Inter Milan Find Another Gear To Dispatch Torino In Second Half Of Serie A Clash

Inter Milan found another gear in the second half to take three points against Torino in yesterday evening’s Serie A clash.

Today’s print edition of Rome-based newspaper Corriere dello Sport, via FCInterNews, hail the Nerazzurri’s ability to show their superiority even in an exceptionally tough away match.

On paper, Inter were certainly the favourites against Torino yesterday.

The form book, the team’s respective positions in the table, and the player quality and wage bill of each team certainly made this the case.

But in reality, it is certainly not as though Inter will have taken three points for granted.

The first half at the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino showed exactly why.

The Granata were able to make things difficult for Inter by denying them time and space on the ball. Particularly towards the end of the half, it was Torino rather than Inter who were getting on the ball in dangerous areas in front of the defense.

Inter Find Another Gear In Second Half Vs Torino

In the second half, though, Inter’s quality showed through.

First of all, the depth on the Nerazzurri’s bench proved to be telling. Coach Simone Inzaghi had the chance to introduce wingbacks like Carlos Augusto and Denzel Dumfries to shake things up.

And then the Nerazzurri’s strikers also made the difference.

First, striker Marcus Thuram found the back of the net.

The Frenchman’s goal was a testament to his technical quality. His control and unerring finish gave Granate keeper Vanja Milinkovic-Savic little chance of getting in the way of the shot.

Then, Lautaro Martinez popped up with Inter’s second.

Of the eleven goals the Nerazzurri captain has scored this season, yesterday’s was just about the easiest. He found himself free and calmly headed home.

But it was the confidence from being in such form in front of goal that allowed the Argentine to make no mistake.

It is those kinds of qualities that Torino are lacking at the moment. The Granata have seemed to lack for individual quality in the final third.

That is exactly what Inter found in the second half, and Torino paid the price.