Serie A | Inter 5-0 Torino: Thuram double in commanding Manita

Marcus Thuram’s header into the ground bounced over within 44 seconds and Inter took the lead from a set play routine, when Alessandro Bastoni peeled away from his marker for a glancing header at the near post on Barella’s corner kick.

The second goal was from open play, as Henrikh Mkhitaryan battled in a crowd on the edge of the area, then Sucic immediately threaded through to send Thuram down the right, scoring with a precise angled drive. He waved up to the stands, where his father Lilian and brother Khephren were seated.

Sucic impressed on his Serie A debut, testing Franco Israel from the edge of the area, but the Torino goalkeeper had to make two big saves on the stroke of half-time. First he flew to palm a Francesco Acerbi header out from under the crossbar on a corner, then parried another Sucic scorcher.

After the restart, Thuram’s curler was inches wide and Simeone failed to make the most of a Cesare Casadei cross when turning off target.

Instead, Lautaro Martinez pounced when Gvidas Gineitis made a weak pass to his own goalkeeper playing out from the back, turning into the empty net.

Israel continued to make saves on Benjamin Pavard at the back post from another corner, though Pavard was lucky to get away with an error when debutant Zakaria Aboukhlal fired straight at Yann Sommer.

Moments later, Inter added a fourth with Thuram’s towering header on the Bastoni cross from the left, nodding it back across the goalkeeper.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan hit the side-netting from a Bonny through ball, but Torino gifted a fifth goal with some suicidal defending. Once again, their attempts to play out from the back were intercepted, allowing Bonny to sweep home from 12 yards a few minutes into his debut.

Inter 5-0 Torino

Bastoni 18 (I), Thuram 36, 62 (I), Lautaro Martinez 52 (I), Bonny 72 (I)

25-08-2025 19:45 MatchDay 1 San Siro Stadium (Stadio Giuseppe Meazza)

Inter

Torino 5 - 0

Player statistic

1st half

Alessandro Bastoni (Assist: Nicolò Barella)		18'
Marcus Thuram (Assist: Petar Sucic)		36'

2nd half

Lautaro Martínez		52'
Marcus Thuram (Assist: Alessandro Bastoni)		62'
Ange-Yoan Bonny (Assist: Lautaro Martínez)

72'    

Match statistic

60 Possession % 40 20 Total shots 12 9 Shots on target 4 8 Shots off target 3 3 Blocked shots 5 6 Corners 5 4 Offsides 1 14 Fouls 6 Inter Torino

Starting lineups

1

Yann Sommer Goalkeeper 95

Alessandro Bastoni Defender 86' 5

Benjamin Pavard Defender 32

Federico Dimarco Defender 66' 15

Francesco Acerbi Defender 8 Petar Sucic Defender 2

Denzel Dumfries Midfielder 22

Henrikh Mkhitaryan Midfielder 79' 23

Nicolò Barella Midfielder 10

Lautaro Martínez Attacker 79' 9

Marcus Thuram Attacker 67' 81 Franco Israel Goalkeeper 5

Adam Masina Defender 34

Cristiano Biraghi Defender 23 Saúl Coco Defender 20

Valentino Lazaro Defender 79' 22

Cesare Casadei Midfielder 6 Emirhan Ilkhan Midfielder 58' 66 Gvidas Gineitis Midfielder 10

Nikola Vlasic Midfielder 58' 26

Cyril Ngonge Attacker 80' 18

Giovanni Simeone Attacker

64'

Substitutes

16 Davide Frattesi Midfielder 36

Matteo Darmian Defender 6

Stefan de Vrij Defender 13 Josep Martínez Goalkeeper 12 Raffaele Di Gennaro Goalkeeper 31 Yann Bisseck Defender 42 Tomas Palacios Defender 30

Carlos Augusto Midfielder 66' 14 Ange-Yoan Bonny Defender 67' 7

Piotr Zielinski Midfielder 79' 17 Andy Diouf Attacker 79' 11 Luis Henrique Attacker 86' 91

Duván Zapata Attacker 8

Ivan Ilić Midfielder 1 Alberto Paleari Goalkeeper 13

Guillermo Maripán Defender 21 Ali Dembélé Defender 71 Mihai Popa Goalkeeper 80 Côme Bianay Balcot Defender 92 Alieu Njie Attacker 83

Sergiu Perciun Midfielder 61

Adrien Tameze Midfielder 58' 7

Zakaria Aboukhlal Midfielder 58' 19

Ché Adams Attacker 64' 14

Tino Anjorin Midfielder 79' 16

Marcus Pedersen Defender

80'