FC Internazionale Milano delivered a statement performance on Serie A matchday 31, dismantling AS Roma 5–2 in a high-scoring encounter on 5 April 2026.
The hosts struck almost immediately. In the 1st minute, Lautaro Martínez opened the scoring, finishing after being set up by Marcus Thuram-Ulien to give Inter an ideal start. Roma worked their way back into the contest and were rewarded in the 40th minute when Gianluca Mancini headed or finished home from a Devyne Rensch assist to level the match at 1–1.
Inter restored their advantage in first-half stoppage time. In the 45+2 minute, Hakan Çalhanoğlu found the net following a pass from Piotr Zieliński, sending the Nerazzurri into the break 2–1 up.
After the interval, Roma introduced Daniele Ghilardi for Mancini, but Inter quickly took control. Martínez grabbed his second of the night in the 52nd minute, again combining with Thuram, who provided his second assist to make it 3–1. Three minutes later, the roles were reversed: Çalhanoğlu turned provider and Thuram got on the scoresheet in the 55th minute, stretching the lead to 4–1.
Nicolò Barella added Inter’s fifth in the 63rd minute with an unassisted strike, effectively ending Roma’s hopes of a comeback. The visitors did pull one back in the 70th minute through Lorenzo Pellegrini, who scored without an officially recorded assist to narrow the deficit to 5–2.
Roma’s Niccolo Pisilli received a yellow card on 60 minutes, the only booking listed in the official data. Both managers turned to their benches heavily in the second half, with Inter introducing the likes of Matteo Darmian, Ange-Yoan Bonny, Francesco Esposito, Petar Sucic, and Henrikh Mkhitaryan, while Roma brought on Kostas Tsimikas, Stephan El Shaarawy, and others.
Beyond the recorded goals, substitutions, and a single booking, no further detailed match events such as additional cards, attendance figures, or tactical statistics are available in the provided data.
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