Inter starting XI (3-5-2): Sommer, Pavard, Acerbi, Bastoni,
Dumfries (subbed for Darmian), Barella (subbed for Klassen), Calhanoglu (subbed for Asllani), Mkhitaryan, Dimarco (subbed for Carlos Augusto), Thuram (subbed for Sanchez), Lautaro
Bench: Audero, Di Gennaro, Bisseck, De Vrij, Cuadrado, Sarr
Goals: Thuram 62’
Benfica starting XI (4-2-3-1): Trubin, Bah (subbed for Araujo), Otamendi, Morato, Bernat (subbed for Cabral), Joao Neves, Kokcu (subbed for Musa), Di Maria (subbed for Jurasek), Aursnes, Rafa Silva (subbed for Chiquinho), Neres
Bench: Kokubo, Soares, Joao Mario, Florentino, Guedes, Gouveia, Tengstedt
The hosts created 15 chances to Benfica’s five.
Thuram’s goal was a well-taken finish from a tidy cutback by Denzel Dumfries.
The result lifted last season’s beaten finalists level on points with Group D leaders Real Sociedad, who won 2-0 at Salzburg for their first Champions League victory in two decades.
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