Newspaper claims only 3 Juventus players would start for Inter – Football Italia

epa11901818 Juventus’ Thuran and Inter’s Niccolo Barella in action during the Italian Serie A soccer match Juventus FC vs Inter FC at the Allianz Stadium in Turin, Italy, 16 February 2025. EPA-EFE/ALESSANDRO DI MARCO

The Corriere dello Sport newspaper claims that only three Juventus players would make it into Cristian Chivu’s starting XI at Inter, but who would make your combined team heading into Saturday’s Derby d’Italia in San Siro? 

The Derby d’Italia between Inter and Juventus is just around the corner, scheduled for 19.45 GMT on Saturday evening in Serie A. 

The Nerazzurri top the table after 24 matches of the 2025-26 season and are currently eight points clear of their closest competitors, Milan. Chivu’s side are currently 12 points ahead of Juventus ahead of Saturday’s derby. 

Inter have won five games in a row in Serie A and are unbeaten across their last 12 league fixtures, with their most recent defeat coming against Milan in the Derby della Madonnina on November 23. 

Juventus have picked up seven points from their last three matches in the Italian top flight. The Bianconeri have six wins, two draws and two losses to their name from their last 10 outings in the league. 

With a hotly-anticipated derby fast approaching, debates have started to arise over which players would make it into a combined starting XI made up of Inter and Juventus players. 

Corriere dello Sport writes on Thursday’s front page that only three Juventus players would make it into Inter’s strongest XI: Centre-back Gleison Bremer, midfielder Khephren Thuram and attacker Kenan Yildiz. 

Thursday’s article suggests that Bremer would slot into a back three alongside Inter’s Manuel Akanji and Alessandro Bastoni. Pierre Kalulu, Lloyd Kelly, Federico Gatti, Yann Bisseck, Stefan De Vrij and Francesco Acerbi are the main alternative options. 

Corriere dello Sport claims that Inter wins the battle of the wing-backs, and that both Denzel Dumfries and Federico Dimarco would start over the likes of Andrea Cambiaso, Juan Cabal or Emil Holm. 

There is room for debate in midfield. Corriere dello Sport picked a trio of Nicolo Barella, Hakan Calhanoglu and Khephren Thuram, but left out the likes of Manuel Locatelli, Weston McKennie, Teun Koopmeiners Piotr Zielinski, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Petar Sucic. 

There is also strength in depth in the attacking options: It has been suggested that Lautaro Martinez and Kenan Yildiz are the strongest attackers that Inter and Juventus have to offer, but that means that Marcus Thuram, Pio Esposito, Dusan Vlahovic, Jonathan David and Francisco Conceicao missing out as well. 

Combined Inter and Juventus XI 

Sommer; Akanji, Bremer, Bastoni; Dumfries, Barella, Calhanoglu, K.Thuram, Dimarco; L.Martinez, Yildiz.

Let us know who you think would start in a combined Inter and Juventus XI in the comments below.