Top players overall in Serie A round 3: Thuram, Nuno Tavares, Saul Coco

MILAN, ITALY - AUGUST 30: Marcus Thuram of FC Internazionale celebrates scoring his team's third goal during the Serie A match between FC Internazionale and Atalanta at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on August 30, 2024 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)

Marcus Thuram, with a score of 8/10, was voted the outright best player of the third round of Serie A fixtures, according to the average ratings in the Italian press. 

The Nerazzurri striker made it four goals from three league matches this season with his brace of almost identical finishes during his side’s 4-0 thrashing of Atalanta on Friday night. 

Two other Inter players came away with ratings of 7.5; Nicolo Barella after his thunderous volley and fellow Italy international Federico Dimarco, who had another great game from left wing-back. 

Saul Coco, who kept a clean sheet and scored the only goal in Torino’s 1-0 away win in Venezia, was also given an average rating of 7.5 in the Italian back pages. 

Nuno Tavares provided two wonderful assists on his Serie A debut, the second of which handed Lazio a 2-1 lead over Milan, but the Biancocelesti were not able to come away with the three points. He gets a 7.5, too, as does Lecce centre-back Kialonda Gaspar, who played a big role in holding onto a 1-0 lead with 10 men for the entire second half. 

Top players overall in Serie A round 3 

Marcus Thuram (Inter) – 8

Nicolo Barella (Inter), Federico Dimarco (Inter), Nuno Tavares (Lazio), Kialonda Gaspar (Lecce), Saul Coco (Torino) – 7.5

Giovanni Fabbian (Bologna), Adrian Ismajli (Empoli), Moise Kean (Fiorentina), Wladimiro Falcone (Lecce), Rafael Leao (Milan), Stefano Turati (Monza), Daniel Maldini (Monza), David Neres (Napoli), Romelu Lukaku (Napoli), Adrian Bernabé (Parma), Ange-Yoan Bonny (Parma), Gianluca Mancini (Roma), Evan Ndicka (Roma), Adam Masina (Roma), Kingsley Ehizibue (Udinese), Jay Idzes (Venezia), Jackson Tchatchoua (Verona) – 7

Best performing Italy players in Serie A round 3: Inter stars on top