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A neck-and-neck Serie A title showdown went all the way to the final round of fixtures on Friday night.
To ramp up the drama, competition organisers moved Napoli's home game against Cagliari and Inter Milan's trip to Como forward to May 23.
Napoli headed into the last matchweek knowing victory would see them regain a title they won in 2023/24.
Simone Inzaghi's Inter unseated them last time around and his UEFA Champions League finalists were looking to make it back-to-back successes. If Napoli slipped up, victory over their near neighbours Como would be enough.
The Sporting News was across both matches, and here's how the action unfolded.
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Inter struck first, as Stefan De Vrij gave them a 20th-minute lead at Como. Down in Naples, at an expectant Diego Armando Maradona Stadium, the tension ramped up.
The release came three minutes before halftime, when Scott McTominay crowned a magnificent season with a superb scissor-kick volley, dispatching his 12th Serie goal of the campaign to spark raucous scenes.
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WHO ELSE BUT SCOTT MCTOMINAY TO PUT NAPOLI AHEAD WITH AN INCREDIBLE GOAL 🤯 pic.twitter.com/HZZhyCCmDp
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— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) May 23, 2025From that point, Inter were up against it, sensing the man who led them to Scudetto glory in 2020/21 – Antonio Conte – would not be denied a sixth league title of his career.
So it proved when former Inter hero and Conte stalwart Romelu Lukaku slotted home coolly in the 51st minute.
Inter scored almost simultaneously through Joaquin Correa, by which point veteran goalkeeper Pepe Reina had been sent off for their hosts in the final game of his career.
The Nerazzurri's attentions will now turn towards next Saturday's Champions League final against Paris Saint-Germain in Munich.
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