Inter can clinch 20th Scudetto by beating rivals Milan in next match
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Inter Milan will have a chance to win the Serie A title in the Milan derby despite slipping to a 2-2 home draw with lowly Cagliari on Sunday.
Nicolas Viola snatched a potentially huge draw in 14th-placed Cagliari's bid for Serie A survival as Inter failed to extend their 14-point lead at the top of the league after their closest challengers AC Milan drew a spectacular match at Sassuolo 3-3.
Viola struck with seven minutes remaining at the San Siro, shortly after Hakan Calhanoglu had fired Inter back into the lead from the penalty spot following Eldor Shomurodov's 64th minute strike which levelled Marcus Thuram's early opener.
A win would have meant Inter needing only a draw in the Milan derby on April 22 to beat their local rivals to a 20th league crown.
Sunday's draw leaves Inter having to win a sixth straight derby against their city rivals if they are to claim the Scudetto with five matches remaining.
It also officially ends Inter's bid to beat the single-season Serie A points record of 102 set by Juventus in 2014.
Regardless, save for an unprecendented collapse, it is simply a matter of time until Simone Inzaghi's team will win the league, and it could yet come in the derby.
That would be a bitter pill for Milan, who have not been in the title race as Inter have charged off into the distance since the turn of the year.