Inter consolidate top spot in Serie A with emphatic victory over lowly Parma

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/inter/Iw7eKK25/"]Inter[/a] were hoping to pick up where they left off before the international break, going unbeaten in their opening five games, and the Nerazzurri got off to a rapid start and netted twice inside 20 minutes.[/p][p][b]First, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sucic-petar/dMS6iFY2/"]Petar Sucic[/a] opened the scoring as he took advantage of a blunder at the back when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/parma/6DxlaxHN/"]Parma[/a] goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/corvi-edoardo/j33di9cK/"]Edoardo Corvi[/a] passed to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/keita-mandela/UevlGWN5/"]Mandela Keita[/a] on the edge of the box, but the Croatian midfielder won the ball and powered in off the post. [/b][/p][embed guid="920000eb-9555-4632-b9a6-78b87aa81954" url="https://x.com/SerieA_EN/status/2108969907446530185" social-type="twitter" /][p]The hosts doubled their advantage five minutes later after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/diego-carlos/lrFXrN1U/"]Diego Carlos[/a] was penalised for fouling [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/esposito-francesco/dKXxEOKj/"]Pio Esposito[/a] in the box, and following a check with the pitchside monitor, a penalty was awarded.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/calhanoglu-hakan/IRQeP5FJ/"]Hakan Calhanoglu[/a] stepped up to fire his penalty into the bottom-left corner for his third strike in Serie A this season. [/b][/p][p]Cristian Chivu’s men were relentless and netted a third goal on the half-hour with a swift move from defence into attack.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mkhitaryan-henrikh/KKi1DwHC/"]Henrikh Mkhitaryan[/a] sent [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/thuram-marcus/hMMX02Fm/"]Marcus Thuram[/a] through on goal, and the French striker showed great composure to fire across Corvi into the far corner. [/b][/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="64032468-3494-4e45-946c-ba062a7540af" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="c7a3f8f1-ed46-4a94-8338-e549579f1627" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]The Nerazzurri picked up where they left off following the restart and came close to netting a fourth minutes into the second half when Thuram fed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dimarco-federico/W6lypZn3/"]Federico Dimarco[/a] on the overlap and his low drive into the danger area was turned goalward by Esposito but he was denied by the feet of Corvi.[/p][p]Parma threatened in a rare foray forward but Mariano Troilo headed high and wide - summing up the visitors’ poor evening. [/p][embed guid="e01990e6-4ebc-4204-bf75-391de1cbab02" url="https://x.com/Inter_en/status/2108979133661446441" social-type="twitter" /][p]Inter remained in control of the contest as time was running out with little trouble from the away side as Chivu’s men coasted through to secure a fifth win in six league games (D1) while Parma suffered fourth defeat in as many matches (W1, D1).[/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/augusto-carlos/QZQkZOWj/"]Carlos Augusto[/a] ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/inter/Iw7eKK25/"]Inter Milan[/a])[/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/inter-Iw7eKK25/parma-6DxlaxHN/summary/stats/?mid=bqe9R9uh"]Catch up on the match stats with Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]