Oh brother: Thurams trade goals as Juve and Inter deliver a derby that had it all | Nicky Bandini

A sensational game had siblings as frenemies, an English defender’s first Serie A goal and a teenage match-winner

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gor Tudor sat down, straightened his tie and acknowledged we had all just witnessed a “particular game”. Seven goals (including some absolute screamers), back-and-forth lead changes, brothers as frenemies, a star turn from one of Serie A’s emerging talents and a deciding goal from a teenager. “Particular” was one word for this season’s first Derby d’Italia. “Completely bonkers”, might be two more.

Let us go back to the beginning. Juventus were hosting Inter on Saturday evening in a game that felt like it might have arrived a little too soon for everyone involved.

The Bianconeri had opened their campaign with wins over Parma and Genoa, but Tudor himself said he was still working out how to incorporate all his club’s summer signings. Loïs Openda’s deadline day arrival from RB Leipzig, together with the earlier capture of Jonathan David from Lille, meant he suddenly had options besides Dusan Vlahovic up front.