Inter Milan head coach Cristian Chivu has decided to start Lautaro Martinez and Marcus Thura, for the first time since February in Sunday’s must-win Easter Serie A clash with Roma, with Francesco Acerbi starting in defence.
The official lineups for tonight’s Serie A match, which kicks off at San Siro at 20:45 local time, have been published.
Inter have not won in three matches, following their 2-0 victory over Genoa on February 28th, defeats and draws against Milan, Atalanta and Fiorentina have trimmed the gap at the top.
I nostri 1️⃣1️⃣⚫🔵 in campo contro la Roma ⚽🏟️@play_eFootball pic.twitter.com/ED6KhyDysm
— Inter ⭐⭐ (@Inter) April 5, 2026
The Nerazzurri head into this fixture six points clear of Napoli and seven ahead of Milan with eight games remaining.
Therefore, Chivu names his strongest available lineup, with the enormous news being the return of captain Lautaro Martinez, absent from Serie A since the February 14th clash with Juventus.
Inter Milan Vs Roma – Acerbi Starts As Chivu Manages Defensive Absences
The forced defensive changes provide the other major talking point.
Carlos Augusto serves a one-game suspension while Bisseck remains injured, creating a small but significant reshuffle at the back.
Francesco Acerbi earns the starting berth over Stefan de Vrij, completing a back three alongside Manuel Akanji and Alessandro Bastoni.
Therefore, de Vrij takes his place on the bench once again.
Inter Milan Vs Roma – ThuLa Reunited As Mkhitaryan Returns To Bench
The main headline is the reunion of the ThuLa partnership.
In particular, the return of Lautaro Martinez.
The captain starts alongside a Thuram reinvigorated by his France return, the Frenchman scoring in his most recent international appearance.
The first-choice midfield five also returns in full.
📋 | Our Starting XI for #InterRoma 🐺#ASRoma pic.twitter.com/iwha7bYEbC
— AS Roma English (@ASRomaEN) April 5, 2026
Dumfries and Dimarco start as wing-backs either side of Barella, Calhanoglu and Zielinski.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan returns to the squad after his injury layoff and takes a place on the bench.
Inter Milan Vs Roma – Official Starting Lineups: Lautaro & Acerbi Start
Inter (3-5-2): 1 Sommer; 25 Akanji, 15 Acerbi, 95 Bastoni; 2 Dumfries, 23 Barella, 20 Calhanoglu, 7 Zielinski, 32 Dimarco; 9 Thuram, 10 Lautaro Martinez. (C)
Bench: 12 Di Gennaro, 13 J. Martinez, 6 De Vrij, 8 Sucic, 11 Luis Henrique, 14 Bonny, 16 Frattesi, 17 Diouf, 22 Mkhitaryan, 36 Darmian, 43 Cocchi, 94 Esposito.
Coach: Chivu.
Suspended: Carlos Augusto (1 match).
Unavailable: Bisseck.
Roma (3-4-2-1): 99 Svilar; 23 Mancini, 5 Ndicka, 22 Hermoso; 2 Rensch, 4 Cristante, 61 Pisilli, 19 Celik; 18 Soulé, 7 Pellegrini; 14 Malen.
Bench: 70 De Marzi, 95 Gollini, 3 Angeliño, 8 El Aynaoui, 12 Tsimikas, 20 Venturino, 24 Ziółkowski, 78 Vaz, 87 Ghilardi, 92 El Shaarawy, 97 Zaragoza.
Coach: Gasperini.
Suspended: none.
Unavailable: Dovbyk, Ferguson, Koné, Wesley, Dybala.
Referee: Sozza.
Assistants: Peretti and Costanzo.
Fourth official: Colombo.
VAR: Di Paolo.
Assistant VAR: Aureliano.
Inter, either stressing me out or scoring rockets!
lautaro as captain is irreplaceable
All the disrespect Thuram got. Guess who’s man of the match!!!
He’s too inconsistent
He did nothing without Lautaro on the field. It’s just objective observation. He’s been lacking energy and productivity for a while before today.
