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Seven minutes of stoppage time, two goals, one complete reversal. Serie A Round 8 at San Siro produced the most dramatic finish of the Italian weekend: Marcus Thuram headed home in the 90+1st minute and Piotr Zielinski buried a penalty in the 90+7th as Inter Milan overcame Fiorentina 2-1 after trailing from the 65th minute.

Alex Jimenez had given the visitors a shock lead on 65 minutes, and Fiorentina — utterly dominant in no attacking metric — guarded the advantage for nearly half an hour. The numbers, however, told a different story: Inter amassed an expected goals (xG) figure of 2.90 to Fiorentina's 0.24, a twelvefold gap in chance quality. The equalizer and the winner were less a miracle than the inevitable settlement of 90 minutes of sustained pressure.

The table reflects two seasons moving in opposite directions: Inter are unbeaten with 7 wins and a draw, 22 points; Fiorentina sit on 4 points from eight matches, buried in the relegation zone after leading for 25 minutes and leaving with nothing.

Editor's Take:When one side generates twelve times the expected goals of the other, the scoreline eventually obeys the mathematics — Fiorentina's lead was a wager against probability, and stoppage time was when the debt came due. The more instructive detail was Inter's behaviour while behind: no panicked shape-change, no reckless overloading, just a structured escalation of crossing quality and box presence until Thuram's header arrived and the penalty followed from a tired defensive lunge. That composure under pressure is the hallmark of a squad built to win titles, and the psychological capital from this comeback will be drawn upon in the darker weeks of a long season. Fiorentina, by contrast, must confront an identity problem that one win in eight matches has made impossible to ignore: a counter-attacking plan that produces 0.24 xG cannot sustain a defensive holding pattern, because there is no second-threat outlet to relieve the pressure. Eight rounds in, four points banked, and every decision from here defines the season.

Information sources: ESPN, Football Italia (October 26, 2026).