I watched an entire season of soccer for this?

Inter Milan won this year's Coppa Italia (goal by Milito). They won the Scudetto on the final day (goal by Milito). Then they won the Champions League final (2-0, goals by Milito-- when I wrote that Milito was a player to watch out for, I didn't mean latter that same day). The only remaining question was how quickly Jose Mourinho would announce that he is leaving Inter Milan. The only bright spot for AC Milan fans is that Inter's win means that that Serie A will still have four Champions League slots instead of three (at least for the next couple of years). I am not sure why anyone would want to watch the highlights, but here they are.

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Above: Diego Milito (Argentina/Inter Milan)

Above: Wesley Sneijder (Holland/Inter Milan)

Above: Antonio Di Natale (Italy/Udinese)

Above: Nadir Belhadj (Algeria/Portsmouth)

Serie A update: Massimo Moratti celebrates his birthday

Italian oil tycoon Massimo Moratti (pictured above) celebrated his 65th birthday today by traveling to Siena to watch the team he owns (Inter Milan) play against 19th place AC Siena. Inter needed either a win or a Roma tie/loss in order to win their fifth straight Serie A title. At one point in the second half, however, Roma were winning and Inter were still stuck in a goalless draw.

Luckily for Mr. Moratti, Diego Milito finally scored for Inter (see photo below) and Inter went on to win 1-0.

Below: Zanetti and Milito (right) celebrate the game's only goal

Above: Inter celebrate

Below: Inter coach Jose Mourinho waves his commemorative t-shirt. Up next for Inter-- the Champions League final against Bayern Munich

Some people might say, "Happy birthday, Massimo Moratti!" Those sorts of people might also enjoy watching the highlights below. Others wouldn't.

Coppa Italia (again)

Apparently there was more to this year's Coppa Italia than Milito's goal and Totti's attack on Balotelli.

Mid-week soccer update

In addition to fighting to win this year's Scudetto, Inter and Roma also faced each other in the finals of this year's Coppa Italia. Inter won 1-0, on a goal by Diego Milito. (See video below)

Apparently, at the end of the match, things got pretty vicious.


In other news, Tottenham Hotspur (pictured celebrating below) beat Manchester City 1-0 to claim fourth place in the Premier League. Spurs will be in next year's Champions League. Manchester City will not.

Match report: Milan 0 - Inter 4

Timeline of a disaster:

18'-- Gennaro Gattuso appears to have injured his leg but continues to play.

29'-- Thiago Motta scores for Inter (0-1).

35'-- Gattuso fouls Eto'o in the penalty area and is given a yellow card.

36'-- Milito scores the penalty kick for Inter (0-2).

38'-- Gattuso is too injured to go on and demands to be taken off. He continues to play while Seedorf takes his tracksuit off and gets ready to enter the game.

40'-- Gattuso fouls Wesley Sneijder and receives second yellow card. Gattuso is ejected and furiously throws his captain's armband to the ground.

45+'-- Maicon scores for Inter (0-3).

67'-- Stankovic scores for Inter (0-4).

90'-- Referee Nicola Rizzoli blows his whistle without allowing for any added time.

• What this match teaches us: Milan may not be very good this year.
• What else this match teaches us: It is quite possible that Gattuso is actually insane.

Below: Gattuso leaves the pitch after receiving the red card.

Below: Gattuso, from last season