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Lukaku latched on to Andrea Belotti’s pass eight minutes from time to score Roma’s sixth goal in a 7-0 win at home to Empoli
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Roma won for the first time this Serie A season as Romelu Lukaku and Paulo Dybala were among the scorers in a 7-0 rout of Empoli.<\/p>\n

The Giallorossi started the match in the relegation zone but secured a huge home win which equals the record margin of victory in a modern Serie A match.<\/p>\n

Lukaku, who joined on loan from Chelsea this summer, scored his first goal for the club with a composed finish.<\/p>\n

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The result means Jose Mourinho\u2019s men have climbed from 18th to 12th.<\/p>\n

The home side ran up a comfortable first-half lead thanks to a Dybala penalty, Renato Sanches\u2019 header and an Alberto Grassi own-goal.<\/p>\n

Argentina international Dybala added a classy fourth after the break and hit the crossbar with a free-kick before Bryan Cristante struck from long range.<\/p>\n

Lukaku then added the sixth and Gianluca Mancini headed in to complete the rout.<\/p>\n

Manager Jose Mourinho and his players had endured criticism after earning a solitary point from their first three matches, with their form hindered by injuries to the likes of Chris Smalling, Houssem Aouar, Lorenzo Pellegrini and\u00a0Tammy Abraham.<\/p>\n

Belgium international Lukaku joined Portugal international Sanches,\u00a0signed from Paris St-Germain in August, in scoring his first goal for last season\u2019s Europa League finalists.<\/p>\n

Iranian striker Sardar Azmoun also made his debut for the club, replacing Lukaku late on.<\/p>\n

The result matches the eight previous 7-0 wins teams have managed in Serie A since the competition introduced three points for a win in 1994.<\/p>\n

One of those also came at the Stadio Olimpico in November 2006, when Roma hammered Catania under the guidance of current Italy manager Luciano Spalletti.<\/p>\n

No Italian team has won by more than seven goals since Juventus thumped Inter Milan 9-1 at home in April 1961, and Roma were responsible for an equally emphatic hammering when they embarrassed Napoli 8-0 two years earlier.<\/p>\n

Roma also won 9-0 at home to Cremonese in October 1929 but the overall top flight record remains Torino\u2019s 10-0 win at home to Alessandria in May 1948.<\/p>\n

Mourinho, who had emphasised Roma\u2019s potential but bemoaned their absentees before the game, last triumphed by such a large scoreline when he led Real Madrid to an 8-1 home win over Almeria in May 2011.<\/p>\n

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