After being beaten by Roma, Inter Milan had to wait a little longer to clinch the Serie A. However Roma’s 2-1 loss at the hands of Atalanta and Inter beating Siena by the same margin means that the Nerazzuri are now this season’s Serie A champions. Inter are now on 84, with Roma on 68, with both the teams have 5 games left in the season.
Without Juventus being there and with Milan and Lazio being docked points at the start of the season for their alleged role in the match fixing scandal, Inter were favourites from the very beginning. Inter were also declared winners of the 2005-2006 edition after the court verdict of the match fixing scandal. Inter had originally finished third last season.
For Roma, the only consolation might be the fact that Francesco Totti is leading the goal charts. Inter were undefeated this season until the loss to Roma, and the Gialarossi can take pride in that fact. They are still the only team to have defeated Internazionale in the league this season.
Another good news for Inter fans- Roberto Mancini has signed a 4 year extension to his contract, which means that he will stay at the San Siro till 2011. There were rumours that he might be replaced due to Inter not peforming upto standards in Europe, but this happening, has for the moment silenced those rumours.