Inter Milan players will have to start sewing. By beating its great rival AC Milan 2 to 1 on Monday, the club became the second in history to win the Italian championship title for the twentieth time, a number which gives it the right to embroider a second time on its jerseys. golden star.
At the first opportunity to win the “scudetto”, Lautaro Martinez and his teammates responded, as they did throughout a season that they flew through. Five days before the end of the season, Inter have an insurmountable lead of 17 points over their runner-up, AC Milan.
Thuram’s pride
To the delight of their fans, the Nerazzurri won the Milan derby at San Siro, hosted by AC Milan, thanks to goals from Francesco Acerbi (18th) and Marcus Thuram (49th). The reduction of the score by Fikayo Tomori (80th) and a tense end to the match marked by three expulsions sent some shivers through the internal ranks. Who, however, held on. “It’s my first championship title, I’m very proud of it,” commented Thuram.
Simone Inzaghi’s team made Calcio history: before her, only Juventus had achieved, in 1982, the figure of twenty national titles. If Juve is far at the top of the historic Serie A list with the astronomical total of 36 titles – and three stars therefore – Inter has regained the ascendancy over AC Milan who had returned to their height in 2022 with their 19th title.
Inter’s coronation was no longer in doubt for several weeks now, as the Nerazzurri dominate their subject and their rivals have multiplied their missteps. While the club had a string of victories (including a series of ten in a row between January and March), AC Milan compromised its chances in the fall, while Juve lost its footing during the first quarter of 2024 by pocketing seven small points in nine matches.
Only one defeat in the league
For his part, Inzaghi has set up a formidable winning machine: his team has only conceded one defeat in the league, against the modest Sassuolo team (2-1) at San Siro on September 27. His record is impressive: 27 victories in 33 matches with by far the best attack (79 goals scored) and defense (18 conceded).
He owes a lot to Lautaro Martinez, promoted this season to captain and top scorer in the championship (23), but also to a newcomer with a surname already well known in Serie A, Marcus Thuram. Arriving last summer from Mönchengladbach, the French international has had no problem adapting, as his 12 goals and seven assists in the league prove.
THE SERIES A RANKING
For Inter, this fantastic season, however, remains marred by its elimination by Atletico Madrid in the 8th round of the Champions League in which it played in the final in 2023 and the accusations of racist insult during a match which targeted Acerbi, ultimately exempted by the Italian Federation.