The Inter Herald
Squad19 Oct 2026
Words at Inter training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Alessandro Bastoni is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Match17 Oct 2026
Still nobody has beaten Inter
The unbeaten run reaches 6. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Francesco Pio Esposito in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Inter this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
Davide Frattesi runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
Ninety minutes of Piotr Zieliński at his very best
Marked 8.25. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Inter.
Match17 Oct 2026
Inter share the spoils with Napoli
A 2‑2 draw with Napoli leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Marcus Thuram has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Inter will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Squad19 Oct 2026
The plan did not have a place for Ivan Provedel
Nobody at Inter is suggesting he is out of form. The manager simply wanted somebody with a different set of qualities for ninety specific minutes, and there is nothing a player can train to fix that.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
Alessandro Bastoni spends the afternoon fouling
Fouls conceded: 5. He was booked, he was fortunate not to be booked twice, and the referee had run out of patience long before the end.
In brief
- Market Mirko Franchi linked with a move away
- Loan watch Siracusa cannot leave Matteo Farronato out