In view of Tuesday evening’s match against Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League, UEFA Magazine interviewed the striker of Inter, Marcus Thuram. The French centre forward is having an excellent start to the season in terms of scoring and is one of the best performers in Simone Inzaghi’s squad.
A very curious passage in the interview is when he talks about his relationship with his brother Khephren who moved to Juventus last summer and therefore now there is a kind of Italian derby in the family and the number 9 nerazzurri did not miss the opportunity to joke as he always does and to tease his brother with a funny ribbing.
Marcus Thuram joked about it, defining himself as a rival to his brother with the following words: “Playing in the same championship, for two of the biggest teams in Serie A, is a dream come true. On the field it’s as if it were just us, me against him, with no other players: just the two of us. It’s as if we were back playing in the backyard. When we faced Juve, Khephren was on the bench. Every goal chance I had, I looked at him and laughed… Khephren is my big baby. It’s strange, for me it’s stressful to see him on the field or to watch his games. I’m nervous before the start of each match and I hope everything goes well for him. We are great rivals he said laughing, ed. I will always see him as little Khephren, even though he is now bigger than me. He is a person who loves life, he is respectful of others. If he says he will do something, then he does it: it is in these things that the values of a person are seen. In the Champions League final, in any final, if he is on the field, I will tease him. No matter what happens, I will look for him, I can’t help it, it’s something that goes beyond football”.
