A scudetto to the last breath, with Milan on pole and Inter ready to overtake at the last corner using a possible 'short arm' of the rivals.
Serie A offers an epilogue for strong hearts, an event that seemed erased from memory after nine years of Juventus domination and the clear supremacy of Conte's Inter last year: the last time was 12 years, with Inter Milan of Mourinho's treble It is the 29th time in 93 championships that the heartbeat of the last day is reached to assign the Scudetto: six times the sprint was three, once even four (1972) and five (1938 ), but only six times was the disruption coming.
In 1964 Bologna won the play-off after an ex aequo controversy with Inter.
In 1982 the score equal to the penultimate between Fiorentina and Juventus was resolved with a bianconero epilogue that the Viola have not yet digested (today there will be a 'reunion' at the theater 40 years after the event).
In the other four cases there was the overtaking: of Juve to Inter in 1971 and 2002, and to Milan (the 'fatal' Verona) in 1973, of Lazio to Juve in the storm of Perugia 2000, referee Collina.
Only in the Premier (Guardiola's Man City shows up on the last day with +1 over Liverpool) is there the same final thrill of Serie A, an event that the fans had forgotten by now.
After the 2002 overtaking of Juve on 5 June for the 4-2 flop with Lazio by Cuper and Ronaldo, there were only two epilogues to the photo finish: of the
Inter of Mancini and Ibrahimovic against Spalletti's Roma in 2008, and of that of 2010 (on the way to the treble) of Mourinho and Milito against the Giallorossi of Ranieri and Totti.
A point is enough for Milan, Inter are hoping for Berardi, Scamacca and Raspadori in Sassuolo.
Pioli has faith in him but does not trust: Dionisi's team has already wiped out Juventus (2-1), Inter (2-0) and the Rossoneri with a tremendous 3-1 at San Siro on 28 November last. .
