Serie A | Inter 3-0 Parma: Calhanoglu back to ruin Gilardino debut

MILAN, ITALY - OCTOBER 10: Hakan Calhanoglu of FC Internazionale Milano celebrates scoring his team’s second goal from the penalty spot during the Serie A match between FC Internazionale and Parma Calcio at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on October 10, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)

Inter crushed Parma 3-0 to spoil Alberto Gilardino’s debut with Petar Sucic, Hakan Calhanoglu and Marcus Thuram on target, while Djed Spence made his Serie A bow.

The Nerazzurri welcomed Hakan Calhanoglu and Federico Dimarco back, but lost Curtis Jones with John Stones, while some internationals were rested ahead of the Champions League with Club Brugge. Parma sacked Carlos Cuesta despite the 2-1 victory over Genoa, so this was the debut on the bench for Alberto Gilardino. Pontus Almqvist, Abdoulaye Ndiaye and Hans Nicolussi Caviglia were out of action.

See how it all unfolded on the Liveblog.

Dimarco’s volley was well saved by Edoardo Corvi in the opening minutes and El-Bilal Toure saw his curler flash just past the far top corner.

However, the ferocious Inter press proved very effective, as Petar Sucic pounced on the weak Corvi pass out from the back to Mandela Keita and smashed into the net.

Referee Walter Bonacina did not spot Diego Carlos clumsily treading on Pio Esposito’s foot in the penalty area, but pointed to the spot after he was alerted by VAR. Calhanoglu converted hard and low, squirming under Corvi’s arm.

Marcus Thuram was born in Parma and scored against them for the fifth time in as many meetings, running onto the Henrikh Mkhitaryan slide-rule pass to go on the counter and placing a precise angled drive past Corvi into the far bottom corner.

Corvi stuck out a foot to parry the Esposito tap-in from point-blank range on a Dimarco pull-back, while an acrobatic Mkhitaryan overhead kick flashed past the post.

Djed Spence finally made his Inter debut after the summer transfer from Tottenham Hotspur, greeted with a colossal cheer from the crowd, while David Romero blasted over after Mariano Troilo robbed Sucic to spark a counter-attack.

Spence stood up a cross for Lautaro Martinez’s header to land on the roof of the net, with Aleksandar Stankovic and Romero drilling off target, but the result truly never seemed to be in the slightest doubt at San Siro.

Sucic 13 (I), Calhanoglu pen 18 (I), Thuram 31 (I)

1st half

Petar Sucic		13'
Hakan Calhanoglu		18'
Marcus Thuram (Assist: Henrikh Mkhitaryan)		31'

INT

PAR

1

Goalkeeper

28

Defender

32

Defender

73'

8

Defender

31

Defender

30

Midfielder

20

Midfielder

61'

22

Midfielder

17

Attacker

73'

94

Attacker

61'

9

Attacker

61'

40

Goalkeeper

34

Defender

14

Defender

15

Defender

29

Defender

78'

37

Defender

80

Midfielder

62'

16

Midfielder

4

Midfielder

62'

19

Attacker

84'

23

Attacker

62'

7

Midfielder

95

Defender

23

Midfielder

49

Goalkeeper

25

Defender

12

Goalkeeper

46

Defender

10

Attacker

61'

14

Defender

61'

5

Midfielder

61'

11

Attacker

73'

Defender

73'

22

Goalkeeper

30

Goalkeeper

8

Midfielder

32

Midfielder

47

Midfielder

72

Defender