Chivu: ‘Winter Champions means nothing for Inter, must be on top in May’

Cristian Chivu warns it will be ‘a battle to the end for every single point’ for the Scudetto after Inter became Winter Champions with victory over Lecce. ‘What counts is being there in May.’

The Nerazzurri knew they had a huge opportunity to break away at the top of the table after Napoli were held to a 0-0 draw by Parma earlier this evening, in the other Week 16 fixture rescheduled from December for the Supercoppa Italiana commitments.

It looked for a long time as if they too would be frustrated by one of the sides battling against relegation, especially when a penalty was awarded and then revoked following the VAR review.

However, Francesco Pio Esposito came off the bench and was in the right place to meet the rebound from Falcone’s save on Lautaro Martinez at the 78th minute.