Inter Milan coach Cristian Chivu has decided to start Francesco Pio Esposito and Petar Sucic against Pisa as the Nerazzurri continue their demanding schedule in Matchday 22 of the Serie A season.
The official lineups for tonight’s Serie A clash, which kicks off at San Siro on Friday evening at 20:45 CET, have been announced.
Inter return to action only days after their intense Champions League outing against Arsenal.
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Heavy legs remain a concern, especially with the match brought forward due to San Siro hosting the Winter Olympics.
Therefore, Chivu faces another delicate balancing act as he looks to manage fatigue while protecting Inter’s position at the top of the table.
Inter Milan vs Pisa – Pio Esposito Confirmed In Attack
Chivu has once again shown faith in Francesco Pio Esposito.
The young striker comes into the match in strong condition and is ready to lead the line again after his recent performances.
As a result, Esposito starts alongside Lautaro Martinez.
Esposito wins the internal battle with Ange-Yoan Bonny for a place in attack.
The partnership has already paid dividends so far this season, and Chivu hopes for a similar impact tonight.
Inter Milan vs Pisa – Rotation In Defence & Midfield
As expected, Yann Bisseck returns to the starting XI after missing out against Arsenal.
He lines up in a back three alongside Stefan De Vrij and Alessandro Bastoni.
However, energy levels remain under close review. While Lautaro Martinez and Alessandro Bastoni both start, Chivu has alternatives ready if needed.
Federico Dimarco, Marcus Thuram and Ange-Yoan Bonny provide fresh options from the bench.
In midfield, Henrikh Mkhitaryan comes back into the lineup to add control and experience. He joins Piotr Zielinski and Petar Sucic.
The Poland star most likely takes responsibility in the deep-lying playmaker role due to Hakan Calhanoglu’s injury absence. Nicolo Barella is rested.
Meanwhile, Luis Henrique and Carlos Augusto operate on the flanks, offering width and support in both phases. No surprise in goal, Yann Sommer starts.
Inter Milan vs Pisa – Official Starting Lineups: Pio Esposito & Sucic Start
Inter (3-5-2): Sommer; Bisseck, De Vrij, Bastoni; Luis Henrique, Sucic, Zielinski, Mkhitaryan, Carlos Augusto; Esposito, Lautaro.
Bench: Martinez, Di Gennaro, Acerbi, Akanji, Dimarco, Darmian, Cocchi, Bovo, Barella, Frattesi, Diouf, Bonny, Thuram.
Coach: Chivu.
Suspended: no-one.
Injured & unavailable: Palacios, Dumfries, Calhanoglu.
Inter (3-4-2-1): Scuffet; Calabresi, Coppola, Canestrelli; Touré, Marin, Aebischer, Angori; Tramoni, Morea; Meister.
Bench: Semper, Nicolas, Caracciolo, Bozhinov, Mbambi, Højholt, Loyola, Akinsanmiro, Esteves, Leris, Lorran, Piccinini, Buffon, Durosinmi.
Coach: Gilardino.
Suspended: no-one.
Injured & unavailable: Cuadrado, Albiol, Lusuardi, Denoon, Stengs, Vural.
Referee: Marcenaro.
Assistant Referees: Mokhtar and Yoshikawa.
Fourth Official: Ayroldi.
VAR: Gariglio.
Assistant VAR: Massa.
Dimarco absolutely on fire tonight. If his fire persists, the entire stadium might end up burnt down.
Be cheaper than to demolish….just sayin 🙂
As I predicted in the summer, Thuram might end up the 4th striker in hierarchy, i.e. a bench option.
Dima is world class already for years. The idiots who wanted him gone can suck dongs
Bonny so good
And now Bonny scores.. if we did something right this summer it was in attacking department
Damn that was nasty
If we manage to at least get draws vs the big teams, the Scudetto is ours. We are far better at defeating mid- and bottom-table teams than Milan and Napoli.
That’s the kind of finishing we expect from our strikers
great goal from Bonny!!
bonny shot better than thuram
obvious!
