Club Brugge Stun Inter 4–3 in Champions League Matchday 2 Thriller

Club Brugge defeated Inter 4–3 at San Siro on Tuesday, October 13, in a completed UEFA Champions League league-phase Matchday 2 match. Nicolò Tresoldi scored three times for the visitors, including a penalty, while Inter’s Lautaro Martínez scored twice. Club Brugge’s late goal from Romeo Vermant proved decisive; Ange-Yoan Bonny scored in stoppage time for Inter, but the hosts could not find an equalizer.

Updated October 14, 2026, with the confirmed final score and Inter’s official match report.

Final score and match information

UEFA’s official fixtures and results page lists Inter 3–4 Club Brugge among the Matchday 2 results. Inter’s post-match account also labels the match finished and supplies the scoring sequence. The result reverses the clubs’ opening-round fortunes: Inter had lost 2–1 away to Real Madrid, while Club Brugge had lost 3–2 at home to Aston Villa, according to UEFA’s results page.

How the seven goals were scored

Club Brugge moved ahead in the 30th minute when Tresoldi converted a penalty. Inter responded before halftime: Lautaro Martínez scored in the 44th minute to make it 1–1. That equalizer meant the teams reached the break level after a first half in which the visitors had taken the lead and Inter had found a response.

Tresoldi restored Club Brugge’s advantage in the 63rd minute and completed his hat trick in the 74th. The two goals gave the Belgian side a 3–1 lead. Lautaro scored again in the 82nd minute, bringing Inter back within one goal and leaving the closing stages open. Vermant then scored for Club Brugge in the 87th minute. Bonny reduced the gap once more at 90+3, but Inter did not score again before full time.

Inter’s official report describes Club Brugge’s fourth goal as coming on the counter after Inter had created two chances to equalize. The club’s account records the final score as 4–3. That sequence establishes how the result developed, but it does not show that one passage alone explains the match. The confirmed facts are the goals, credited scorers and minutes reported by Inter.

Which teams started?

Inter’s official pre-match lineup announcement listed a 3-5-2: J. Martinez; Bisseck, Akanji and Bastoni; Diouf, Barella, Calhanoglu, Zielinski and Dimarco; Thuram and Lautaro. The named substitutes were Di Gennaro, Provedel, Stankovic, Sucic, Luis Henrique, Bonny, Mkhitaryan, Pavard, Carlos Augusto, Bovio, Esposito and Spence.

Club Brugge’s announced formation was a 4-5-1: Sommer; Sabbe, Spileers, Mechele and Seys; Forbs, Vetlesen, Potts, Vanaken and Virgili; Tresoldi. The listed substitutes were Jackers, Vanden Driessche, Han-beom Lee, Tsawa, Vermant, Dams, Robberechts, Siquet, Audoor, Diakhon, Vasovic and Lemaréchal. These lineups and benches are the teams published before kickoff. A formation label reflects the team sheet’s announced arrangement and does not imply that players remained in fixed positions throughout the match.

What changed after the starting teams were named?

The official report shows that both coaches used their benches during the match. For Inter, Bonny came on for Barella in the 78th minute and later scored; Spence also replaced Dimarco at that point. Sucic and Esposito entered in the 67th minute, while Stankovic replaced Zielinski in the 88th. These substitutions are included as match facts, not as claims about the coach’s intentions beyond the changes recorded.

Club Brugge’s report lists Siquet and Han-beom Lee entering in the 72nd and 61st minutes respectively, with Lemaréchal also coming on in the 61st minute. Diakhon replaced Virgili in the 83rd, and Vermant replaced Tresoldi at the same minute. Vermant scored four minutes later. The timing is confirmed in the club match report; it does not, by itself, establish that the substitutions caused the goal.

What does the result mean for the league phase?

After two rounds, Club Brugge has its first points of this league phase, while Inter remains on zero from its opening two matches. This is an early standings snapshot, not a final qualification outcome. The 2026/27 competition uses a single league table: 36 clubs each play eight different opponents, four at home and four away. The top eight advance directly to the round of 16, teams placed ninth through 24th enter the knockout-phase play-offs, and those in positions 25 through 36 are eliminated.

UEFA’s published schedule lists Inter away to Shakhtar Donetsk on October 21 and Club Brugge away to Lens on the same date. Those are the next scheduled league-phase matches currently shown by UEFA. Fixture details can change, so supporters should check the competition’s official schedule for updates closer to the games.

What is confirmed, and what remains unknown?

UEFA confirms the fixture, competition round and final result. Inter’s original lineup notice identifies the selected starting elevens and substitutes; its post-match report records the scorers, goal times, substitutions and final score. Together, these sources confirm the central update from the original preview: the game is complete, and Club Brugge won 4–3.

The scoreline does not determine how either club will finish the league phase, whether either will qualify directly for the round of 16, or how the remaining fixtures will unfold. Those questions remain open. This recap does not assign blame or claim one isolated decision caused the result; the official match report verifies the events, while broader conclusions would require more evidence.

Official sources

• UEFA: 2026/27 Champions League fixtures and results
• Inter: Official lineups for Inter vs. Club Brugge
• Inter: Post-match report, Inter 3–4 Club Brugge

The match’s clearest verified takeaway is a seven-goal away win: Tresoldi’s hat trick put Club Brugge in front, Inter twice narrowed the gap through Lautaro and Bonny, and Vermant’s late goal separated the teams at full time. The league phase continues in October, and the clubs’ positions will be determined by the full set of results rather than this match alone.