It was long, far too long if you ask AC Milan’s fans, but it was worth a wait – Rossoneri are Serie A champions after 11 years! Milan won in the last round against Sassuolo 3-0, and since they controlled their own destiny, they never looked back to see what their city rival is doing. Inter Milan will have to turn over the trophy after only one year, and they will have to hand it over to the mortal enemy. They beat Sampdoria 3-0, but it was all in vain. The Scudetto belongs to AC Milan! 🏆🔴⚫️ Stefano Pioli guides the Rossoneri to their first Serie A title since 2011. pic.twitter.com/bbN95VPtta— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) May 22, 2022 Everything was exciting ahead of the last round in Serie A: the duels, the uncertainty, the history of former league title battles won in the last round, the negative Milan score against Sassuolo (two defeats this season, 6 times in the last 17 games), but when the games started, the excitement was gone. Milan didn’t allow one bit of uncertainty, they played like a true champion, they didn’t crash under pressure, or anything like that, on the contrary. From the first minute, Rossoneri stormed towards Sassuolo’s goal and never stopped. They managed a staggering 15 shots on goal in the first 45 minutes (11 on target) and created three big chances before the first goal. Giroud, Leao and Saelemaekers missed huge chances in the first 10 minutes of the game. 35 & 234 – Olivier Giroud became the oldest player to reach double figures in his Serie A debut season (35 years, 234 days). Highlander.#SassuoloMilan pic.twitter.com/mByaLyUHZj— OptaPaolo 🏆 (@OptaPaolo) May 22, 2022 Usually, the teams who miss such chances are punished by the football justice, but not today. On the next attack, Rossoneri scored their first goal of the day. Leao managed to rob the ball off Ayhan on the halfway line and kept running on the left flank before cutting inside and rolling a ball across to Giroud, whose finish took a deflection, and through Consigli’s legs to the goal. Former Arsenal and Chelsea striker proved his precise goalscoring skills 15 minutes later with another goal. Leao and Giroud combined again, and the Portuguese again cut a cross-back for Giroud for a brace. Frank Kessie will leave the club after this game as a free agent and move to Barcelona, but he managed to score on his farewell in the 36th minute. The second half was just a regular 45 minutes in which Milan closed the shop, and even thou Sassuolo again showed nothing. Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who contributed so much to this team, came in instead of Giroud in the 72nd minute and even scored a goal, but unfortunately, it was nullified due to offside. 188 kilometres away, Inter was playing against Sampdoria and it took them 49 minutes to break the deadlock, after which they scored two more goals for the final 3-0 win, but in reality, they had nothing to play for when Giroud scored the second goal after half an hour. The World Cup winner now has his second career title, but with another club. Giroud has one Ligue 1 title with Montpelier and another one with Milan, which will go along with his Champions and Europa League titles with Chelsea and 3 FA Cups with Arsenal. SERIE A – ROUND 38FridayTorino – Roma 0-3 (0-2)/Abraham 33, 42 pen, Pellegrini 78 pen/SaturdayGenoa – Bologna 0-1 (0-0)/Barrow 66/Atalanta – Empoli 0-1 (0-0)/Stulac 79/Fiorentina – Juventus 2-0 (1-0)/Duncan 45, Gonzales 90+2/Lazio – Verona 3-3 (2-2)/Cabral 16, Anderson 29, Pedro 62 – Simeone 6, Lazagna 14, Hongla 76/SundaySpezia – Napoli 0-3 (0-3)/Politano 4, Zielinski 25, Demme 36/Inter – Sampdoria 3-0 (0-0)/Perisic 49, Correa 55, 57/Sassuolo – Milan 0-3 (0-3)/Giroud 17, 32, Kessie 36/22.00: (1.77) Salernitana (3.80) Udinese (5.50)22.00: (5.20) Venezia (3.70) Cagliari (1.79)***odds are subject to change
