Inter started with Denzel Dumfries in the base and Stefan de Vrij on the bench. Roma was missing the injured Rick Karsdorp and also trainer José Mourinho. The Portuguese coach was sent off in the game with Atalanta and was suspended.
Federico Dimarco put the home side 1-0 in the 30th minute. The Italian tapped Nicolò Barella’s cross in one go low in the left corner. Paulo Dybala took care of the equalizer before half-time. The Argentinian scored nicely on a pass from Leonardo Spinazzola.
Chris Smalling was able to head in freely in the second half and bring the visitors to 2-1. Inter coach Simone Inzaghi made four more changes and took Dumfries to the side, among others, but Roma did not relinquish the victory. Smalling also made a save well into injury time on a bet by Robin Gosens.