Overview
- Alessandro Bastoni struck first at San Siro before Marcus Thuram added a brace, Lautaro Martínez made it 3-0, and Ange-Yoan Bonny sealed the rout.
- Inter sit atop the Serie A table after matchday one on goal difference.
- Martínez, now in his eighth season as captain, also assisted Bonny for the fifth goal.
- Media reports list differing career tallies for Martínez at Inter, citing either 153 or 154 goals.
- The emphatic opener follows last season’s near misses, with Chivu succeeding Simone Inzaghi after a one-point Scudetto loss and a lopsided Champions League final defeat to PSG.