Verona 0-5 Inter: Nerazzurri run riot in first half, Thuram nets double

Inter defeated lowly Verona 5-0 on Saturday to go top of Serie A, with all five goals coming in the first half.

Series A 2024/2025

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Match report

The home side could easily have taken the lead through Casper Tengstedt just six minutes in when he hit the post after causing chaos in the penalty area, but Inter came back to life.

Joaquin Correa rattled the crossbar moments later and opened the scoring after 17 minutes, completing a nice team move by chipping Lorenzo Montipo.

After setting up the opener, Marcus Thuram added a quick double; twice in three minutes he took the goalkeeper out of the game with clever play before finding the back of the net.

Substitute Stefan de Vrij fired the fourth ball past Montipo before Yann Bisseck managed to reach the top corner despite initially tripping over the ball in the 41st minute.

The second half was a subdued affair, although Correa almost scored again but instead hit the crossbar for a second time.

Inter surpassed Napoli, which only plays on Sunday, and took first place with 28 points. Verona is 14th with 12 points.

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— Inter (@Inter_en” >@Inter_en) November 23, 2024

Data Debrief: Full throttle in the first half

It was a near-perfect first half from Simone Inzaghi's side, and it gave the manager the chance to rest some key players with a Champions League fixture to come in midweek.

Inter scored five goals in the first half of an away match for only the second time in their history in Serie A – after the 5-1 scoreline against Sampdoria in the first 45 minutes of play in March 1964.

The visitors scored with all five of their shots on target in the first period, comfortably outperforming their 2.79 expected goals (xG).

Correa scored in a Serie A match 756 days after his last goal in the top flight, on October 29, 2022, against Sampdoria, in Meazza. Meanwhile, all three of his away goals came against Verona in Bentegodi.

Setups

Verona

Subs: Lazovic, Faraoni, A. Berardi, Simone Perilli, Grigoris Kastanos, Tomas Suslov, Dani Silva, Faride Alidou, Amin Sarr, Daniele Ghilardi, Yllan Okou, Dailon Rocha Livramento, Alphadjo Cissè, Ayanda Sishuba, Mathis Lambourde

Inter XI: Sommer, Darmian, Mkhitaryan, Acerbi, Correa, Barella, Thuram, Bastoni, Yann Bisseck, Carlos Augusto, Kristjan Asllani

Subs: Arnautovic, De Vrij, Zielinski, M. Taremi, Raffaele Di Gennaro, Dimarco, Dumfries, Pavard, Frattesi, Josep Martínez, Tajon Buchanan, Tomás Palacios