Inter 3-4 Club Brugge: Tresoldi hat-trick in a seven-goal thriller
AI-written review based on match data · How we make it
Key numbers
- xG per shot 0.25 v 0.13: Brugge's chances were better
- Sommer made 9 saves as Inter had 12 shots on target
- Tresoldi: five shots, three goals
Seven goals, and a lead that kept growing
Inter lost 3-4 at home, but the scoreline hides how often the match turned. Club Brugge went ahead from the penalty spot, Lautaro Martínez levelled before the break, and the visitors then pulled two clear after the hour. It was 1-1 at the interval. Inter kept chasing deep into stoppage time without finding the equaliser.
Inter had the volume, Brugge the quality
Inter's xG per shot matched their average across seven matches this season, so the sheer number of attempts did not mean better chances. Club Brugge took almost all their shots inside the box and came out ahead on quality. Their xG was 4.43 against Inter's 4.01 despite far fewer attempts. Possession, too, was below Inter's season average.
Sommer stood firm as the shots piled up
Inter's 12 shots on target were well above their 7.1 season average. Yann Sommer answered with nine saves, which kept Club Brugge in front for long stretches. Lautaro Martínez, one of the players brought into a reshuffled starting XI, took more shots than anyone on the pitch but found the net only twice.
Tresoldi's second goal broke the deadlock
Tresoldi's second goal, in the 63rd minute, broke a level match. It was worth +0.9 FN xPts to Club Brugge and −0.9 to Inter, the largest combined change of any moment. Inter kept answering, but Romeo Vermant, set up by Carlos Forbs after coming on as a substitute, restored the two-goal cushion.
FN MOM
Highest FN Score · our own pick by a published formula, not the official Player of the Match
Lautaro Martínez 8.9Dominant
Twelve shots, four fouls won and two goals made him the focal point of Inter's attack.
Attack was where the FN MOM earned his marks: five of his shots were on target and two went in, the first levelling the match in the 44th minute and the second cutting the deficit to 2-3 in the 81st. He also made four blocks and won five of seven duels. Inter's defeat still cost him points.
Game state
0-11-11-21-32-32-43-4
Inter ahead 0 min · level 49 min · Club Brugge KV ahead 41 min
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist. The value next to a team code is what the same moment did to the other side's expected points; the decisive moment is the one with the largest combined change for both teams.
30'
Nicolò Tresoldi
Pen goal · INT −0.6
+0.5
44'
Lautaro Martínez
Goal · scorer +0.5 · assist Federico Dimarco +0.2 · BRU −0.6
+0.7
63'
Nicolò Tresoldi
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Carlos Forbs +0.3 · INT −0.9
+0.9
74'
Nicolò Tresoldi
Goal · INT −0.6
+0.8
81'
Lautaro Martínez
Goal · BRU −0.7
+0.4
87'
Romeo Vermant
Goal · scorer +0.3 · assist Carlos Forbs +0.2 · INT −0.3
+0.5
90+3'
Ange-Yoan Bonny
Goal · assist Aleksandar Stanković · BRU −0.2
+0.1
Inter
Expected (last two seasons) 2.5Own moments +1.2Opponent moments −2.4Time effect −1.3→ League points won 0
Club Brugge KV
Expected (no record yet, starting estimate) 0.4Own moments +2.7Opponent moments −1.5Time effect +1.4→ League points won 3
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
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Match stats
InterClub Brugge KV
4.01Expected goals (xG)4.43
Compared with usual
Inter
7 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 3 | 2.7 | |
| Conceded | 4 | 1.4 | |
| xG | 4.01 | 2.8 | |
| xG against | 4.43 | 1.2 | |
| Shots | 30 | 22.3 | |
| On target | 12 | 7.1 | |
| Shots faced | 18 | 11.7 | |
| xG per shot | 0.13 | 0.13 | |
| Possession | 53% | 62.6% | |
| Passes | 533 | 614 | |
| Corners | 4 | 6.4 | |
| Fouls | 6 | 8 | |
Timeline
- 27'
Yellow
Jorne Spileers
- 29'
Yellow
Hakan Çalhanoğlu
- 30'
Goal
Nicolò Tresoldi (pen) competition goal #2
- 39'
Yellow
Manuel Akanji
- 44'
Goal
Lautaro Martínez competition goal #1 assist Federico Dimarco
- 61'
Sub
Jorne Spileers → Lee Han-Beom
- 61'
Sub
Hugo Vetlesen → Félix Lemaréchal
- 63'
Goal
Nicolò Tresoldi competition goal #3 assist Carlos Forbs
- 67'
Sub
Hakan Çalhanoğlu → Petar Sučić
- 67'
Sub
Marcus Thuram → Francesco Pio Esposito
- 70'
Yellow
Jan Virgili
- 72'
Sub
Kyriani Sabbe → Hugo Siquet
- 72'
Yellow
Lee Han-Beom
- 74'
Goal
Nicolò Tresoldi competition goal #4
- 78'
Sub
Nicolò Barella → Ange-Yoan Bonny
- 78'
Sub
Federico Dimarco → Djed Spence
- 81'
Goal
Lautaro Martínez competition goal #2
- 81'
Yellow
Ivan Leko (coaching staff)
- 83'
Sub
Nicolò Tresoldi → Romeo Vermant
- 83'
Sub
Jan Virgili → Mamadou Diakhon
- 87'
Goal
Romeo Vermant competition goal #1 assist Carlos Forbs
- 88'
Sub
Piotr Zieliński → Aleksandar Stanković
- 90+3'
Goal
Ange-Yoan Bonny competition goal #1 assist Aleksandar Stanković
- 90+6'
Yellow
Félix Lemaréchal
Category leaders
- Key passesFederico Dimarco6
- Duels wonFreddie Potts7/9
- DribblesNicolò Barella4/5
- Defensive actionsFreddie Potts5
- ShotsLautaro Martínez12 (on target 5)
- Fouls wonLautaro Martínez4
#Inter#Club Brugge#Champions League#Nicolò Tresoldi#Lautaro Martínez
This review was written by AI from match data (API-Football). FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.