{"id":6189,"date":"2026-04-12T12:49:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T12:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/6189\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T12:49:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T12:49:25","slug":"como-vs-inter-milan-italy-veteran-starlet-set-to-start-as-nerazzurri-cope-without-captain-germany-defender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/6189\/","title":{"rendered":"Como Vs Inter Milan \u2013 Italy Veteran &#038; Starlet Set To Start As Nerazzurri Cope Without Captain &#038; Germany Defender"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cristian Chivu has settled on his starting lineup for Sunday\u2019s Serie A trip to Como, with Francesco Acerbi and Pio Esposito both set to start as Inter manage the absences of Lautaro Martinez and Yann Bisseck.<\/p>\n<p>According to Sky Sport, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcinternews.it\/focus\/i-sky-i-como-inter-chivu-ha-sciolto-le-ultime-riserve-ci-sara-pio-esposito-accanto-a-thuram-1006728\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:via FCInterNews;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;via FCInterNews&quot;}\" class=\"link \">via FCInterNews<\/a>, the back three sees Acerbi return to the centre, flanked by Akanji and Bastoni.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sempreinter.com\/2026\/04\/09\/when-inter-milan-defender-bisseck-could-return-injury\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bisseck;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Bisseck&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Bisseck<\/a> remains sidelined through injury, but the defensive unit otherwise remains unchanged from recent outings.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, a familiar and experienced combination for Chivu to rely on in a potentially tricky away fixture.<\/p>\n<p>With Acerbi\u2019s contract running out in the summer, it may be one of the last chances to see the Italian in Nerazzurri.<\/p>\n<p>Inter Vs Como \u2013 Thuram &amp; Esposito Lead The Line In Lautaro Absence As Acerbi Replaces Bisseck<\/p>\n<p>In midfield, the first-choice five continues. Barella, Calhanoglu and Zielinski form the central trio, with Dumfries and Dimarco providing width and attacking thrust from the wing-back positions.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Up front, <a href=\"https:\/\/sempreinter.com\/2026\/04\/11\/revealed-lautaro-return-injury-inter-milan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Lautaro\u2019s fresh injury;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Lautaro\u2019s fresh injury&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Lautaro\u2019s fresh injury<\/a> forces the key decision.<\/p>\n<p>Chivu is expected to turn to the Thuram and Pio Esposito partnership.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst relatively untested, the duo started alongside one another during Lautaro\u2019s recent injury absence.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Bonny starts on the bench, ready to make an impact from the dugout if needed.<\/p>\n<p>Probable Inter XI (3-5-2): Sommer; Akanji, Acerbi, Bastoni; Dumfries, Barella, Calhanoglu, Zielinski, Dimarco; Thuram, Esposito.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cristian Chivu has settled on his starting lineup for Sunday\u2019s Serie A trip to Como, with Francesco Acerbi&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1362,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3039,783,790,4634,3425,1749,1224,235,186,119,5,3146,173,4635,680,1226,2237],"class_list":{"0":"post-6189","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-italy","8":"tag-akanji","9":"tag-barella","10":"tag-bastoni","11":"tag-bonny","12":"tag-calhanoglu","13":"tag-como","14":"tag-cristian-chivu","15":"tag-dimarco","16":"tag-francesco-acerbi","17":"tag-inter-milan","18":"tag-italy","19":"tag-lautaro-martinez","20":"tag-pio-esposito","21":"tag-sommer","22":"tag-thuram","23":"tag-yann-bisseck","24":"tag-zielinski"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}