**Inter Milan stayed on course for the Treble after wrapping up a fifth consecutive Serie A title on the final day of the Italian season.**Jose Mourinho’s side protected their two-point lead over second-place Roma after a 1-0 away win at Siena.
While Roma won 2-0 away at Chievo, Inter secured their victory thanks to Diego Milito’s second-half goal.
Earlier this month Inter beat Roma to win the Italian Cup and now face Bayern Munich in the Champions League final.
“The motivation of this squad has been to put all our force into every match of this championship. In the end the best team has won,” 36-year-old captain Javier Zanetti told Sky TV.
Zanetti’s Argentine compatriot Diego Milito finished coolly with the outside of his boot on 57 minutes after great work from his captain.
The striker, who has netted 22 Serie A goals in his first season since signing from Genoa, screamed with delight and could not stop running before being engulfed by joyous team mates.
Mirko Vucinic and Daniele De Rossi scored the goals for Roma - who would have been champions had the final games of the season finished at halftime.
Inter topped the final table on 82 points, two above Claudio Ranieri’s side.
Inter’s title triumph was the perfect present for club president Massimo Moratti, celebrating his 65th birthday.
Mourinho, meanwhile, admitted before kick-off that he does not know what the future holds after Saturday’s Champions League final against German champions Bayern.
Reports have linked the Portuguese with a move to Spanish giants Real Madrid.
Mourinho has openly acknowledged he is unhappy in Italian football.
Inter’s achievement of winning five scudettos in a row equals the record set by Juventus in the 1930s but one of Inter’s championships could yet be struck off.
They received the 2006 title in a courtroom after original winners Juventus were demoted in a match-fixing scandal.
New evidence has emerged in the criminal trial linked to the match-fixing affair which Juve claim shows for the first time that Inter were implicated in the scandal and so the 2006 title should be stripped from them as well. Inter deny wrongdoing.
Sampdoria were also celebrating after a 1-0 home win over Napoli secured the fourth and final Champions League qualifying spot.This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
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