Football Italia
·23. November 2024
Football Italia
·23. November 2024
Inter are without Lautaro Martinez and Hakan Calhanoglu, so start Marcus Thuram and Joaquin Correa for the trip to Verona.
It kicks off at the Stadio Bentegodi at 14.00 GMT.
The Nerazzurri return from the break for international duty with quite a few problems for coach Simone Inzaghi to deal with.
Calhanoglu irritated his existing thigh issue playing for Turkey and Lautaro Martinez returned home this morning after coming down with flu symptoms, so they are not even on the bench.
Instead, Correa partners Thuram upfront, with Kristjan Asllani and returning Carlos Augusto stepping into the midfield.
Casper Tengstedt of Hellas Verona celebrates during the Italian Serie A soccer match Hellas Verona vs Venezia at Marcantonio Bentegodi stadium in Verona, Italy, 04 October 2024. EPA-EFE/Emanuele Pennnacchio
Verona are a tough team to predict, because they have beaten Napoli here 3-0 and Roma 3-2, but also lost eight games and haven’t drawn any this season.
Ondrej Duda is out for a month with a thigh strain, joining Diego Coppola, Juan Manuel Cruz and Martin Frese on the treatment table.
The good news is the return of Pawel Dawidowicz in defence, with Reda Belahyane in midfield.
Verona: Montipò; Daniliuc, Magnani, Dawidowicz; Tchatchoua, Serdar, Belahyane, Harroui, Bradaric; Tengstedt, Mosquera
Inter: Sommer; Bisseck, Acerbi, Bastoni; Darmian, Barella, Asllani, Mkhitaryan, Carlos Augusto; Correa, M Thuram