MILAN (AP) — Lautaro Martinez returns from injury and Inter Milan is back to its old self. Serie A Also a leader.
Lautaro scored twice in his first appearance since February as Inter defeated visiting Roma 5-2 on Sunday, ending their winning streak in all competitions at four.
Lautaro scored in the 2nd and 52nd minutes at San Siro. Hakan Calhanoglu, who just helped Turkey qualify for the World Cup, also scored, as did Inter’s Markus Thuram and Nicolo Barella.
With Gianluca Mancini and Barella Italian team missed the World Cupscoring a momentary equalizer for Roma. After that, Lorenzo Pellegrini answered Roma with one point, with the Giallorossi trailing by four points.
Inter, whose advantage was reduced from 10 to six points before the international break, went on Monday nine points clear of city rivals AC Milan and 10 points clear of defending champions Napoli, who host Milan.
Bologna prepare for Aston Villa
Earlier, Bologna moved into eighth place with a 2-1 win over relegation-threatened Cremonese and will face Aston Villa in the Europa League quarter-finals on Thursday.
Joao Mario and Jonathan Lowe scored early goals for Bologna, while Federico Bonazzoli converted a late penalty to give Cremonese a point back. Cremona’s Youssef Maré and Bologna’s Lewis Ferguson were each sent off in stoppage time.
Cremonese were without former Leicester striker Jamie Vardy due to a muscular injury.
Torino also won 1-0 against bottom-place Pisa with a goal from Che Adams in the 80th minute.
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