Inter Milan are Italian champions in 2024 after a derby win against AC Milan.
After the 2-1 (1-0) win in the derby, Inter is 17 points ahead of second-placed AC Milan and can no longer lose first place with five games left. Francesco Acerbi (18th) and Marcus Thuram (49th) scored for Inter, Milan only managed to score through Fikayo Tomori (80th).
In the hectic final phase with a total of three red cards, the guests extended their lead over time. Denzel Dumfries (Inter) and Theo Hernandez (Milan) each saw a red card after a scuffle (90+4), and Milan’s Davide Calabria also had to leave the field with a red card after an elbow strike (90+7).
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Second star on the jersey for Inter
With the victory over their city rivals, Inter’s 20th championship title in the club’s history is secured. Inter last won the Serie A title in the 2020/21 season. A number with a high symbolic load for the fans, because in Italy there is a star on the jersey for every ten championships won. Milan has 19 titles.
Italian champions since 2014/15 Season champions 2014/15 Juventus Turin 2015/16 Juventus Turin 2016/17 Juventus Turin 2017/18 Juventus Turin 2018/19 Juventus Turin 2019/20 Juventus Turin 2020/21 Inter Milan 2021/22 AC Milan 2022/ 23 SSC Napoli 2023/24 Inter Milan
It has been clear for weeks that Inter will make the 20 perfect this season. Coach Simone Inzaghi’s team is too dominant in Serie A, convincing with defensive stability, counter-pressing and plenty of offensive power.
Inter Milan’s Francesco Acerbi celebrates his goal to make it 1-0
Inter have only lost once (six months ago), scored the most goals (77), conceded the fewest goals (17) and can still reach the magical 100 point mark by the end of the season. Inter Milan rolled through Serie A like a “steamroller,” writes the “Corriere dello Sport.”
The new champions’ starting line-up included two former Bayern professionals: Swiss goalkeeper Yann Sommer and Frenchman Benjamin Pavard. The head of the team is the former Leverkusen player Hakan Calhanoglu – the 30-year-old Turkish international shone as a game designer.
Yacine Adli (AC Milan) and Marcus Thuram (Inter Milan) fight for the ball
Thuram and former Dortmund player Henrich Mchitarjan also played well. The former captain of the German U21 national team Yann Aurel Bisseck was on the bench in the Derby della Madonnina.
Marcus Thuram scored for Inter
