VIDEO. Italy: Inter Milan wins the 20th title in its history during an electric Milan derby

The joy of the Interists, crowned for the 20th time in their history. MAXPPP – MATTEO BAZZI

Victorious (2-1) over AC Milan on Monday evening, the Interists of Thuram and Pavard celebrate the club's 2nd star.

On its planet and in another galaxy: Inter Milan on Monday became the second club in history to win the title of champion for the twentieth time ;Italy by beating, the icing on the tiramisu, its great rival AC Milan 2 to 1.

At the first opportunity to win the "scudetto", Lautaro Martinez and his teammates responded, as they did throughout a season that they flew through.

To the delight of their excited fans, the Nerazzurri won the Milan derby at San Siro, of which AC Milan was officially the host, 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.

Five days before the end of the season, they have an insurmountable lead of 17 points over AC Milan.

The last ten Italian champions

2024: Inter Milan
2023: Naples
2022: AC Milan
2021: Inter Milan
2020: Juventus Turin
2019: Juventus Turin
2018: Juventus Turin
2017: Juventus Turin
2016: Juventus Turin
2015: Juventus Turin

The most successful clubs:

1. Juventus 36 titles (2020)
2. Inter Milan 20 (2024)
3. AC Milan 19 (2022)
4. Genoa 9 (1924)
5. Bologna 7 (1964)
Torino 7 (1976)
Pro Vercelli 7 (1922)
8. Naples 3 (2023)
AS Rome 3 (2001)
10. Fiorentina 2 (1969)
Lazio Rome 2 (2000)

Untouchable Juve with 36 titles

Simone Inzaghi's team entered the history of calcio: before her, only Juventus had reached, in 1982, the figure of twenty national titles which gives the right to embroider two stars on its jerseys golden.

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 regained the ascendancy over AC Milan who returned to their height in 2022 with their 19th title.

🇮🇹🏆 C'EST FAIT, L'INTER MILAN REMPORTE LE 20eme SCUDETTO DE SON HISTOIRE ! ⭐️⭐️ pic.twitter.com/AciOXTF2zw

— beIN SPORTS (@beinsports_FR) April 22, 2024

Inter's coronation has been in no doubt for several weeks now, as the Nerazzurri dominate their subject and their rivals have multiplied their missteps.

The outgoing champion Naples quickly out of the equation, Inter spent almost the entire season in the lead, leaving only crumbs to AC Milan (leader after the 8th day alone) and to the Juventus, briefly in the lead after the 21st day.

Ten wins in a row

While Inter was stringing together 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 in the first quarter of 2024 by pocketing seven small points in nine matches.

For his part, Inzaghi has set up a formidable winning machine: his team has conceded only 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) in Serie A. 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.

The successes of Thuram and Pavard

Arrived last summer from Mönchengladbach, the French international, son of Lilian, played for Parma (1996-2001) and Juventus (2001-06), n’a experienced no adaptation problems as proven by his twelve goals and seven assists in the championship.

Inter also had a hollow nose by betting on Swiss goalkeeper Yann Sommer (19 matches without conceding a goal in the league) and on Frenchman Benjamin Pavard to strengthen their defense.

With Hakan Calhanoglu and Henrix Mkhitaryan in charge in midfield, Inter can still break some records by the end of the season.

Her fantastic 2023-24 season will however remain tainted by her elimination by Atletico Madrid in the round of 16 of the Champions League, in which she played in the final in 2023 and the accusations of ;racist insult during a match which targeted Acerbi, ultimately exonerated by the Italian Federation.

Financial uncertainty behind the scenes

On the pitch at least, the future looks bright: Inzaghi and Martinez will extend, the arrivals of Mehdi Taremi (Porto) and Piotr Zielinski (Naples) are already finalized.

Behind the scenes, it’s much more vague: Inter, forced to sell to recruit, reduced its losses in 2022-23, but they were rising still at 85 million euros.

Its owner since 2016, the Chinese group Suning of businessman Steven Zhang, is increasing borrowing to try to keep its head above water: he has just reached an agreement with an American fund to repay a loan of 375 million euros taken out from the Oaktree fund.