Brugge beat Inter 4-3 at San Siro, and Nicolò Tresoldi made the night his own with a hat-trick that left Inter staring at another Champions League setback. The 22-year-old scored once from the penalty spot and twice more as Inter, despite two goals from Lautaro, still came away with nothing.
That is why Tresoldi is the name readers are searching now. He had never scored at San Siro before this match, then struck three times in the same game to turn Brugge's trip into the result of the night. Inter, meanwhile, stayed on zero points after the defeat, a brutal return from a match they had once again started with control and ended with regret.
The weight of the result sits in the details. Forbs was fouled by Calhanoglu in the move that led to Tresoldi's penalty, and the finish from the spot opened the door. Later, Tresoldi kept finding the right spaces while Inter chased the game, and Romeo Vermant added another late blow with a lob over Martinez in the final stages. Lautaro scored twice, but his goals only made the margin look closer.
There was no shortage of chances for Inter to change the story. Calhanoglu hit the crossbar, Lautaro missed a one-on-one with Sommer, and Virgili struck a post in the second half. But the evening kept slipping away from Chivu, who suffered a fourth straight defeat after Bodo and Madrid and now has seven defeats in his last eight Champions League matches. Inter had never lost at home in 2026 before this one, which makes the collapse harder to file away as a simple bad night.
That is the friction at the center of it: Inter scored three times at home and still lost, while Brugge left with a result built around a player whose next chapter is still unresolved. Tresoldi's performance has sharpened the question over whether he chooses Italy or Germany for his international future. For now, though, the answer that matters is the one he wrote at San Siro — three goals, one from the spot, and a win that changed the mood around Inter in a single night.