Thuram seems to want to score cute goals instead of focusing on the scoring part. He can’t seem to just shoot towards the goal
bONNY GOAL
WOW! What a goal by Bonny
that was one of the best goals I’ve seen from an inter player
Mhiki has lost many balls tonight and had so many wrong passes
mikhi need to leave in the summer
beautiful beautiful inter
Great goal by Dimarco. Man of the match.
Dimarco got his deserved goal. MVP!!!
Dimash!!!!’
We owe him this 3 pts
Dimarco !!!!
Dimarco has been SO good this season. I honestly think it’s been his best season.
Dimarco is just pure class
Dima is godly!!!
GOLAZOOO
again.. thuram shoots was like a kindergarten kid
and he gave the ball to dima, who can shoot a goal
we wasted clear 4 goal opportunity
this is unacceptable
Akinsanmiro >> Asslani
too many wasted opportunities.
this is not good as pisa still make dangerous attack
mikhi always doing useless shot. and thuram underperform
Does anyone remember when was the last time that Thuram shot the ball in full power and not just like some kid from kindergarten?
maybe he utilized the entire of his shooting power at that time.. yes, when in derby.
thuram needs to take more training session to shoot the ball properly LoL
mkhi what was that
Referee has been pretty good and fair all round
I wouldn’t have taken Pio out. He’s been the team’s best striker. Especially with Thuram in terrible form. Lautaro’s name weighed heavily in my decision.
Non avrei tolto Pio. È stato il miglior attaccante della squadra. Soprattutto con Thuram in pessima forma. Il nome di Lautaro ha pesato molto nella mia decisione.
Why not keep Pio on… Lautaro constantly plays 90 minutes.Pio has been fantastic
an entertaining game! but we must more lethal!
in this situation, Inter should not underestimate pisa. with their aggresivity 1-goal margin is not enough!
WTH hapened that first half
a rollercoaster show
This turn around must send a clear message to management and Chivu that the amount of minutes it took for Dimarco to affect the match means something is clearly missing and he can’t go on pretending its ok. The right side is dead and no hope for the player to redeem himself since he’s the one given the most chances out of all new signings yet he consistently underperforms. The experiment of Augusto must continue until Inter get someone else otherwise it is a waste of starting eleven spot for someone who clearly failed to get what the team required of him.
i dont trust henrique and we need new goalkeeper
🙂 anyone else feelin pazza…i’m loving this
We need to secure this win with Napoli and Milan playing hard games for the next 2 weeks where they could drop points. We have to runaway from them. Other than that this game showcases 3 things. Dimarco is our most important player. We NEED a new YOUNG goalkeeper. Henrique hinders the teams overall performance. If Napoli can sell Lang who has had no gametime this season we should be able to sell Henrique. Make it happen and get Palestra
Id just like to point out that Esposito contributed 2 goals and 3 assists in last 8 games , in total 5 goals 8 assists in 28 games.. he is coming along very nice , im hoping he can keep it up
As i’ve said earlier, both Pio and Bonny will push out Thuram from starting lineup before the end of the season.
He also needs to work on his positioning and on defending…more than a lot.
Enrique needs to work on his delivery in the box. We were literally invisible when it came to crossing and the introduction of Di Marco solidified this. Luis is a very good addition but he needs to improve, a lot!!
My God, why are u keep defending his play? There was maybe 1 or 2 games where he wasn’t the worst player on our side. The rest, horrible
Diego i feel you brotha..enough is enough…sacked in the morning 🙂
Because we went through this with Di Marco. We can’t afford to lose a good prospect because he needs to improve. Luis reminds me of young Dani Alves (maybe an exaggeration) when he played for Sevilla. He needs self confidence and guidance and will come good. I truly believe in this young man
It’s not like Luis is a teenager so we have time to wait for him to grow up. He’s 24, in most top clubs that’s age that can show you if the player has what it takes to play for them. Of course not everyone falls under same criterium, but generally it works.
