🏆 Inter, champions of Italy: 2-0 v Parma! Thuram+Mkhi, Chivu record 📊 | OneFootball

Inter don't miss their chance and become champions of Italy: the 2-0 win over Parma, sealed by Thuram (45'+1) and Mkhitaryan (80'), delivers the 21st Scudetto in Nerazzurri history, secured with 3 games to spare on 82 points.

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Chivu becomes the 3rd foreign coach to win Serie A in the 21st century (after Mourinho and Eriksson) while it is Marotta’s 11th Scudetto as an executive. Inter also had not won the title with a home match since 1989, given that the one secured in the Derby was officially with Milan "at home".

At the start of the match, Delprato gave San Siro a scare with a header that went wide, then it became an Inter monologue: Barella hit the crossbar and Suzuki beat Thuram to the tap-in. The Nerazzurri struggled to create clear chances until 45'+1: through ball from Zielinski and Thuram scored at the far post, making it 1-0 and sending San Siro wild.

In the second half (without Pio, forced off after a blow to the back), Inter dominated and went close twice through Mkhitaryan and Dumfries before making it 2-0 in the 80th minute: low cross from Lautaro (who came on in the second half to huge cheers) and Mkhitaryan scored into a half-empty net. Late on, a goal by Elphege was ruled out for offside, while Frattesi came very close to a third, again from a Dimarco pass. 

📊 Chivu: 5th coach to win in his first year with Inter

Chivu is the 5th coach to win the Scudetto in his first season with Inter after Arpad Weisz, Alfredo Foni, Giovanni Invernizzi and José Mourinho.

🏟️ Standing ovation for Barella, Verona goal ❌

MINUTE 88 - Barella comes off a little sore but walking under his own power after a hard challenge: San Siro gives him a standing ovation. Frattesi comes on in his place.

MINUTE 86 - The assistant referee disallows a goal for Elphege because of Almqvist’s offside, after he had provided the assist for the Parma forward.

🧨 Mkhitaryan makes it 2-0! Lautaro assist ❗

MINUTE 80 - Lautaro Martinez (who came on in the 66th minute) is played through and then drills a low cross for Mkhitaryan, who scores into an empty net: 2-0 and, practically, game over. It is his 3rd goal of the season in his 897th career appearance.

❌ Mkhitaryan and Dumfries waste 2 Dimarco assists

MINUTES 69 and 72 - Dimarco sends a low cross into the box, Mkhitaryan throws himself too far forward and cannot get a shot away with the goal almost empty. Shortly after, Dimarco provides a similar assist for Dumfries, who shoots on the run and fires over from the middle of the area.

👏 Lautaro comes on, San Siro goes wild 🤩

MINUTE 66 - In a second half with few chances, the emotions rose because of a substitution: Lautaro Martinez replaced Thuram (along with Carlos Augusto for Bastoni), and San Siro saluted both of them: today’s goalscorer and the captain’s return on a crucial day.

After the substitution, the stadium came alive with classic chants like: "Chi non salta rossonero è", or "the league leaders are pulling away".

🤕 Pio goes off: back problem, Bonny comes on

MINUTE 46 - Pio Esposito is forced off at the end of the first half after a blow to the back: Bonny comes on in his place.

💣 Thuram in stoppage time: 1-0! San Siro goes crazy 🤯

MINUTE 45+1 - Sucic drives forward, Zielinski receives the ball and threads an assist through for Thuram, who controls it in the box and beats Suzuki at the far post. It is his 18th goal of the season, his 13th in the league.

Big celebrations at San Siro with a series of chants ringing out around the entire stadium.

RANDOM STATS: this is Thuram’s 5th consecutive league game scoring for Inter, the last Nerazzurri player to do so was Bobo Vieri.

❗Barella hits the bar and Suzuki pulls off a miracle

MINUTE 25 - Pio Esposito does brilliantly to tee up Barella, who shoots left-footed; his effort hits the crossbar and then Suzuki fortunately diverts it away from goal. The goalkeeper is then alert on the rebound, beating Thuram by a fraction.

It is Inter’s 20th shot off the woodwork in this Serie A season: a league-high in our championship.

🤏 2 headers: Delprato and Dumfries threaten

MINUTE 10 -  Dumfries nearly scores with a header from a late run onto a Barella cross: the effort goes just a few centimeters wide.

MINUTE 8 - The first dangerous chance goes to Parma: Valeri crosses and Delprato gets his head to it, the effort goes just wide and the assistant referee flags for offside. Had it gone in, VAR would have been needed.

🕯️ San Siro lights up for Zanardi

As in all matches this round, a minute of silence was observed in honor of Alex Zanardi. The moment was respected by everyone present.

💪 Marotta: "Chivu? We were optimistic, but we didn’t expect this"

Before kickoff, Marotta spoke to DAZN: "I wouldn’t have expected him to have such an important season, even if there’s always that black mark of the Champions League elimination, but that’s part of the game." Read his full comments here.

🚌 A sea of Nerazzurri by the bus, outside San Siro 🤯

The fans started singing outside San Siro as they waited for kickoff

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Inter posted a video on social media of the team bus approaching the stadium. A real sea of Nerazzurri.

📲 Calhanoglu starts "stitching" the Scudetto

Hakan Calhanoglu fired up the atmosphere with a very clear message on his IG story.

✅Official lineups

INTER (3-5-2): Sommer; Bisseck, Akanji, Bastoni; Dumfries, Barella, Zielinski, Sucic, Dimarco; Esposito F.P., Thuram. Coach: Chivu.

PARMA (3-5-2): Suzuki; Circati, Troilo, Ndiaye; Delprato, Bernabé, Nicolussi Caviglia, Keita, Valeri; Strefezza, Pellegrino. Coach: Cuesta.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇮🇹 here.

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