The precedent is against Inter in the Sere A title race, as on only four of the previous occasions where the Scudetto was decide on the final matchday did the team in second place overtake the leaders to win the title.
This is highlighted in today’s print edition of Milan-based newspaper Corriere della Sera, who note the scale of the Nerazzurri’s task in trying to finish ahead of AC Milan at the top of the table across ninety minutes of football.
Inter fans will have looked hopefully at some Scudetto races in recent memory where a team has gone into the final round in second place but finished the day as champions.
Lazio’s dramatic Scudetto win over Juventus on the final day of the season has been brought up as a connection especially given the fact that coach Simone Inzaghi had been a player in that Biancocelesti side.
Moreover, Nerazzurri fans will know well that they lost on the final day of the 2001-02 season to hand the title to Juventus, and they could be hoping that the same fate befalls AC Milan against Sassuolo.
However, as the Corriere points out, these instances are memorable precisely because they have been aberrations and against the odds, while the probability still favours the Rossoneri seeing out the title race.
