The extremely difficult victory against Juventus on April 3 has totally changed the end of Inter’s season. From that day, the Nerazzurri have once again brought out their best version, stringing together five consecutive victories and overcoming the cup derby with Milan and the reunion with Mourinho with two goals.
The Portuguese’s Roma had gone 12 games without losing and, in theory, was a difficult rival, but today they had to surrender to the Milanese, that with a 3-0 they opened a highway towards their second consecutive scudetto. Bologna, Udinese, Empoli, Cagliari and Sampdoria: by winning against these rivals, all attainable on paper, Inter would win their 20th league title, adding a star to their shield.
Today’s clash started evenly, but the interest, like against Milan, they knew how to strike at key moments. Just after the only scare of their match, a header from Mancini that ended outside, Inzaghi’s men put the confrontation downhill. Dumfries received a great vertical pass from Calhanoglu and opened the can by winning a heads up with Rui Patrício. Brozovic, the true key man of this team, then extended the advantage with a spectacular goal, penetrating the area from the left and ending the play with an unstoppable thread. If the scudetto arrives, a large piece will be from the Croatian.
Roma, after the break, returned to the green very aggressively, but their reaction attempt faded very quickly. In the 52nd minute, Lautaro scored the 20th goal of his season by heading into the net after a Calhanoglu corner, finishing off the job. From then on, he basically only had place the emotional ovation that San Siro dedicated to Mourinho, who responded by waving, and the Romanist goal of honor, signed by Mkhitaryan to a pass from Shomurodov.
The Giallorossi thus approached the historic Conference League semi-final with Leicester in the worst way, and Inter, meanwhile, celebrated a decisive step towards the scudetto. They are leaders with one point more than Milan, who will have a difficult visit to Lazio tomorrow, and five more than Napoli. Starting on Wednesday, when the Nerazzurri will play in Bologna, the contenders for the title will finally have the same number of matches played. Those of Inzaghi, by time and calendar, are undoubtedly the favorites.