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Serie A: Correa marks Inter debut with a brace against Verona

Serie A: Correa marks Inter debut with a brace against Verona

A late double from Joaquin Correa on his Inter Milan debut saw Inter come from behind to beat Hellas Verona 3-1 in Friday’s Serie A clash played at Verona.

Correa, signed from Lazio just a day earlier on Thursday, needed just nine minutes after coming on as a substitute to bury a superb header and send the champions on their way to a second win in two games in this season’s Serie A campaign.

Minutes later, he buried an expert left-foot finish from the edge of the box late in injury time to add gloss to Inter’s victory to give Inter a deservedly 3-1 win.

Joaquin Correa celebrates after scoring on his debut for Inter Milan against Hellas Verona. PHOTO: Courtesy

Lautaro Martinez had earlier canceled out Ivan Ilic’s opener, which came after a poor kick from Inter goalkeeper Samir Handanovic.

Ilic had put the hosts one goal up just 15 minutes after kick-off and Inter went to the break trailing in the match. The second half was a much different performance from the visitors as Lautaro Martinez equalized with only two minutes in the second half.

Verona is now on a 10-match winless run at Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi in the top flight.

Inter started well but gifted the hosts their lead 15 minutes in, Ilic intercepting Handanovic’s pass and lofting the ball over the keeper.

The ball crossed the Verona line six minutes before the break after Lorenzo Montipo fumbled following Hakan Calhanoglu’s header, but the referee penalized Martinez for a foul.

The scores were level barely a minute after the restart, though, Martinez ghosting in unmarked to nod past Montipo from Edin Dzeko’s flick-on.

Inter Milan forward Lautaro Martinez celebrates after scoring the equalizer in the 47th minute. PHOTO: Courtesy

Martinez had a penalty shout waved away before Alessandro Bastoni brought a save out of Montipo as Inter took the ascendancy.

New signing Correa was given a quarter of an hour off the bench to impress replacing Lautaro Martinez in the 74th minute, but it was Dzeko who initially looked likeliest to find a winner, narrowly failing to make good contact from successive deliveries.

That was until the 83rd minute still at 1-1 when Correa rose high to power home a stunning header from right-back Matteo Darmian’s stunning cross from the right before he capped a memorable outing with a low drive that left Montipo with no chance eleven minutes later

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