September 8 News: Lautaro Scores Late Winner as Inter Beat Napoli 3-2; Bayern Held 0-0 by Schalke in Bundesliga Shock

At 00:00 and 00:30 Beijing time on September 6, two heavyweight clashes took place in the third round of Serie A and the second round of the Bundesliga respectively: Inter Milan vs Napoli and Schalke 04 vs Bayern Munich!

In both matches, the first 45 minutes of the first half produced the same outcome: no goals.

After the second half began, the Serie A clash unexpectedly turned into a goal rush within a few minutes from the 50th to the 56th minute, with players such as Hojlund and Lautaro scoring in succession, quickly making the score between Inter and Napoli 1-2.

However, after that brief burst of excitement, Inter's equalizer did not arrive until the 82nd minute, when Tatum scored.

It was not over yet! Lautaro's second goal in the 90+1st minute gave Inter a dramatic late victory over Napoli.

Bayern's away match against Schalke also saw no breakthrough in the opening 45 minutes, and nobody expected the 0-0 scoreline to remain from the first minute until the final whistle.

The previous season's Bundesliga 2 champions drew at home with the previous season's Bundesliga champions, which could even be considered the biggest Bundesliga upset of this season!

Why was Inter vs Napoli considered the current Serie A marquee matchup? From the 2022/23 season to the 2025/26 season, the Serie A championship trophies over those four years were shared by these two clubs: Napoli in 2022/23 and 2024/25; Inter Milan in 2023/24 and 2025/26.

Adding that Napoli coach Allegri also led Milan and Juventus to a combined six Serie A titles during the second decade of the 21st century, this was undoubtedly one of the most closely watched matches in Serie A.

However, this highly anticipated match did not provide fans with any goals in the opening 45 minutes.

After the break, a goal frenzy unexpectedly arrived. In the 50th minute, Politano's left-foot shot was blocked by an Inter player, but his immediate right-foot follow-up found the net, giving the visitors the lead.

Before Inter could fully react, Hojlund scored with a low shot from the edge of the box in the 53rd minute, allowing Napoli to instantly extend the lead to 2-0.

Fortunately for the defending champions, they still had last season's Serie A Best Player Dimarco and Serie A's biggest star Lautaro. In the 56th minute, Dimarco's cross across the face of goal was finished by Lautaro with a sliding shot, quickly pulling one back for Inter.

In the 82nd minute, Inter, who had been chasing the game, finally completed a comeback from two goals down through Tatum's goal, making it 2-2 before the match ended.

In the 90+1st minute, Inter, who had been chasing and had never led in the match, finally reached their boiling point. Captain Lautaro's second goal meant Inter completed a dramatic turnaround after trailing 0-2 in the second half, winning 3-2.

After this match, Inter maintained a perfect league record this season, leading Serie A with 9 points from three games and a goal difference of plus five. Napoli had one win and two losses, with three points, sitting 10th in the table.

The course of this match was clearly very different from pre-match expectations. Before kickoff, statistics showed that Schalke 04 had lost all of their previous 10 meetings with Bayern and trailed heavily in goal difference at 2:38.

Therefore, when everyone expected Bayern to produce another big win, Bayern, without Kane and Olise in the starting lineup, looked completely ineffective in attack during the first half.

In the second half, Kompany successively introduced Kane, Olise and Musiala, forming Bayern's strongest attacking setup, the Cadillac combination.

But nobody expected Bayern, who had played in the German Cup during the week and were preparing for next week's match against Bodo/Glimt, to look completely out of form. Whether it was Diaz wasting chances or Bayern's adjustments after sending on their key players, they still could not break through Schalke's 5-5-0 deep defensive formation.

Meanwhile, Schalke 04 grew more confident defensively, and goalkeeper Karius, who performed steadily in the match, never gave Bayern any openings to score.

In the end, even though Schalke 04 were under constant pressure and spent the entire match defending against Bayern's attacks, their defense made no mistakes. When everyone doubted Schalke could hold on, the 0-0 scoreline created what was undoubtedly the biggest Bundesliga upset of the season.