Inter 3-4 Club Brugge: result and report

Report

Club Brugge won 4-3 away at Inter, and the match turned the expected script upside down. Inter were expected to win at home and created enough chances to do it. Club Brugge still won because they finished far better at the moments that decided the game.

How the goals came

Nicolò Tresoldi opened the scoring from the penalty spot on 30 minutes, though Lautaro Martínez levelled just before half-time from Federico Dimarco's pass. The second half then belonged to Tresoldi. He restored the lead on 63 minutes and made it 3-1 on 74, with Carlos Forbs setting up both goals.

Inter kept coming back but never got level again. Martínez pulled one back on 81 minutes from Petar Sučić's pass. Romeo Vermant restored the two-goal lead on 87, again from a Forbs assist. Ange-Yoan Bonny scored in the third minute of stoppage time, but it came too late to rescue a point.

Inter: more chances, fewer goals

The scoreline hides how much Inter created. They finished with 4.39 xG to Club Brugge's 3.39, took 20 shots to 11 and put 12 on target to eight. Yet they missed five big chances, while Club Brugge missed two. The Club Brugge goalkeeper also made nine saves, so poor finishing was only part of Inter's problem.

Club Brugge's threat was real

Still, Club Brugge did not simply survive this game. They created six big chances, hit the woodwork twice and led on dangerous attacks, 57 to 49. Tresoldi's hat-trick earned him the player of the match award, while Forbs set up three goals. Because so much of their best work came through that pair, the second half swung their way.