Striker Marcus Thuram caused a stir when he secretly squeezed the sensitive area of ​​​​centre-back Stefan Savic, in the extra time of the second leg of the 1/8 round of the European Cup 1. However, Marcus Thuram escaped a red card because the referee and VAR did not intervene. However, the coaching staff of Inter Milan immediately withdrew Thuram from the field.

Marcus Thuram had a poor performance against Atletico Madrid and missed the chance to face goalkeeper Jan Oblak. Meanwhile, Marcus Thuram's replacement, Alexis Sanchez, failed in the penalty shootout.

In the second leg of the 1/8 round of the European Cup 1, Atletico Madrid won 2-1 against Inter Milan to equalize the aggregate score 2-2 after losing 0-1 in the first leg.

At Wanda Metropolitano Stadium, Federico Dimarco (33') opened the scoring for Inter Milan while Antoine Griezmann (35') and Memphis Depay (87') scored for Atletico Madrid.

After extra time with no more goals, the two teams had to enter a penalty shootout. Atletico Madrid showed more courage when they beat Inter Milan 3-2 to advance to the quarter-finals of the 2023/2024 European Cup.