Microwave, Thuram was outshined by Pio in Lautaro’s absence when he should’ve been stepping up. I’ll keep him if he can be an extraordinary partner for Lautaro if not able to lead on his own. If they bring out the best in each other and continue being invaluable role models and teachers to the two younger strikers then fine by me.
It was beautiful for real i enjoyed almost every minute hats off to u capitano ua the backbone of this team
You know what? Inter, Inter U23, Inter Primavera and Inter women all won this week. Girls also won 5:2 like Seniors. Forza Inter.
thank you el capitano
The best result for C.unte and bilan would be 0-0
This is the best for us, not for Napoli or Milan. But as long as Inter wins the matches, it doesn’t matter what others do.
Reminder! Hopfully we avoid relegation – I will continue to repeat this to you, just to be sure you don’t forget what you said (and others too) at the start of the season!
Fok that guy..he’s not interista. He is a gnome. Forza Inter brother
Lol
Fantastic comeback for Lautaro, Thuram and Haakan.
Rusty Dumfries and undertheice Bastoni. Probably this was the scudetto back home!! Forza!!!
That save from Sommer today after loads of criticism which he absolutely deserves was world class along with the Hakan goal before half time!
Napoli have a few players back while Milan will be under pressure. Both managers like to play defensive so a draw isn’t what they’ll want. After Como Inter have relatively easier matches
finally we win a big game convincingly. hopefully, this is a sign of good things to come from chivu. barella finally had his best match this season… and toro!!! enough cannot be said.. missed him dearly
The biggest win of this season. The remaining games are all easy, the Scudetto is ours. The guys should stay cool and win the Coppa as well.
Como, Lazio and Bologna not easy. Sorry.
They are and we have shown it. We just need to play our game.
Chill bruh. We got this
Especially Como who are not under pressure and will push Inter if Inter let them. Hopefully since Dumfries and Lautaro are back Inter counter attack will hurt them
Thank you, Inter. Only Dimarco assist missed. Now hope Napoli wins tomorrow.
This was a nice gift for birthday, there is no room for any complaints. haha
Absolutely not. 5 beautiful goals. Thuram surprised us. Captain back with boom. And Hakan scores with style like always.
Amazing game from everyone involved. Almost look unrecognizable from recent months. Some shaky moments with the subs but hopefully we can keep this momentum till the end of the season
How do you guys want tomorrows game to end?
I prefer a draw
Either a draw or Napoli win expands our points advantage over the 2nd place.
Same, draw here
I guess many form us here prefer a draw. But I’ll say…it deosn’t matter, as long as Inter wins our matches.
That “should” be the mindset of Champions…
I prefer Napoli win, because if we lose Scudetto better to win it Napoli.
mathematically draw, but i want melon crushed
This type of the mistake by dimarco needs to be prevent in future. Especially against strong team.
Ugh Pio is still letting the qualifier in his head. Hopefully he can get fully fit mentally for next game.
Bonny could have three assists right now
Bonny is amazing
I think he was brought to play behind a striker in 3-4-2-1. He does best with space to run into
Dumfries soo closee
why not give De Vrij a chance, Acerbi is starting to have those bad touches….
On-field leadership is my guess. Acerbi is very vocal and demanding. De Vrij is a quiet guy.
It does not matter, we have won the game.
I am sure Milan will not win vs Napoli, we will expand our points advantage.
Pio 🙁
He just came in, let him feel it. Hope he can recover from the nation game.
Lets not make this affect us and put us down! Lets go boys! Forza inter! Lets go for 6th goal! 😀
our reserves look like belonging to some of the Serie C teams..
you can tell, once Chala is off, we lost midfield…..
Susic has a lot to learn
Way too many mistakes there
Okechukwu Okoro
Hi, hope you are having a fine evening, or day, wherever you are.
awfully quiet for the last 20 mins or so.
So weird some “fans” would rather be right than the team succeed.
