In addition to Lautaro, both Marcus and Hakan have scored at least 10 goals this season: only Manchester City and Real Madrid boast such a trio.
You look at the details and think that Inter’s attacking department could be more complete, especially in the second lines. However, when you broaden the perspective, you realize that this doesn’t actually create any problems for the team because the rest of the squad compensates for the gap. In fact, they even score additional goals in the many victories they achieve against opponents every other game. Inter has already won 13 matches this season (out of 28 played) with at least a two-goal margin, and as of yesterday, they share this statistic only with Europe’s biggest football powerhouses.
Thanks to Marcus Thuram‘s tap-in that opened the Italian Supercup semifinal against Lazio in Riyadh, Inter now boasts three players with double-digit goals this season (Players that have scored 10+ goals in all competitions). The Frenchman has reached 10 goals, on the other hand Hakan Calhanoglu, a few minutes later, rose to 11 with his ninth penalty kick of the 2023-2024 season, and Lautaro Martinez was stopped by the crossbar from his 21st goal in an outstanding campaign so far.
In elite football, only Manchester City and Real Madrid have three players with at least 10 goals: Erling Haaland (19), Julian Alvarez (13), and Phil Foden (11) on one side, and Jude Bellingham (17), Rodrygo (12), and Joselu (10) on the other.
