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04/05 16:06 CDT Lautaro Martinez's brace helps Inter rout Roma 5-2 to get Serie
A title pursuit back on track
Lautaro Martinez's brace helps Inter rout Roma 5-2 to get Serie A title pursuit
back on track
MILAN (AP) --- Lautaro Martinez is back from injury, and Inter Milan is back
looking like the Serie A leader again.
Lautaro scored twice in his first action since February and Inter routed
visiting Roma 5-2 on Sunday to end a four-match winless streak across all
competitions.
Lautaro scored in the second and 52nd minutes at the San Siro. Hakan Calhanoglu
--- fresh off helping Turkey qualify for the World Cup --- Marcus Thuram and
Nicol Barella also found the net for Inter.
Gianluca Mancini, along with Barella a member of the Italy team that failed to
qualify for the World Cup, scored a momentary equalizer for Roma. Then Lorenzo
Pellegrini pulled one back for Roma after the Giallorossi had gone four goals
behind.
Inter, which had its advantage sliced from 10 to six points before the
international break, moved nine points ahead of city rival AC Milan and 10
ahead of defending champion Napoli, which hosts Milan on Monday.
Bologna prepares for Aston Villa
Earlier, Bologna won 2-1 at relegation-threatened Cremonese to move up to
eighth before hosting Aston Villa in the Europa League quarterfinals on
Thursday.
Joao Mario and Jonathan Rowe scored early for Bologna before Federico Bonazzoli
pulled one back late for Cremonese by converting a penalty. Youssef Maleh of
Cremonese and Lewis Ferguson of Bologna were each sent off in stoppage time.
Cremonese was without former Leicester striker Jamie Vardy, who sat out due to
a muscle injury.
Also, Torino won 1-0 at last-place Pisa with an 80th-minute goal from Che Adams.
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