• Inter Milan players celebrate winning the Serie A title. AFP
    Inter Milan players celebrate winning the Serie A title. AFP
  • Left to right: Inter Milan vice-president Javier Zanetti, president Steven Zhang, manager Antonio Conte, sports coordinator Gabriele Oriali and chief exutive Giuseppe Marotta. AFP
    Left to right: Inter Milan vice-president Javier Zanetti, president Steven Zhang, manager Antonio Conte, sports coordinator Gabriele Oriali and chief exutive Giuseppe Marotta. AFP
  • Let to right Inter Milan's Lautaro Martinez, Danilo D'Ambrosio and Samir Handanovic celebrate after the match against Udinese. AFP
    Let to right Inter Milan's Lautaro Martinez, Danilo D'Ambrosio and Samir Handanovic celebrate after the match against Udinese. AFP
  • Inter supporters celebrate outside the San Siro before the match. EPA
    Inter supporters celebrate outside the San Siro before the match. EPA
  • The Inter Milan team bus arrives at the ground. EPA
    The Inter Milan team bus arrives at the ground. EPA
  • Inter supporters celebrate outside the San Siro before the match. EPA
    Inter supporters celebrate outside the San Siro before the match. EPA
  • Inter supporters celebrate outside the San Siro before the match. EPA
    Inter supporters celebrate outside the San Siro before the match. EPA
  • The Inter Milan team bus arrives at the ground. EPA
    The Inter Milan team bus arrives at the ground. EPA
  • Police watch Inter fans before the match. EPA
    Police watch Inter fans before the match. EPA
  • Celebrating fans before the match. EPA
    Celebrating fans before the match. EPA
  • Inter supporters celebrate outside the San Siro before the match. EPA
    Inter supporters celebrate outside the San Siro before the match. EPA
  • Inter forward Romelu Lukaku celebrates after scoring the fifth goal against Udinese
    Inter forward Romelu Lukaku celebrates after scoring the fifth goal against Udinese
  • Inter attacker Lautaro Martinez scores from the spot to make it 3-0. AFP
    Inter attacker Lautaro Martinez scores from the spot to make it 3-0. AFP
  • Inter Milan manager Antonio Conte. AFP
    Inter Milan manager Antonio Conte. AFP
  • Inter's Lautaro Martinez enjoys a shoe shine from Achraf Hakimi after scoring. AFP
    Inter's Lautaro Martinez enjoys a shoe shine from Achraf Hakimi after scoring. AFP
  • Inter's Christian Eriksen scores their second goal from a free-kick. Reuters
    Inter's Christian Eriksen scores their second goal from a free-kick. Reuters
  • Inter Milan midfielder Christian Eriksen celebrates after scoring. AFP
    Inter Milan midfielder Christian Eriksen celebrates after scoring. AFP
  • Inter Milan's Ashley Young, on ground, celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal. AP
    Inter Milan's Ashley Young, on ground, celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal. AP

Football

Inter Milan thrash Udinese and celebrate winning Serie A – in pictures

Party time at the San Siro as Conte's side secure 5-1 victory

The National

May 23, 2021

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Inter Milan celebrated winning the Serie A title by thrashing Udinese 5-1 at the San Siro on Sunday.

The game was watched by 1,000 fans inside the 75,000-seater stadium for the first time in a campaign played behind closed doors because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Thousands more gathered outside the ground, carrying flags and setting off flares to celebrate Inter’s first title in 11 years.

Former Manchester United midfielder Ashley Young opened the scoring with his first goal of the season after eight minutes following a one-two with Lautaro Martinez.

The 35-year-old also won the Premier League with United in 2013 and is the third English player to win the title in Italy after Jimmy Greaves and Gerry Hitchens with Inter in the 1960s.

Christian Eriksen, another former Premier League player with Tottenham Hotspur, came off the bench and scored with a free-kick just before the break.

Martinez marked his 100th Serie A appearance with the third goal from the penalty spot ten minutes after the break following a foul on Achraf Hakimi.

Further goals from Ivan Perisic and Romelu Lukaku added to the party atmosphere, before Roberto Pereyra netted a late consolation penalty for Udinese.

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