{"id":2095,"date":"2026-09-08T13:39:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T05:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/?p=2095"},"modified":"2026-09-08T13:40:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T05:40:00","slug":"inter-dealt-dimarco-blow-ahead-of-bernabeu-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/08\/inter-dealt-dimarco-blow-ahead-of-bernabeu-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Inter dealt Dimarco blow ahead of Bernabeu clash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-9.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2096\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-9.png 1000w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-9-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-9-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Inter have travelled to Madrid without Federico Dimarco after the wing-back suffered a mild right knee sprain, dealing a major blow to the &#8216;Nerazzurri&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Champions League is back, and Inter face a formidable opening test as they travel to take on Real Madrid on matchday one of the league phase \u2014 a stern challenge made all the more difficult by the absence of a key figure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That absentee is Federico Dimarco, one of the side&#8217;s standout performers and the reigning Serie A &#8216;MVP&#8217;. The wing-back emerged as one of the casualties from their dramatic 3-2 comeback victory over Napoli.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Italy international, who provided an assist for Lautaro to break the deadlock, lasted just 62 minutes on the pitch after sustaining a mild sprain in his right knee. Head coach Chivu opted against taking any risks with his fitness, leaving him behind in Milan.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everything points towards Carlos Augusto deputising on the left flank in his absence. The Brazilian full-back stepped in for his teammate against Napoli, crucially providing the assist for the equaliser to make it 2-2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inter have travelled to Madrid without Federico Dimarco after the wing-back suffered a mild right knee sprain, dealing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2095"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2097,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2095\/revisions\/2097"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}