Scott Mctuminay and Romelu Lukaku scored in a 2-0 victory against Cagliari in a crowded and wild stadio Diego Armando Maradona while Napoli obtained his second league crown in three years on the last day of the season. Napoli ended the season a point ahead of the rivals closest to Inter Milan who won 2-0 in Como, the outgoing champions opponents to play half of the match with 10 men after goalkeeper Pepe Reina was sent just before the half-time of his last match.
Friday’s triumph crowned a season which started with few thoughts that Napoli could challenge Inter after finishing 10th as champions reigning last quarter.
“It happened again and it’s fantastic … We had a very good season and all thanks to the boys who wanted to put themselves there, especially those who won the League two years ago,” said coach Antonio Conte.
Conte took Napoli by the skin of the neck, but did nothing to crush the rumors that he will leave in summer after a season in Naples because of his frustrations by the lack of investment of the owner Aurelio de Laurentiis.
“I have a good relationship with the president and his family,” said Conte when he scored his future by Dazn. “I had the opportunity to know him and of me, we celebrate together and we are two winners. Maybe we are a little different, but we are two winners.”
Inter’s victory meant nothing because another Scudetto feast was launched in Naples by the new heroes of Mctuminay and Lukaku fans, with fans lighting the push and triggering fireworks in the streets to celebrate.
Scottish midfielder Mctuminay, named player of the season, signed with the league campaign already in August and immediately had an impact on a team still in shock from last season’s disaster.
His 12th goal from his first season of Serie A, three minutes before half-time, was an appropriate way for Napoli to break the dead end because he was the symbol of the renewal of the team under tale.
“I am lost for words. It is incredible that you know, the sacrifice that each player of the group has put forward,” said Mctominay.
“And people deserve it because they are behind us from the first day, and for me to come and live, it’s a dream.”
The acrobatic volley of Mctominay of the Matteo Politano cross broke the ice in a tense stadium, while the supporters looked at a pocket of good chances come and go while Inter took the lead thanks to Stefan de Vrij in the 21st minute in Como and briefly moved the top of the division.
And Lukaku made sure that Napoli would secure the glory of the title five minutes after the break when he collected the long pass of Amir Rrahmani and held Yerry Mina before postponing the goal that sealed the agreement.
Joaquin Correa doubled Inter’s advance, just like Lukaku scored, cutting inside Ivan Smolcic before slipping with confidence at home his second goal of the season.
But Inter now turns their attention to the final of the Champions League against Paris Saint-Germain in Munich, where the Simone Inzaghi team will try to win the club’s largest football prix after conceding the Scudetto in Napoli.
Twelve lost points against winning positions played their role in Interdler Losing the title and the second channel team sent to the Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia has suggested that Inzaghi already thought in advance next weekend.
Inter had been repeating the triple won under Jose Mourinho in 2010 earlier in the season, but the Champions League is now their only chance for a long campaign trophy, and draining that they could finish with nothing.
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