining possession. After about 15 minutes, both sides were without a chance, Torino added an advantage through Cristian Ansaldi’s penalty execution in the 62nd minute. The penalty was given after Young violated Wilfried Singo. Torino ahead by 2-0.
After two minutes, Inter managed to thin the score through Sanchez’s action in front of goal. Torino looked surprised by Sanchez’s goal, a situation that Inter were able to make in the 67th minute equalizer through Lukaku.
With five minutes remaining, Inter took the lead through Lukaku’s penalty. The penalties were given after Hakimi was dropped even though the referee had considered it to be offside. After consultation with VAR, a penalty was finally awarded.
Inter guaranteed three points after Lautaro Martinez found Torino’s net with a quick counter-attack in the 90th minute. The 4-2 score for Inter lasted until the game ended.
This result brought Antonio Conte’s team up to fifth place in the standings with 15 points.