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Inter secured their 14th Scudetto today, without a match being played! It’s Inter’s first title since 1989. How can they have won it before the season has started you ask? Well it has been awarded to them retropectively as part of the fall-out from the Calciopoli scandal. While many teams would not have celebrated a title which was not won on the pitch, Inter are an exception, maybe because their dry spell has been so long. The club’s website featured the picture on the left.

President Massimo Moratti declared it the “Scudetto of honesty and respect“. He went on to say that it was won by the best team and the team with the right spirit and was doubly valuable because it was won at a time when everyone was following recent events. Coach Roberto Mancini said it was “just reward for our efforts and honesty. We deserve it and we are happy“.

The championship also gives Inter their first ever double. Amazingly Inter may soon win their second title in as many days, should it be decided that the title Juve “won” two years ago sould also be theirs. It’s like waiting for buses, you wait for ages and then two come along at the same time!

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