Inter celebrates its second star and at San Siro Simone Inzaghi’s men don’t make mistakes. Another victory in the championship which further widens the gap to second-placed Milan. That was enough to settle the score with Torino Hakan Calhanoglu: man of the match of the match, but also one of the key men of the Inter season, the Turk scored a brace which sealed the final 2-0. And, once again, he scored from the spot.
It’s a law now: when Calha appears from eleven metres, there’s nothing the goalkeeper can do. The Turkish midfielder, with today’s achievement, established a new record in Serie A: 16 consecutive spot hits. A streak that opened in 2020 when he was still wearing the Milan shirt and continued on the opposite bank of the canal. The goal against Torino allowed him to overcome Ibrahimovic: not just any one, especially remembering the past between the two when Hakan moved to Inter. The Swede, between November 2010 and July 2020, had stopped at 15.
Everyone knows: Calhanoglu is an infallible sniper. And even his teammates are aware that when he kicks, the goal is guaranteed. Confidence is so high that today Thuram didn’t even wait to see the outcome of the penalty. Reviewing the images, you can see how the French attacker begins to rejoice even earlier for the teammate to hit the ball. A sign of enviable confidence towards his teammate and surgical precision for the Turk. Everyone standing at San Siro for number 20.
