Defending Serie A champions Inter stormed to a 6-0 win at Lazio on Monday, sending out an announcement of their Scudetto intentions.
The Nerazzurri needed to survive a spell of Lazio stress early on as Tijjani Noslin twice went shut for the hosts, however they didn’t look again after going forward in weird circumstances within the forty first minute.
Stefan de Vrij initially noticed a close-range end chalked off as a result of a Denzel Dumfries foul amid a goalmouth scramble, however when referee Daniele Chiffi was despatched to the monitor for a pitchside VAR evaluation, he as an alternative penalised Samuel Gigot for handball and awarded an Inter penalty, which Hakan Calhanoglu transformed.
4 minutes later, Inter doubled their benefit by way of Federico Dimarco, who beat Ivan Provedel on the volley from Dumfries’ cross.
The Nerazzurri then streaked clear after half-time as Simone Inzaghi inflicted a crushing defeat on his former membership – Nicolo Barella slotted house to make it 3-0 six minutes after the restart earlier than Dumfries headed in a fourth two minutes later.
Carlos Augusto and Marcus Thuram accomplished the rout late on, the previous exhibiting nice footwork inside a crowded space to fit house, earlier than the latter powered his end contained in the close to submit.
Inter stay third within the standings with 34 factors from 15 matches however now path leaders Atalanta by simply three factors with a sport in hand. Lazio are fifth on 31 from 16 matches.
Information Debrief: Historic defeat for Biancocelesti
Monday’s defeat was the primary Lazio had ever suffered by six objectives on their very own turf in Serie A, whereas Inter have now netted 47 occasions on their travels within the Italian high flight in 2024.
That may be a new membership file for away objectives scored by the Nerazzurri in a single calendar yr.
They final scored six occasions in a league sport in Could 2023, after they routed Hellas Verona by the identical scoreline on their travels.
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