In the early morning of 23 December, the 19th round of the Serie A began, with defending champions Inter Milan winning 1-0 at home to Turin and continuing to lead the table by four points. Holland international Dumfries scored his only goal in the 30th minute of the first half with an assist from Dzeko, the second consecutive game he scored. The Ashraf stand-in, bought for 12.5 million euros in the summer, has become an Inter thigh-level figure.
In the previous two seasons, Inter have completed doubles against Turin, but Inzaghi Jr. does not dare to take it lightly, after all, AC Milan behind him is only 4 points behind, Lautaro, Vidal and Škriniar rotate, inter continue to sacrifice their familiar 3-5-2 formation. After the opening, Inter took the initiative on the pitch, vidal, Bastoni and Brozovic all had good shooting opportunities, but unfortunately failed to seize them. It wasn't until the 30th minute of the match that Inter counter-attacked, with centre-forward Dzekkola taking the ball and sending a cross, Brozovic cleverly missing a tip at the front post, and Dumfries, who was inserted at the back point, easily pushed the goal and scored the only goal of the game.
In this campaign, Inter had 54% of the ball, 14 shots on goal and 3 shots on target, while the away Turin team also had 12 shots on goal and the same 3 shots, from the course of the game, Inzaghi Jr.'s team still encountered some trouble, and the 1-0 match also contained some luck elements in it. Dumfries, the Dutch international, is naturally the first to do so. In fact, he is also a bonus for Inter this season.
Last season, Inter soared all the way to the final 11 years later to win the Serie A title again, the right wing Ashraf introduced from Real Madrid was very successful, he cut a quasi-double-double of 7 goals and 9 assists in 45 games in all competitions, including 7 goals and 8 assists in 37 Serie A games, which is one of Inter's heroes to win the championship. Unfortunately, this summer, Paris offered 60 million euros to bring him to Ligue 1, and Inter, who lost the big man, then signed Dumfries from Eredivisie giants Eindhoven as a replacement for Ashraf's departure, while the Netherlands international spent only 12.5 million euros.
At the beginning of joining, Dumfries was not favored by too many people, not only because of his value. Compared with the agile and agile Ashraf, the 1.89-meter-tall and 80-kilogram Dunflis is more like a heavy tank, and the technique under his feet is not his strong point, can such a big man really replace Ashraf to prop up inter's wing attack? But now, Dumfries has scored 3 goals and 3 assists in 21 all competitions, including 3 goals and 2 assists from 16 Serie A games, which still makes Inter fans overjoyed.
Dumfries's ability to perform well is first of all directly related to his correct attitude, and when he first arrives, Dumfries's performance can only be considered average, but he is very good at listening to the advice of his teammates and actively making changes to do his best to integrate into the team. And he has always been diligent and diligent in the game, sparing no effort, and is very popular with other Inter players. More importantly, Inter have a well-informed manager, Inzaghi Jr. In response to Dumfries's technical flaws at his feet, he tried to avoid letting him attack with the ball in the game, but instead greatly increased the Dutch flying wing's no-ball running, giving him the opportunity to insert the attack at the back point. With three goals in Serie A this season, Dumfries has almost always scored in this way.
Today, Dumfries has been perfectly integrated into the tactical system of Inzaghi Jr., becoming a heavy tank on the Inter side that can crush the opponent's defenses at any time. The 12.5 million euros really made Inter pick up the treasure.