Darmian To Start & Skriniar To Be On Bench In Porto Vs Inter Milan Champions League Clash, Italian Media Report

LUGANO, SWITZERLAND - JULY 12: Matteo Darmian of FC Internazionale in action during Pre-season Friendly between FC Lugano v FC Internazionale at Cornaredo Stadium on July 12, 2022 in Lugano, Switzerland. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)

Matteo Darmian is set to start on the right of the back three for Inter in tomorrow evening’s Champions League round of sixteen second leg away to Porto, whilst Milan Skriniar will be on the bench from the start.

This according to Italian news outlet FCInterNews, who report that Darmian will start in defense with Denzel Dumfries starting at right-wingback, whilst Edin Dzeko is set to start ahead of Romelu Lukaku in attack.

Skriniar looks set to be fit enough to be called up for tomorrow evening’s match, after having missed out on Inter’s past three Serie A matches through a back injury.

However, the Slovakian will not be quite ready to start the match, and so it will once again be Darmian who lines up on the right side of the back three.

Meanwhile, FCInterNews, that in terms of which striker will start alongside Lautaro Martinez, Dzeko is definitely ahead of Lukaku.