AGI – Inter have won their 19th Scudetto: the math arrived in the afternoon, with Atalanta’s 1-1 draw against Sassuolo. The advantage of Antonio Conte’s Nerazzurri is now 13 points, unbridgeable in the last four days of the championship.
Inter won their 19th Scudetto eleven years after that of the Triplete: Antonio Conte’s team, after a first leg closed between ups and downs, imposed a hellish pace on the return one in which it only struck victories with the parenthesis of the two draws with Napoli and Spezia.
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The 82 points that gave him an unbridgeable advantage with four rounds to spare are the result of 25 wins (of which 14 at home), seven draws and only two defeats. A pace that forced a hesitant Juve in Andrea Pirlo’s first year to abdicate after nine league titles in a row.
For the Nerazzurri, the season had begun in a fluctuating way, thanks to Covid which had killed the team in the first few days. Six goals conceded in the first two games against Benevento, Fiorentina and Lazio, then in mid-October the defeat in the derby against Milan for 1 to 2 (brace from Ibrahimovic and goal from Lukaku).
In the meantime, the European path becomes complicated immediately: just two points in the first three matches with Borussia M’Gladbach, Shakhtar Donetsk and Real Madrid.
The celebrations outside San Siro (AGF video)
So in December comes the elimination from the Champions League and also from the Europa League with the final fourth place: after the victory at home by the Germans, Inter does not go beyond the home draw against Shakhtar. The Nerazzurri, however, remain in the wake of Milan in the league and the turning point comes on January 17 when Juve arrives at San Siro, who in Conte’s first year snatched six points out of six from Inter.
This time, however, it ends 2-0 with goals from the former Arturo Vidal and Nicolò Barella. The next day the 0-0 draw arrives in Udine and from there begins a stratospheric second round made up of 12 consecutive victories (including the very heavy ones with Lazio and Atalanta and a return derby won 2 to 1), before the draws against Naples and Spezia and the successes of Verona and Crotone. The Coppa Itala vanished in the semifinals with Juve, after the satisfaction of another derby won in the quarters.
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The rivals took turns in the league left behind, starting with the winter champion Milan condemned by a series of internal knockouts. Inter in the second year of treatment Conte has made his philosophy of competition, tears and sweat of the Salento coach his own.
To confirm the effectiveness of the LuLa was added the thrust on the right flank of an unstoppable Hakimi with seven goals and six assists and a Barella who grew exponentially. Behind the trio Bastoni-De Vrji-Skriniar formed a dam that recalled the Bbc of Juve. And even those who were supposed to be supporting actors, from Darmian to a rediscovered Perisic, have always been ready. Even Captain Handanovic, despite some uncertainty, has confirmed himself as a reliable and unrivaled goalkeeper in Serie A for his ability with his feet in the construction from below that Conte requires.
“Winning a championship four days early means that it is deserved“, says Antonio Conte, interviewed by Inter Tv.” We deserved it, there are no other adjectives to say what we have done “, added the coach,” it is a source of pride and satisfaction. Starting this adventure with Inter was not an easy choice. I could have made more comfortable choices, but it is for the important decisions that give me something and that lead me to do something extraordinary. It has been an intense two years “.
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