Martinez helps Inter Milan win

It was Lautaro’s 170th goal for Inter and left him just one behind Roberto Boninsegna, who is in third place in the club’s all-time scorers list. Ahead of them are only Alessandro Altobelli (209 goals) and Giuseppe Meazza (284).

Lautaro has scored 10 goals in his last 13 league matches to take his tally to 128 in Serie A and the 28-year-old is only 10 away from Benito Lorenzi, who is second among Inter’s top scorers in Serie A. Meazza tops that list as well, with 197 league goals.

Lautaro headed in a corner in the 16th minute on Sunday and – after embracing his teammates – he lifted up his shirt to show a happy birthday message for his daughter.

Piotr Zielinski doubled Inter’s lead in the 31st minute with a fierce 30-yard strike that Cremonese goalkeeper Emil Audero appeared to have covered until it swerved in mid-air and went through his arms.The match had to be halted for three minutes at the start of the second half after Audero was struck by a flare thrown by the away fans.Audero was able to get up and continue but had a cut on his right leg and appeared to be telling the medical staff that he couldn’t hear from his right ear.Inter extended its Serie A lead to eight points over second-placed AC Milan, which visits Bologna on Tuesday.

Juventus is playing the same kind of entertaining, attacking soccer under coach Luciano Spalletti as the Napoli team that he steered to the Serie A title in 2023.

And after crushing Napoli 3-0 last weekend, Juventus cantered to a 4-1 win at Parma on Sunday.

Bremer scored twice, while United States international Weston McKennie was also on target. Canada standout Jonathan David capped the scoring with his fourth goal in five matches.

Parma had briefly made it 2-1 with a comical own-goal from Juventus midfielder Andrea Cambiaso, who shinned the ball into his own net as he tried to clear.

Juventus moved to fourth, two points above Roma ahead of the capital team’s match at Udinese on Monday.