Nah.. I couldn’t finish the game.. I could only watch the first half.. Had to tend to my Children… Seems Inter had a great 2nd half… But the fact still remains… Serie a is weak… There’s lots of room for improvement… And @DJ… I really want the team to succeed, and I will be brusque with you, while winning serie a is great, but serie a will NOT BE TAKEN SERIOUS IF THEY KEEP FAILING TO DELIVER IN THE CHAMPIONS’ LEAGUE… I rest my case…
Congrats to Barella! Hope this takes back his confidence for the whole year!!!! Lets Go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My boys Lautaru and Barella scored!
Barella deserved something he’s had a great game today
Nah this roma were not ready for this inter BARELLA!!!
Woooooooow. Best birthday gift is coming up. 😀
How you like them apples 🙂
You’re welcome
Forza Inter buddy
Hahaha, thankssssss, Niko. 😀
Yaaaaay!!!! Happy birthday once more… Happy Easter as well…
Thanksssssss, Okechukwu Okoro. I’m not religious but it’s OK, happy Easter to you.
jeez barella u didn’t need to pass it first, but finally he scores. hopefully it helps his confidence
FINALLY BARELLA!!!!
And Barella too! Barella. 5-1
barella for the assist and goal!
Why remove Lautaro to keep Thuram with Bonny.
It’s called Game management he just came back from injury
I know, but Thuram and Bonny have not performed well together in the past.
Lets make it 5-1
Maybe One more for thuram before Pio comes on
Thuram will deffinetely score another goal i see him fired up this match 🙂
Damn prophet. Well done.
Glad Basto got that moment, hope he gets more this season……before going to Barca in the summer
*applauds the whole team* Well done guys!
That goal was coming from him. Two assists and now he got his goal. Inter in attack are just too good to stop
Where did this come from
Cant Stop!!!!!!!!!!!!! Take it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THIS IS INTER !!!!!! Thurammm!!!
4-1. Toro, Thuram! FORZA INTER!!!!
TOROO!!!
good play, Thuram
Thats how you do it. Thuram, Dumfries and Lautaro all running in attack is always dangerous. A simple finish
Beautiful play!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What an offense play!!!!!!!!!!! Good work!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lets goooo
What a night to be inter fan.
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If Inter continue to play back passes to Somer at every opportunity then points will be dropped. Lauataro is hungry to fight for the ball so he should be targeted which will free up Thuram. Also more shots from outside the box are welcome both Hakan and Zielinski can do it
i was a goalie when i was young. I know how hard to catch that kind of powerful knuckle balls. Sometime impossible. especially when the ball is that high . Hakan is a maestro. Just killed the goalie
Let him do that more often when it matters..
And in this match, it doesn’t matter?
It does actually… Let me rephrase… He needs to do it more often… And he ain’t no maestro.. He does not do it often enough to be called one…
No…he is not…vs Juventus, vs Barcelona, vs Napoli…I guess it doesn’t matter. And it is not the first time you seem to be ignoring history. But, sure, you are always right in your opinion. Sure. 3-1
Hakan not masetro? He is on par with Dejan Stankovic in term of missle shots.
yooooo that was a beautiful knuckl ball by Hakan! did you see that the ball changed trajectory just before the goalkeeper?
Hakaaaaaaaaaan. Wonderful goal. But, I’m pretty sure Roma will score second. :S
I love you but…you’re wrong
Roma will stay and take it
Thanks for love. 😀 I was right, but also inter scored 3 more. 😀 😀 😀
Well fok u you beautiful interista
Happy bday again and lets get some sleep
My bday is when we lift the title
Dont forget about me
Forza Inter brother
This is our year
Thankssssssssss again, Niko. I will sleep at morning. 😛
Forza Inter. Too bad I can’t put emojis black and blue hearts.
Great goal by Hakan. More goals like this !
Exactly… He/ the rest of the team need more goals like that…
Inter have match winning players in Hakan, Barella and Lautaro. i think this will be the difference maker in this match and the remaining 7
What a strike lol cant even blame the goalie there
Sheeeeesh
Definitely not Goalie’s fault.
that was a knuckle ball. Very difficult to save that kind of unpredictable trajectory
Start using more young players. Italians are so afraid and want success quickly as possible. Have faith in youth even if they make mistakes they will get better and learn. Learn from germany and spain and England. We are so far behind its become too difficult to compete with other teams. I’m talking in general, not just about inter.
