DBasia.news – AC Milan only needs a point against Sassuolo in the final match of the Italian Serie A 2021/22 season, Sunday (22/5), to secure their first Scudetto in 11 years.
Currently, Stefano Pioli’s players are two points clear of city rivals Inter Milan, with only one game remaining in the competition this weekend.
The Rossoneri want to make memories of 1999 to pump their spirits in 2022 when the Serie A title race also has to be decided until the last day.
There is a similar feel to the 1998/99 and 2021/22 seasons as the title race is intense all the way to the finish line.
In the 1998/99 season, the Serie A crown was out of control for AC Milan with only two games remaining, but they finally managed to win their first Scudetto in three seasons that seemed so long at the time.
Meanwhile, this season, Inter suffered a shock defeat to Bologna on matchday 34 so that the crown of the title is in the hands of AC Milan.
The last time AC Milan won the Scudetto was in the 2010/11 season or 11 years ago, but in the 1990s, they were so dominant that three seasons without a title felt like forever.
As noted by Italian Football, AC Milan’s rivals in 1999 were Sven-Goran Eriksson’s Lazio who would lead the Bianconcelesti to Cup Winners’ Cup success that season, having beaten AC Milan in the Coppa Italia final the previous season.
When the two teams drew 0-0 at the Stadio Olimpico on matchday 27, Lazio were seven points clear with the competition only seven games remaining when Serie A had just 18 teams.
Lazio then lost their next two matches, away to AS Roma and at home to Juventus. This makes AC Milan able to cut the distance to only one point behind.
AC Milan have won all of their last seven matches after the draw in Rome. Meanwhile, the pressure is on Lazio who only drew 1-1 with Fiorentina.
AC Milan won 4-0 against Empoli so that they are one point ahead of Lazio with only one game remaining in the competition.
On the last day of the competition, AC Milan won 2-1 in Perugia so Lazio’s victory over Parma became meaningless.
It was Alberto Zaccheroni’s first Scudetto as a manager, and Pioli could equal it if AC Milan won this season.