Inter Milan Turn Attentions To Fading Serie A Title Defence After Barcelona Triumph

Inter Milan come back down to earth on Sunday when they travel to Torino, hoping to relaunch their Serie A title defence, still buzzing from one of the greatest nights of European football in their history. No-one was thinking about the three-point gap separating Inter from league leaders Napoli on Tuesday night when Inter showed extraordinary guts and determination to get past Barcelona, Lamine Yamal and all, and into the Champions League final. Inter's run to the final in Munich has come at the expense of their title defence, whether coach Simone Inzaghi wishes to say it or not, as the coach has had to fight on three fronts with resources dwarfed by those of his continental contemporaries.

The reigning Italian champions have three matches to pull back Napoli before heading to Germany for their date with destiny, against Paris Saint-Germain, later this month.

"Inter have never chosen to prioritise one competition over another," said Inzaghi on Tuesday.

"To sit down and say, 'I'll play for that competition and not that one' is nonsense. We've given our all in everything."

However, it looks like Napoli are well on their way to a fourth Scudetto as Sunday's match with Genoa is one of three fixtures against teams in the bottom half of the table.

Antonio Conte's team also face Parma and Cagliari, neither of whom are mathematically safe with clashes against relegation rivals coming up in the next fortnight.

But Parma are six points clear of the drop zone with Cagliari a further point ahead in 14th, meaning both could have their top flight status secured by the time they face Napoli.

And Napoli's last four wins have all come without conceding a goal, giving the impression that the title is a good as wrapped up, especially as