The 33rd round of Serie A ushered in the much-anticipated "Milan Derby", and Inter Milan defeated AC Milan 2-1.
Inter Milan completed the "six consecutive kills" against AC Milan and also won the Serie A championship five rounds in advance.
This is the 20th time in the history of Inter Milan that they have won the Serie A title, and they have also beaten AC Milan, who have won the title 19 times, and embroidered a second star on their shirts!
The dominance of the Nerazzurri
In 33 rounds, 27 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss, scoring 79 goals and conceding 18 goals, with 86 points, which is Inter Milan's championship record so far.
Whether compared to previous Serie A champions or the other leaders in the top five leagues this season, Inter Milan's performance has been extremely dominant.
Take Bayer Leverkusen, the most surprising side of the season, for example, who currently have 25 wins and five draws in the Bundesliga, scoring 75 goals and conceding 20 goals. It's hard to say who has the more dominant results between Inter and Pharma, to say the least, apart from that "unbeaten record".
Inter's only league defeat this season was a 2-1 home defeat to Sassuolo in the sixth round, after which they went unbeaten in 27 consecutive games.
From January 6 to March 10, Inter won 13 consecutive games in all competitions, including a win over Napoli in the Serie Super Cup final and a 1-0 home win over Atletico Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.
It wasn't until the second leg of the Champions League 1/8 finals on March 14 that Inter lost 1-2 away to Atletico Madrid, and this winning streak was over. The away defeat to Atletico Madrid is also the only defeat Inter have suffered so far in 2024.
Lautaro Martinez currently leads the Serie A scorer list with 23 goals, and he is also at the top of the European Golden Boot rankings. Lautaro's two team-mates, Marcus Thuram and Calhanoglu, scored 12 and 11 goals respectively.
In Serie A, Inter also blossomed more, with Mkhitaryan (seven), Marcus Thuram (seven) and Dimarco (six) all in the top 10.
The players and the team have achieved each other, each playing beautiful statistics and results, and now this Inter Milan team is getting better.
Accumulate steadily, and gradually get better
Simeone Inzaghi, also known as Inzaghi Jr., has been in charge of Inter Milan since June 2021, in his third season with the Nerazzurri.
In the 21-22 season, Inter Milan finished second in Serie A, with 84 points, only two points less than the champion AC Milan.
In the Coppa Italia final, Inter Milan defeated Juventus 4-2 after extra time. In addition, they also won the Italian Super Cup.
In the 22-23 season, Inter Milan made great progress in the Champions League, reached the final, and finally lost 0-1 to Manchester City and won the runner-up.
On the domestic stage, they won the Coppa Italia and the Italian Super Cup again.
Inter reached the Champions League final last season, and the signing played a big role.
In the 1/8 finals and 1/4 finals, Inter Milan eliminated Porto and Benfica, the two Portuguese Super League giants.
In the semi-finals, Inter met their city brother AC Milan again, and won 3-0 on aggregate over the two legs.
In all fairness, the gold content of Inter's victories in these rounds is indeed not high.
However, they can't be blamed for this, in fact, Napoli, AC Milan and Benfica also had similar chances of qualifying, and Inter Milan was able to stand out because they did better than the rest of the teams.
Regardless of how much the signing helped, Inter reached the Champions League final. They didn't win the championship, but they have gained enough confidence.
Looking back on the last three seasons, it can be said that Inter Milan has gradually reached the current heights step by step.
At present, key figures such as Lautaro, Barella, Dimarco and Bastoni have been in the team for more than two years.
In the past two years, Inter Milan has always been able to optimize and upgrade the squad without spending much money through reasonable transfer operations.
Like Marcus Thuram, who arrived on a free transfer from Borussia Monchengladbach last summer, he has 14 goals and seven assists in all competitions this season.
Inter's road in recent years has not been so vigorous, but it can be called solid.
They lost their title hopes early in Serie A last year, but came to the bottom in the Champions League. They dominated Serie A this year but exited the Champions League early.
It's still a bit difficult to make the current Inter compete for the title on the third front, but at least in recent seasons, Inter have proved that they have the ability to compete on any front.
Regrets in the Champions League
Last season, Inter reached the Champions League final. This season, Inter have been in better form but have not been able to go very far in the Champions League. This is probably Inter's biggest regret this season.
In the group stage of this season's Champions League, Inter Milan is in the same group as Real Sociedad, Benfica and Red Bull Salzburg. Inter easily qualified from this difficult group, but failed to finish top of the group.
Of course, the draw to Atletico Madrid in the 1/8 final is not a very bad draw.
Inter won 1-0 in the first leg, led 1-0 in the second leg, and led 2-0 on aggregate and were very close to advancing to the next round. However, goals from Antoine Griezmann and Depay sent the game to extra-time, with the Nerazzurri falling to penalties.
If Inter can get past Atletico, their hopes of winning the title this year should be greater than last year, right?
Of course, such assumptions no longer make sense, and Inter have been good enough this season.
The regrets left this time, try to win them back next time!