One day, two faces. On the one hand there is Inter preparing to experience a Sunday of celebrations, on the other all the rivals involved in the Champions League race, still without certainties and with a future yet to be written.
Because while the Nerazzurri have already secured the Scudetto and Italian Cup, completing a historic double that has been missing in Milan since 2010, the rest of Serie A is still living in the chaos of a very open fight for the European places.
Contesa Champions
In fact, with two days to go, Naples, Juventus, Milan, Rome and Como are still in full swing to qualify for the next Champions League, with just a few points separating everything and everyone. A situation that certifies balance, but also the absence of a real antagonist capable of keeping Inter's pace throughout the season.
And while the others are forced to live ninety minutes with anxiety, in Milan the climate will be completely different. First the match against Verona and then the start of the great Nerazzurri party, in a city ready to dress once again in the colors of day and night.
A deserved celebration, because Inter's season was extraordinary. Not just for the results, but for the way they arrived. In the summer there were many doubts: a team considered to be at the end of its cycle, a squad judged to be in need of rebuilding and a coach, Chivu, welcomed with enormous scepticism. Criticisms and doubts that the group transformed into motivation, responding on the field week after week, race after race.
Inter solida e affamata
Inter proved to be the strongest team, but above all the most solid. The club, management and group all rowed in the same direction, building a stability that is missing almost everywhere in Italian football today.
And now comes the most important part. Because while many rivals will have to rebuild between changes on the bench, corporate revolutions and complicated markets, Inter has the duty to exploit the advantage it has accumulated. The feeling is that the Nerazzurri have opened a cycle and that they can continue to dominate, as long as they maintain hunger, clarity and planning.
The others are still chasing a place in the Champions League. Inter, on the other hand, is already ahead. And he wants to stay there.