So far he has proven not to be a good addition. You must remember he can dribble and shoot but prefers not to do it. Dumfries is not a good dribbler but how many times he has won penalties by simply being positive and looking for a goal while inside the box. Bisseck is more positive inside the opposition box than Henrique because the guy is too safe and only now started delivery crosses but it’s clear he would prefer to pass it back by just how weak his crosses are
Yeah, there were countless times that Dimarco and Dumfries had a chance when ball went over strikers from opposite sides cross, while Luis is never there to receive that kind of ball
Yes and why I said he needs guidance and confidence. Dumfries or Perisic may be able to remedy those but he will get there.
Also at this point i wish Perisic joins, he knows the team and is a true warrior for half a season he can be awsome
haters in shambles.
There’s a reason why Inter are looking for Henrique replacement. I hope it won’t be too late
He doesn’t need a replacement, just a mentor.
Well maybe its the reason Perisic is coming back. The first thing Henrique should learn from Perisic is that he should be expected to produce goals and assists consistently everything else including defending comes after that. Henrique might actually think he’s doing well because he’s defending decently but it’s his attack stats that needs to be at 100% everytime he steps in the pitch
This is not a school. Fok this boy. He had his chances. I wouldnt hate him for a card. But he’s trash
Absolutely, I agree 100% with him being expected to produce more in attack. His main weakness is his crossing and lack of belief when going forward. He’ll definitely improve but idk if the club or coach have the patience for this to happen.
You’re the only one on this site defending this useless player, rsrs
I was in the minority defending Chivu’s appointment as well, just saying.
Here with you my man. Chris has some ideals he want to impose. But to be fair…sometimes we gotta gring…1-0..and take it home…thats a lesson chivu must learn
Forza Inter
You’re also in the minority asking for Pio to be loaned out
This is what happens when you have 11 vs 11. Let this be the last time Chivu plays Henrique, who has no place in this squad. Looking forward to 37 year old Perisic doing more on that right side.
Pio Esposito has a lot of potential. Chivu made good substitutions, taking off the weak L Henrique, which is the same as playing with one less player.
This is some entertaining game thats for sure haha
But i was for real cheering white team for a min there as i didnt think we would have such ugly jersy , our kit is that bad imo
I said no Dimarco no attack…
Kudos to chivu for making the change
Now do NOT F this up
Dima is magic bro
Pio can hopefully be better than prime Lukaku
Well…got the physique to get there
Everything is coming from the left side. I love it. Competent crossers for the win!!
That was monster mentality. Like Pisa would be devastated by this scoreline
Wow!!!!
that’s it!
come back!!
THATS WHY HE SHOULDNT BE LOANED OUT THO LETS GO PIO
pisa play very physically, plus the bad weather, very challenging to test inter (and chivu) mentality.
I think Pio has had a great debut season so far and i will never be in the crowd to loan him to a lowly serie a team that won’t progress his growth… but he needs to stop going to ground so easily. He always falls.
hope the pio experiment will path the way for future Inter youth players to be given more chance in the first team.
i think we have one of better, if not the best youth academy. we should be grooming more enthu and hungry players from our u19/u23, not players who seems to be on their last pay cheque
sometimes Inter should win from this kind of situation. good for mentality.
CHIVU THIS IS ON YOU AND YOU DESERVE MAJORITY OF THE PRAISE!!!
FORZA INTERR
DiMarco makes the difference again! Wish we had someone on opposite flank who was as great…Great comeback
So crucial to have very good wingbacks in this system. You can’t sacrifice that position for anything.
Carlos isn’t wb anymore, he transitioned to be Basto’s replacement.
Was talking about Dimarco’s introduction. With how things stand, Perisic at 37 will be an upgrade on the right side.
Yeah, i know, just saying that Dimarco doesn’t have a proper substitute that can give him some rest time
Right on.
Whoever was calling for Dima’s sale go seal yourself in a hole somewhere please
Amen brother!!!
Masterclass by Chivu with that substitution
2-2 lautaro!
this game is very interesting!
That’s inter mentality
At last. Inter didn’t need to make it that hard Lol
Just like that!!! Di Marco!
