Inter Milan vs Benfica 2023-24 UEFA Champions League, Group Stage

Internazionale

62': Marcus Thuram

FT
1 - 0

Benfica

Thuram 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 Commentary

0': First Half begins.
22': Substitution, Benfica. Tomás Araújo replaces Alexander Bah because of an injury.
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.
67': Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
68': Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card.
69': Substitution, Benfica. Chiquinho replaces Rafa.
69': Substitution, Benfica. Petar Musa replaces Orkun Kökçü.
70': Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card.
73': Substitution, Inter Milan. Alexis Sánchez replaces Marcus Thuram.
73': Substitution, Inter Milan. Matteo Darmian replaces Denzel Dumfries.
80': Substitution, Benfica. David Jurásek replaces Ángel Di María because of an injury.
80': Substitution, Benfica. Arthur Cabral replaces Juan Bernat.
84': Substitution, Inter Milan. Carlos Augusto replaces Federico Dimarco.
84': Substitution, Inter Milan. Kristjan Asllani replaces Hakan Çalhanoglu.
90'+2': Substitution, Inter Milan. Davy Klaassen replaces Nicolò Barella.
90'+5': Kristjan Asllani (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Champions League

Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 66,573

UEFA Champions League Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS

Full Table

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

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

Substitutes:

Yann Bisseck, Kristjan Asllani, Emil Audero, Carlos Augusto, Stefan de Vrij, Juan Cuadrado, Davy Klaassen, Raffaele Di Gennaro, Matteo Darmian, Alexis Sánchez, Amadou Sarr.

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

Substitutes:

Arthur Cabral, David Jurásek, Tomás Araújo, Goncalo Guedes, João Mário, Petar Musa, Chiquinho, Samuel Soares, Florentino, Leo Brian Kokubo, Tiago Gouveia, Casper Tengstedt.