Inter Milan inflicted a crushing defeat on Viktoria Plzen in Matchday 5 of UCLy 2022-23. The win ensures the fact that Inter Milan have now qualified for the RO16 stage. The Italian club with this win have managed to leave behind Barcelona in the race for the second place in the Group behind Bayern Munich. Barcelona following Inter's win shall now be definitely missing out on a spot in the RO16 and shall have to play Europa league football instead. Inter Milan currently sit second in their group only below Bayern Munich with 10 points in 5 games.

The hosts were in full control right from the early minutes of the game. The fiersome attacking approach of the forwards didn't let the Plzen side stand a chance. Regular attempts finally saw inter find their breakthrough in the 35th minute. Bastoni sent in a fine cross from the left hand side in for Mkhitariyan whose header found the back of the net making it 1-0. Inter doubled their advantage just 7 minutes later with Dimarco brilliantly finding Barella's forward ball and passed it to dzeko who tapped it in to an open net perfectly.

Mkhitariyan came close to scoring his side's third after his curling shot hit the far post. However Inter did have their third in the 66th minute. Barella's fine forward ball once again saw Lautaro Martinez put in a fine ball towards Dzeko who had space. The no.9 smashed the ball into the bottom corner with a single touch to make it 3-0. It was however in the 87th minute when Inter put the icing on the cake with Lukaku scored after being subbed in just 4 minutes ago. The goal was Lukaku's first since his return to inter from Chelsea this summer.

Inter became the second team to book their slots for the RO16 stage alongside Bayern Munich from their group. The Italian side's next encounter will be against the group leaders at the Allianz Arena. Barcelona on the other hand will be playing their last UCL match of this season against Viktoria Plzen away from home.