Inter beat Lazio 6-0 to remind rivals of their Serie A title hopes

Associated Press

ROME (AP) – Inter Milan scored four times in a 12-minute span either side of halftime and added another pair late on to beat Lazio 6-0 in a lopsided match between the Serie A title contenders on Monday.

Lazio were unbeaten at home in Serie A and matched Inter for most of the first half in front of their own fans at the Stadio Olimpico.

However, four minutes from the break, Hakan Çalhanoğlu put Inter ahead from the spot and Federico Dimarco doubled the lead seconds before the break when he headed home a cross from Denzel Dumfries.

Lazio started the game without regular defender Alessio Romagnoli and Samuel Gigot replaced centre-half Matias Gila midway through the first half.

When Gigot was forced off at half-time, coach Marco Baroni was forced to reshuffle his back four again, but the lack of experienced heads in the center of defense was evident from the restart.

Nicolò Barella made it 3-0 six minutes into the second half with a sumptuous 30-metre volley and Dumfries rose above all to head the fourth two minutes later.

Carlos Augusto showed some fine footwork in the box to make it 5-0 in the 77th minute and Marcus Thuram got his 11th goal of the season in the final minute to add to the home side’s misery.

The result meant Inter were alone in third place, three points behind leaders Atalanta and one behind Napoli with a game in hand.

Lazio remained fifth.

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