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Inter 3-0 Cagliari – Barella Soul Of The Team As Dimarco & Thuram Combine To Break Deadlock

However, before looking ahead, Corriere take time to celebrate the individual who made the difference on the night.

“Barella was the soul of the squad, giving absolutely everything,” the outlet write.

His goal was described as “a more than deserved reward” and his fingerprints were on the opening goal too.

The sequence that broke the game open was a thing of beauty.

The idea originated with Barella, Dimarco perfected it and Thuram converted.

With the Frenchman pressing first “on the accelerator pedal” to open the scoring at the back post.

After a perfectly weighted Dimarco cross that “reversed the duel with Palestra.”

Furthermore, Barella arrived sharpest when Dumfries’s shot was parried, finishing clinically to make it 2-0.

Zielinski then added the third in stoppage time with a spectacular right-footed strike from the edge of the area.

Indeed, a fitting conclusion to an Inter performance that took time to ignite but blazed brightly once it did.