Inter Milan manager Antonio Conte believes his side is 95 per cent on the way to winning their first Serie A title since 2010 following victory over Hellas Verona on Sunday.
Matteo Darmian came off the bench to seal a 1-0 win at San Siro that left the Nerazzurri 13 points clear of AC Milan and Juventus at the top of the table.
Inter has 79 points from 33 games, with AC Milan and Juventus on 66, although Milan has a game in hand.
An Inter Milan triumph would end Juve’s nine-year stranglehold on the league title, a run that 51-year-old Conte started as a coach in Turin between 2011 and 2014.
The Milanese club drew back-to-back games against Napoli and Spezia before the win against Verona extended their unbeaten league run to 17 matches.
Conte said, “Winning this year means becoming a winner, and that is very important. Let’s not forget that the others are losing points, while we are not.”