Inter Milan clinched their first Serie A title in more than a decade after second-place Atalanta played a 1-1 draw at Sassuolo on Sunday.
The city of Milan was sent into frenz shortly after the final whistle confirmed Inter as champion, with four matches to spare.
Thousands of Nerazzurri fans reportedly flooded the Pizza Duomo, with flags and scarves, chanting and singing while setting off flares and fireworks to celebrate Inter’s triumph.
It was Inter’s first trophy since 2011 and the first Serie A title since 2010, when it claimed the treble of the league, Champions League and Italian Cup.
“We are, yes, we are. Champions of Italy. We can finally scream it, after dreaming of it, after keeping it hidden in the depths of our hearts, after holding on to it like a precious dream that we did not want to waste,” read a lengthy statement on the Inter website. “We wear this Scudetto. Beautiful, emphatic, deserved. Long-awaited and yearned for.
“A team that represents an entire population, the Nerazzurri. A team that has won, that has dominated. With only one big regret: not being able to share the joys on the pitch with the Nerazzurri fans.”.
Inter ended Juventus’ reign of over a decade. The Nerazzurri coach Antonio Conte led Juventus to the first three of its nine successive Serie A titles but ended that run in his second spell in charge at Milan.
