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Inter celebrated their Scudetto with yet another victory, though Hakan Calhanoglu only managed to break Torino with a brace after a controversial red card.

The Nerazzurri were crowned Champions of Italy with Monday’s Derby della Madonnina win, so this game was moved to give them time for the open-top bus parade. Federico Dimarco and Francesco Acerbi were carrying knocks, with Denzel Dumfries suspended, while Toro missed Koffi Djidji, Perr Schuurs, Gvidas Gineitis and banned Karol Linetty.

There was another historic moment, as Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi, Francesca Di Monte and Tiziana Trasciatti represented Serie A’s first all-female refereeing team.

See how it unfolded on the Liveblog.

It was a bright start from the Granata, as Yann Sommer’s gloves were stung by Ricardo Rodriguez and Duvan Zapata, while the Colombian striker’s header also skimmed the upright.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan intercepted a wayward pass to send his lob over the bar, while Samuele Ricci and Nikola Vlasic just failed to get their diving headers to a Duvan Zapata cross.

Marcus Thuram accidentally got in the way of a well-placed Hakan Calhanoglu daisy-cutter, but there was a breakthrough when Adrien Tameze was at first booked for bringing down Mkhitaryan just outside the box, then it was changed to a red card following a VAR On-Field Review.

Inter took the lead soon after, as Valentin Lazaro was caught in possession by Nicolò Barella, they moved it quickly from right to left with Lautaro Martinez and Mkhitaryan until the Calhanoglu half-volley from 14 yards using his weaker left foot.

Moments later, Thuram was tripped by Matteo Lovato inside the penalty area for Calhanoglu to convert and double the Nerazzurri’s advantage. The midfielder visibly asked Lautaro Martinez if he wanted to take the spot-kick, but the captain left it to his teammate.

Davide Frattesi fired over from close range on a Lautaro Martinez knockdown and Barella’s strike was straight at Vanja Milinkovic-Savic.

Inter 2-0 Torino

Calhanoglu 56, pen 60 (I)

Sent off: Tameze 49 (T)

28-04-2024 11:30 MatchDay 34 San Siro Stadium (Stadio Giuseppe Meazza)

INT
TOR Live 2 - 0

Player statistic

2nd half
    49'
Adrien Tameze Hakan Calhanoglu (Assist: Henrikh Mkhitaryan)

56'     Hakan Calhanoglu

60'     INT TOR

Starting lineups

1
Yann Sommer Goalkeeper 95
Alessandro Bastoni Defender 71' 28
Benjamin Pavard Defender 36
Matteo Darmian Defender 6
Stefan de Vrij Defender 30
Carlos Augusto Midfielder 20
Hakan Calhanoglu Midfielder 63' 22
Henrikh Mkhitaryan Midfielder 63' 23
Nicolò Barella Midfielder 72' 10
Lautaro Martínez Attacker 9
Marcus Thuram Attacker 63' 32
Alessandro Buongiorno Defender 6 Matteo Lovato Defender 19
Raoul Bellanova Defender 13
Ricardo Rodríguez Defender 72' 20
Valentino Lazaro Defender 63' 61
Adrien Tameze Midfielder 8
Ivan Ilić Midfielder 16
Nikola Vlasic Midfielder 28
Samuele Ricci Midfielder 91
Duván Zapata Attacker

63'

Substitutes

15
Francesco Acerbi Defender 77
Emil Audero Goalkeeper 5
Stefano Sensi Midfielder 7
Juan Cuadrado Defender 32
Federico Dimarco Defender 14
Davy Klaassen Midfielder 12 Raffaele Di Gennaro Goalkeeper 31 Yann Bisseck Defender 21 Kristjan Asllani Midfielder 63' 16 Davide Frattesi Midfielder 63' 70
Alexis Sánchez Attacker 63' 17
Tajon Buchanan Attacker 71' 8
Marko Arnautovic Attacker 72' 11
Pietro Pellegri Attacker 1
Luca Gemello Goalkeeper 21
David Okereke Attacker 71 Mihai Popa Goalkeeper 25 Alessandro Dellavalle Defender 17 Uros Kabic Attacker 79 Zanos Savva Attacker 30
Jonathan Silva Midfielder 9
Antonio Sanabria Attacker 63' 27
Mërgim Vojvoda Defender 63' 5
Adam Masina Defender

72'

This article first appeared on Football Italia and was syndicated with permission.

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