This Sunday at six in the afternoon, in the Italian league, the fight for the title will continue until the final game of the season, twelve years after the last time. The two Milan teams play the final match with a minimum difference of two points. AC Milan have the upper hand and are masters of their own destiny. With a tie the championship is assured while Inter will have to wait for the result of their neighbors: a victory does not guarantee victory, only a defeat of the current leaders would take them to the conquest of the second consecutive national trophy.
In the era of the three points, only six times had the championship been resolved on the last available date and this year it has happened again with two teams from the same city and that, after an opaque decade dominated by Juventus, are trying return to the past levels, when the national trophies were distributed.
On Sunday they will fight for the most coveted title, the Italian league, which has seen Inzaghi's men win last year, but to find a 'Rossonero' victory you have to go back to Allegri's times in the 2010/2011 season.
Milan has the simplest task a priori, a point will suffice against a Sassuolo that no longer asks for anything more from its championship. Despite this, one should not underestimate this young team that has obtained surprising results during the year, such as the victory in the first leg at home to the leaders. A draw will be enough to lift the trophy for the team led spiritually by Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who, although he could not contribute his football level, has caused different injuries, deferring from transmitting the winning mentality to the younger ones, who now have to face the step more difficult: to proclaim champions.
Inter demanded
On the other side is Inter, a team that three weeks ago could have held an advantage over the neighboring club but lost in the disastrous match in Bologna, a 2-1 loss marked by a colossal error by goalkeeper Radu. Hope is still on and the coach underlines it in his recent statements: "There is one game left and I am confident: I have already won a league on the last date when I was two points below." The title to which the former Lazio player refers is that of the year 1999/2000, when with a 3-0 victory against Reggina, he took the opportunity to overcome a Juventus team that was then lost in the rain in Perugia. The last game will see the 'Neroazzurri' face Sampdoria, a team that managed to stay in Serie A the previous day and will have no reason to hinder Inter's path to victory.
Precedents say that of the six previous occasions in which a similar situation was found, only twice has the comeback been completed: with Juventus in 2001/2002 and with the example cited above. The clash between the Milan teams will determine whether Milan will reach 'cousins' with the same number of titles or the opening of a new interista domain, which would mean the second star sober his shield, by winning his twentieth league.
