Internazionale vs Benfica, 2023-24 UEFA Champions League, Group Stage
· UEFA Champions LeagueThuram gives Inter Milan Champions League win over Benfica
Inter Milan beat Benfica 1-0 in their Champions League Group D match at the San Siro on Tuesday thanks to a brilliant goal from Marcus Thuram.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 4': Offside, Inter Milan. Denzel Dumfries tries a through ball, but Henrikh Mkhitaryan is caught offside.
- 5': Foul by Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Inter Milan).
- 5': Ángel Di María (Benfica) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 7': Attempt blocked. Ángel Di María (Benfica) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rafa.
- 8': Foul by Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan).
- 8': Rafa (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 11': Attempt missed. Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan) header from the right side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Hakan Çalhanoglu with a through ball.
- 13': Attempt saved. Fredrik Aursnes (Benfica) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alexander Bah.
- 13': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Yann Sommer.
- 18': Attempt missed. Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Marcus Thuram.
- 21': Delay in match because of an injury Alexander Bah (Benfica).
- 22': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 22': Substitution, Benfica. Tomás Araújo replaces Alexander Bah because of an injury.
- 24': Attempt saved. Hakan Çalhanoglu (Inter Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marcus Thuram.
- 28': Foul by Morato (Benfica).
- 28': Marcus Thuram (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 29': Attempt blocked. Federico Dimarco (Inter Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 34': Foul by Federico Dimarco (Inter Milan).
- 34': Ángel Di María (Benfica) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 35': Foul by João Neves (Benfica).
- 35': Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 36': Offside, Inter Milan. Federico Dimarco tries a through ball, but Francesco Acerbi is caught offside.
- 37': Foul by David Neres (Benfica).
- 37': Francesco Acerbi (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 41': Attempt saved. Juan Bernat (Benfica) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Fredrik Aursnes.
- 43': Attempt saved. Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Hakan Çalhanoglu.
- 43': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Anatolii Trubin.
- 44': Federico Dimarco (Inter Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 44': Foul by Orkun Kökçü (Benfica).
- 45': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
- 45'+1': Offside, Benfica. Orkun Kökçü tries a through ball, but David Neres is caught offside.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, Inter Milan 0, Benfica 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Inter Milan 0, Benfica 0.
- 47': Attempt missed. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Nicolò Barella with a cross.
- 49': Delay in match because of an injury Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan).
- 49': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 51': Attempt blocked. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicolò Barella.
- 51': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Nicolás Otamendi.
- 52': Attempt missed. Federico Dimarco (Inter Milan) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Alessandro Bastoni with a headed pass following a corner.
- 53': Attempt missed. Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Alessandro Bastoni with a cross.
- 55': Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Nicolò Barella.
- 55': Attempt blocked. Marcus Thuram (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 55': Attempt saved. Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 55': Foul by Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan).
- 55': Orkun Kökçü (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 57': Foul by Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan).
- 57': Fredrik Aursnes (Benfica) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 59': Foul by Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan).
- 59': Juan Bernat (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 59': Attempt blocked. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Benjamin Pavard.
- 59': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Tomás Araújo.
- 61': Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) hits the left post with a left footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Marcus Thuram.
- 62': Goal! Inter Milan 1, Benfica 0. Marcus Thuram (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Denzel Dumfries following a fast break.
- 64': Attempt missed. Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Hakan Çalhanoglu.
- 65': Offside, Inter Milan. Henrikh Mkhitaryan tries a through ball, but Federico Dimarco is caught offside.
- 66': David Neres (Benfica) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 66': Foul by Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan).
- 67': Delay in match because of an injury Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan).
- 67': Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 67': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 68': Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card.
- 69': Substitution, Benfica. Chiquinho replaces Rafa.
- 69': Substitution, Benfica. Petar Musa replaces Orkun Kökçü.
- 69': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Francesco Acerbi.
- 70': Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card.
- 70': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Marcus Thuram.
