Marcus Thuram made his mark in the Champions League to help Inter Milan get its campaign up-and-running with a 1-0 win over Benfica on Tuesday.
2023/2024 UEFA Champions League
1-0
Thuram scored in the 62nd minute for his first goal in the competition for the Nerazzurri. He has two goals and six assists in Serie A in a fantastic start at Inter for the 26-year-old player, who is the son of former Parma and Juventus defender Lilian Thuram.
The goal came shortly after Inter’s top scorer Lautaro Martínez hit the woodwork twice in the space of six minutes.
The result lifted Inter — last season’s runner-up — level on points with Group D leader Real Sociedad, which won 2-0 at Salzburg. Benfica was bottom with zero points from two matches.
Line-ups
Inter XI: Sommer, Mkhitaryan, Acerbi, Calhanoglu, Dimarco, Barella, Thuram, Dumfries, Pavard, Lautaro, Bastoni
Subs: Sanchez, Darmian, Cuadrado, De Vrij, Klaassen, Raffaele Di Gennaro, Emil Audero, Yann Bisseck, Carlos Augusto, Kristjan Asllani, A. Sarr
Benfica XI: Di Maria, Otamendi, Bernat, Fredrik Aursnes, Rafa, Neres, Alexander Bah, Orkun Kökcü, Anatoliy Trubin, Morato, João Neves
Subs: Mario, Guedes, Chiquinho, Arthur Cabral, Florentino, Petar Musa, Leo Kokubo, Casper Tengstedt, Tiago Gouveia, David Jurásek, Samuel Soares, Tomás Araújo