Official Starting Lineups – Man City Vs Inter Milan: Lautaro Martinez Benched, Mehdi Taremi Starts | OneFootball

Inter Milan coach Simone Inzaghi has decided to bench captain Lautaro Martinez and start Mehdi Taremi in his place against Man City. This evening’s Champions League opener kicks off at 21.00 CET.

Today, Inter begin their Champions League campaign.

The first “league phase” match for the Nerazzurri is a hugely dautning one – away to Manchester City.

And Nerazzurri coach Simone Inzaghi has made one bold selection decision.

Inter captain Lautaro Martinez has not been at his best since the start of the campaign.

Therefore, Inzaghi has decided to leave his captain on the bench. Instead, the Inter coach has started summer signing Mehdi Taremi in attack.

Elsewhere, Yann Sommer starts in goal.

Then, in defense it is a complete overhaul from the team that started on Sunday against Monza.

Therefore, all of Alessandro Bastoni, Francesco Acerbi, and Yann Bisseck start.

Piotr Zielinski Gets The Nod In Midfield

Meanwhile, on the flanks, Inzaghi has made one change.

On the left, firstly, the Inter coach had little choice. Federico Dimarco is out of this evening’s match with a thigh injury – therefore, Carlos Augusto starts.

Then, at right-wingback, Matteo Darmian keeps his place, getting the nod ahead of Denzel Dumfries.

In midfield, meanwhile, there is some big news.

Piotr Zielinski gets his first start for the Nerazzurri, alongside Nicolo Barella and Hakan Calhanoglu.

Therefore, veteran former Roma and Arsenal midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is on the bench.

Lastly, in attack, French international Marcus Thuram keeps his place in the starting eleven.

Meanwhile, the likes of Davide Frattesi and Piotr Zielinski are among the options who could appear from the bench, along with captain Martinez.

Then in terms of injuries, there are Dimarco, Marko Arnautovic, and Canadian international Tajon Buchanan.

Official Starting Lineups: Man City Vs Inter

Man City (4-2-3-1): Ederson; Lewis, Ruben Dias, Akanji, Gvardiol; Rodri, Bernardo Silva, De Bruyne, Grealish, Savinho; Haaland. Substitutes: Ortega, Carson, Stones, Walker, Wilson-Esbrand, Matheus Nunes, Kovacic, McAtee, Gundogan, Foden, Doku. Coach: Guardiola. Suspended: no one. Injured and unavailable: Bobb, Aké.

Inter (3-5-2): Yann Sommer; Yann Bisseck, Francesco Acerbi, Alessandro Bastoni; Matteo Darmian, Nicolo Barella, Hakan Calhanoglu, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Carlos Augusto; Marcus Thuram, Mehdi Taremi. Substitutes: Josep Martinez, Raffaele Di Gennaro, Stefan de Vrij, Benjami Pavard, Denzel Dumfries, Kristjan Asllani, Davide Frattesi, Piotr Zielinski, Lautaro Martinez. Coach: Simone Inzaghi. Suspended: no one. Injured and unavailable: Tajon Buchanan, Federico Dimarco, Marko Arnautovic.

Referee: Nyberg. Assistant referees: Soderkvist and Beigi. Fourth official: Ladeback. VAR: Van Boekel and De Burgos.