Lukaku’s late brace helps Inter beat Fiorentina in seven-goal thriller; Atalanta, Lazio win

Danilo D’Ambrosio and Romelu Lukaku scored two late goals as Inter Milan grabbed a thrilling season-opening 4-3 win over a Franck Ribery-inspired Fiorentina on Saturday.

Title rivals Atalanta and Lazio also got their campaigns off to winning starts as they bid to deny Juventus a 10th consecutive Serie A title this season.

Antonio Conte’s Inter had been trailing Fiorentina with three minutes to go in the San Siro but broke through after Ribery was substituted.

Lukaku equalised on 87 minutes with defender D’Ambrosio nodding in two minutes later.

“The three points are important, but obviously you have to make the right assessment,” said Conte.

“The positive aspect is to have scored four goals, obtained a lot of chances, the rival goalkeeper was very good, but we had problems.

“We need to improve, we need more balance.”

Inter finished second in Serie A last season…

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