Overview
- Inter’s 5-2 win over Roma on Sunday at San Siro pushed the leaders nine points clear with seven Serie A matches left, tightening their grip on the title race.
- Lautaro Martínez returned from a calf injury and scored twice, Marcus Thuram had a goal and two assists, and Hakan Çalhanoğlu and Nicolò Barella added strikes for Inter.
- Roma’s night worsened when defender Gianluca Mancini, who had equalised, went off injured early in the second half, and even Matias Soulé’s return could not offset an injury-hit squad or the setback to their Champions League push.
- Inter president Beppe Marotta, speaking before the match on Sunday, called the media’s treatment of Alessandro Bastoni after Italy’s playoff loss “shameful” and said the defender remains an asset for the club and Italian football.
- Italy’s national setup remains in flux after the playoff exit and resignations of coach Gennaro Gattuso and FIGC chief Gabriele Gravina, with local reports naming Conte as the leading candidate and an interim, likely Silvio Baldini, expected for June friendlies before the Nations League starts in September.