NOW THATS SOME GOOD MENTALITY!!!
Good man, full power penalty, not soft like in super cup
And another thing, it’s about time Nike left. They’ve been making a mockery of the club’s uniforms for years. I don’t know how Inter’s shirt department approved this abomination.
Looks like a local middle school art project.
zielinski!
let’s go! score more!
Let’s go, dimarco changed the game just like that.
He is half of the attack in this team.
pisa play very intensely and sometimes look overreacted. they can get fatigue immediately
i mean i get the change… but carlos is abysmal on the right… id rather bisseck move to the rwb role and carlos move to CB
No!!!
big balls energy from Chivu there!!
an Italian coach would never
inter obviously underestimate pisa.
with should play intelligently, a big team always have a way out and win at the end.
only midfielder i liked all game is Sucic. Zielinksi is going back to his roots and it’s cuz he’s not meant to be in the middle. we don’t have a proper balance back up.
this team is joke , same as this clown outfit, same like comment section in this site
i suggest you to turn off your tv, no need to comment here
I love the internet. it preserves idiotic comments in history. like yours.
great start of the weekend to all your fans! I will not waste my time anymore this season, not because I am not fan, because I am tired to be lied! 30mlns remained unused in the summer and Moratta said we will use them in the winter, well where are the money mister? this team is dead! gk sucks, defence sucks, midfield is not creative…
We all wonder what happened with that money
you think it went into someone’s private pocket? really? what are you even suggesting?
it’s incredibly frustrating
the better Inter plays the more Marotta gets convinced that what we have is already good enough
They’ve idolized Marotta too much. He’s been making mistakes for at least two seasons. Bad signings, most of them at zero cost. It’s time for him to leave, but it will be difficult. He’s calling the shots at the club.
The team already started losing when they took the field in that awful uniform. I’m not surprised. Inter de Chivu had only been winning against weak Italian teams, and often playing badly. Today, I don’t think even that will happen.
When you’re wearing such a shit kit, no wonder you play like this.
Make a change for the love of god!!!
Mikhi, Sucic & zielinski are invisible
get lost paulo
Half of the squad need to get boot in the asss over summer. This is joke
Free header… Let’s see what these geniuses do.
what is this team doing ?
This is a terrible mistake…he was totally unmarked.
please sommer, just leave
bisseck will be better as rwb than henrique
Just joined in and noticed this atrocious kit. What are they even wearing and how is it remotely Inter like?
Oh my god bisseck just did an ankara messi
Once again no barella and no Dimarco – absolutely no impetuous attacking wise.
No plan, slow, sideways hoping for brilliance
I don’t blame chivu yet…
But Mikhi is like playing with 9 men.
100% agree with you.
But, when Barella is playing, some people here want him out of the club – at least this season some of the (maybe) fans here just want him sold.
He’s pace and quality. We lack both. Sure this has not been his best season so far, but no (real) interista want Barella out of the club wtf
I know and I totally agree
Fucking hell, of all the players in the game De Vrij has to shoot inside 20m
Never want to see Sommer wear the inter kit ever again
Great assist…
You’ll all blame sommer, but wtf is Mikhi doing…
Stop playing it back all the time ffs
leave my club sommer. Chivu is to blame for starting this fraud over and over again
I truly pray we lose to Dortmund
I don’t want us wasting energy on something out of our reach
plus Conte is already doing so
I believe we should prioritise the league
channel your negativity elsewhere man.
no true fans wishes for their club to lose.
if you hate inter, find another team to cheer for.
don’t be too sensitive
if we focus solely on serie a i believe fully we will win it….
I agree. Focus only on Serie A. I will say it more time again.
this kit is absolutely atrocious lmao
It ended up looking like a training shirt, lol. Nike is now obsessed with this orange color in their alternate kits, which has nothing to do with Inter.
I’m gonna say this now well in advance…
Just win the damn game, actually try and attack.
We should be too much for them don’t keep playing sideways backwards and allow them to get comfortable.
Get the points, sit back and hope the rest take points off each other this weekend.
Come on boys!!! FORZA!!