Overview
- Inter beat Como 2-0 at the San Siro on Sunday with Francesco Esposito and Marcus Thuram scoring inside the first 20 minutes.
- The hosts set up in a 3-5-2 that dropped into a compact 5-3-2 on turnovers and used wing-back Djed Spence’s direct runs to start the decisive counters.
- Como finished with roughly 57% possession and 595 passes at 91% accuracy but managed only one shot on target, while Inter produced a higher expected goals total of 1.86.
- Inter’s defence recorded a clean sheet with 12 interceptions and the manager’s late substitutions, including Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Benjamin Pavard, were aimed at protecting the lead.
- Chivu said the win followed a run of nine matches in 27 days and the result highlights a tactical template that could matter for Inter’s title push going into the international break.