Inter’s manager was not first choice to replace Simeone Inzaghi but has created a juggernaut that could not be stopped
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t all felt inevitable, by the end, Internazionale becoming champions of Italy for the 21st time with a win over Parma they did not even need. A draw would have sufficed: in this game, or the next one, or either of the two after that. Their rivals for the Scudetto yielded one-by-one through the spring and then, finally, all at once. None of Napoli, Milan or Juventus won this weekend, not that it would have mattered any more if they had.
Inter were 10 points clear at the start of this round and 12 by its conclusion, the best team in Serie A by a mile. They have scored 82 goals in a league where no other team has yet made it to 60. Defensively, only Como can equal their 17 clean sheets.
On Sunday they gave us another snapshot of this season, dispatching a game opponent with ruthless technical superiority. Parma, 12th in the table and safe from relegation, had no obvious objectives of their own left to play but still were fierce in the tackle and eager to strike out where they could. They almost made it to half-time before conceding.