With fans that want only world class performances it’s so difficult to do this.We tried in the past, but many primavera players just weren’t up to it. Pio is doing great, Dimarco needed multiple lone spells to be able to get a chance and it paid off. But others couldn’t.
We never tried it…
Yeah….sure. Santon, Obi, Benassi, Crisetig,
Never say never. But, let’s just watch the game, it’s better.
Good examples, but not used enough to be termed “tried”
You said NEVER. Never means never, or never means something else?
And again, you are ignoring history!!! Santon 90 games. Obi 40 games. Multiple seasons. They were not up to it – not good enough and/or injury prone.
If it takes more, than you should have pacience also with L. Henrique over 3 seasons. But sure, it is not the same just because you say so.
My man…we need a win here…the old guard need to take this call
We’ll play youngsters the last 4 games
1 of the only 2 of our players that can shoot outside the box. what a goal
What a Strike!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THAT IS PUSCAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Right in the eyes of the critics. Head-shot!
Havent enjoyed an inter game in months,
the moment we score we stop playing, it’s been repeating itself over and over again, especially in the second half of this season..unbeliveable
We ran out of fuel.
Cheap mercato strikes again.
At least it’s early this time
This is not the way to play. we have lost/drawn games because of this way of play.
This is like Italy vs Bosnia
Exactly… The fact that inter is topping despite such performances tells a lot about how weak Italian football is…
Not trying to argue with you, but the high position pressing tactic by Chivu really requires a lot of energy, with current squad, they probably can only do it in 10 minutes. So it will always looks like this. If we cant score in first 10 minutes for each half, it will be really hard to score another one. If Chivu wants the high position pressing longer, then either he needs a new younger lineup, or he needs to rotate all the front line in half time.
True.. But the whole serie a is less athletic than the more elite leagues… Coaches need to simply do theor jobs as well, and actually train the players they have at their disposal…
weak defense. What a save by Sommer!
Serie a teams and Italy can not defend… Heck, they can’t play…
Dude, then why are you watching@@……. Go for the FA cup, La liga, they are playing now too.
some people just wish to double down on things that are already down. as if doing so would make their miserable life happier.
Lol… I have been saying this for years, but some fans here actually attempted to abuse me… Of course facts don’t lie, and they get clearer with each passing day…
Lol.. Teams in lower divisions in various leagues have fans too… Difference is that they usually tell themselves the truth unlike many serie a fans like…..well… No world Cup game for Italy in 12 years… NO UCL TROPHY IN 16 YEARS.. Let that sink in…
I wonder how Italy media gonna comment on this Pellegrini’s dive………………………
He didn’t celebrate after so it didn’t count as a dive
Fair 🙂
As soon as we go up we stop making through balls.
Roma plays smart. Gasperini makes a smart tactic, never press Sommer actually makes Inter harder to build up.
El Toro!!!!!!!!!!!!! First touch on the return!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
El Torooooooooooooo! We misssed you!
Lautaro’s absence ruined our game.
LETS GO!!! Thuram amazing run and missing lautaro bad. let’s win this
That was fast
inter has lost 95% of games Acerbi has started this season.
I dont get it why Chivu rather use Acerbi instead of De Vrij. His performance in the Netherland team was solid. But anyway, good luck to the team! Let’s make it to 9!
Forza Inter brothers
Another fixture in the half-dead league… Let’s see whether from next season, theyll make moves suggesting that they are “waking up”… Ooh well… Up INTER…
Yesterday was my birthday. I want gift from Inter this evening.
Welcome back, Il Capitano!
Happy birthday in arrears….
Thank you very much, Okechukwu Okoro. Forza Inter!
Happy birthday interista
Thank you very much, super optimistic Niko. Forza Inter!
Happy birthday 🙂
Thank you very much, Inter fan. Forxza Inter. 🙂
Happy birthday
Thank you very much, Dj. 🙂
Lautaro has been missed.