Serie A

Inter win and celebrate championship party

Double goalscorer Hakan Calhanoglu(Bild: Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Newly crowned Italian champions Inter Milan treated their home fans to a 2-0 win over Torino on Sunday. Hakan Calhanoglu decided the game with a brace.

Afterwards, the team of Marko Arnautovic, who was substituted in the 72nd minute, celebrated the "Scudetto" won on Monday with a victory in the Milan derby together with the players' families and fans. Austrian international Valentino Lazaro played 63 minutes for the Turin side.

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Dismissal as can opener
After the exuberant party during the week, Inter got off to a slow start. The can opener for the "Nerazzurri" was a sending-off for the visitors at the start of the second half, when Adrien Tameze was sent to the dressing room with a red card by referee Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi for an emergency brake against Henrikh Mkhitaryan (49'). Incidentally, Caputi was in charge of a refereeing team made up entirely of women, a first in Serie A.

The first Inter goal was set up by Lazaro, who lost the ball in front of his own penalty area, and Calhanoglu scored with a superb finish (56'). Only a short time later, Marcus Thuram was awarded a penalty, which the Turk converted to score his second goal. After the final whistle, the Inter players unveiled a banner on the pitch with two gold stars for the now 20 championship titles.