- 72': Foul by Alessandro Bastoni (Inter Milan).
- 72': Ángel Di María (Benfica) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 73': Substitution, Inter Milan. Alexis Sánchez replaces Marcus Thuram.
- 73': Substitution, Inter Milan. Matteo Darmian replaces Denzel Dumfries.
- 73': Attempt blocked. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 74': Attempt saved. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nicolò Barella with a through ball.
- 74': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Morato.
- 76': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by David Neres.
- 78': Offside, Benfica. Fredrik Aursnes tries a through ball, but Ángel Di María is caught offside.
- 79': Delay in match because of an injury Ángel Di María (Benfica).
- 80': Substitution, Benfica. David Jurásek replaces Ángel Di María because of an injury.
- 80': Substitution, Benfica. Arthur Cabral replaces Juan Bernat.
- 80': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 82': Attempt blocked. Chiquinho (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Petar Musa with a headed pass.
- 83': Attempt missed. Arthur Cabral (Benfica) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by David Neres.
- 84': Substitution, Inter Milan. Carlos Augusto replaces Federico Dimarco.
- 84': Substitution, Inter Milan. Kristjan Asllani replaces Hakan Çalhanoglu.
- 84': Alexis Sánchez (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 84': Foul by Morato (Benfica).
- 87': Attempt saved. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
- 87': Foul by Kristjan Asllani (Inter Milan).
- 87': João Neves (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+1': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Chiquinho.
- 90'+2': Substitution, Inter Milan. Davy Klaassen replaces Nicolò Barella.
- 90'+2': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Alessandro Bastoni.
- 90'+3': Attempt saved. João Neves (Benfica) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Fredrik Aursnes with a cross.
- 90'+4': Attempt blocked. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Carlos Augusto.
- 90'+4': Attempt saved. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alexis Sánchez.
- 90'+5': Foul by Kristjan Asllani (Inter Milan).
- 90'+5': João Neves (Benfica) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 90'+5': Kristjan Asllani (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+6': Second Half ends, Inter Milan 1, Benfica 0.
- 0': Match ends, Inter Milan 1, Benfica 0.
Statistics
 BEN |
INT |
|
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Fouls | 10 |
| 0 | Yellow Cards | 4 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 3 |
| 5 | Corner Kicks | 6 |
| 7 | Saves | 3 |
| 53 | Possession | 47 |
| 6 | SHOTS | 21 |
| 3 | ON GOAL | 8 |
| 0.5 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 452 | Accurate Passes | 387 |
| 547 | Passes | 475 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 7 |
| 18 | Crosses | 29 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 41 | Long Balls | 38 |
| 21 | Accurate Long Balls | 15 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 2 | Blocked Shots | 5 |
| 11 | Effective Tackles | 11 |
| 18 | Tackles | 16 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 11 | Interceptions | 9 |
| 28 | Effective Clearances | 10 |
| 28 | Clearances | 10 |
Game Information
Competition: UEFA Champions League
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 66,573
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 66,573
Line-Ups
Internazionale (3-5-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Yann Sommer (GK) |
| 15 | Francesco Acerbi |
| 95 | Alessandro Bastoni |
| 28 | Benjamin Pavard |
| 22 | Henrikh Mkhitaryan |
| 23 | Nicolò Barella  |
| 20 | Hakan Çalhanoglu |
| 32 | Federico Dimarco |
| 2 | Denzel Dumfries |
| 9 | Marcus Thuram |
| 10 | Lautaro Martínez |
Benfica (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Anatoliy Trubin (GK) |
| 5 | Morato |
| 30 | Nicolás Otamendi |
| 14 | Juan Bernat |
| 6 | Alexander Bah |
| 27 | Rafa Silva |
| 10 | Orkun Kökçü |
| 87 | João Neves |
| 7 | David Neres |
| 8 | Fredrik Aursnes |
| 11 | Ángel Di María |
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