NAPOLI have confirmed their status as Serie A champions with a comfortable 2-0 win against Cagliari.
Antonio Conte’s side went into the final day with one more point than title rivals Inter Milan, who also won 2-0 at Como on Friday night.
Goals from former Manchester United stars Scott McTominay and Romelu Lukaku was enough for Napoli to claim their second Scudetto in three years as fans inside the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona went wild.
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Napoli lift the trophy
Skipper Giovanni Di Lorenzo lifts the Scudetto as the fans inside the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona go wild for their champions.
Queen’s We Are The Champions rings around the stadium as the Napoli players take it in turns to lift the trophy.
Here comes Rom
What a contribution this man has made this season!
Lukaku is his side’s top goalscorer with 14 and has provided 10 assists, the most in the league.
The former Man Utd striker was also on the scoresheet this evening.
McTominay gets great reception
Scott McTominay has certainly established himself as a home favourite in Naples.
The Scot has made his way to the podium, ready to lift the Scudetto.
Gilmour presented with medal
Gilmour was seen sporting dyed blue hair as he was presented with his medal.
Inter pay tribute to Napoli title
Inter have sent a message to Napoli congratulating them on their Serie A win.
Taking to social media, the club said: “Congratulations to @sscnapoli for winning the Scudetto.”
Players are coming out
The Napoli players are now coming out of the tunnel to be presented with their medals.
The spotlight is on the blue carpet as the players emerge one by one to their names being called and introduced by the stadium announcer.
Stars blue look
Many of the players have dyed their hair blue for the trophy presentation.
McTominay is among that number.
Fans have not moved
Despite the strangely long wait for the trophy ceremony to begin, fans have not budged an inch while they wait to see their team lift the title.
Trophy presentation
The trophy presentation is up next.
We have just seen Conte’s press conference with reporters be interrupted by jubilant Napoli stars celebrating the title.
The trophy has had the named engraved in it for some time now.
And fans have waited patiently to see it lifted and the medals presented.
Kvaratskhelia gets two titles this season
While tonight is all about the achievement of Napoli, the player who left them in the middle of the season to join PSG, Kvicha Kvaratskhelia, has won a second for himself tonight.
The winger’s contribution in the first half of the season have earned him a Scudetto medal, while he has also won the Ligue 1 title with PSG.
He could top of his campaign by winning the Champions League next weekend.
Credit: Reuters Serie A awards confirmed
Here are the Serie A Player of the Season awards in full:
Player of the Season: Scott McTominay
Goalkeeper of the Season: Mile Svilar
Defender of the Season: Alessandro Bastoni
Midfielder of the Season: Tijjani Reijnders
Attacker of the Season: Mateu Retegui
Under-23 Player of the Season: Nico Paz
McTominay awarded Player of the Season
Ahead of the trophy ceremony McTominay was presented with the Serie A Player of the Season award with a 96-rated EA Sports FC Player Card.
Safe to say it is well deserved considering his and Napoli’s achievements this season.
Conte was also handed the Manager of the Season award for taking Napoli from 10th last season to champions.
Watch: Scenes in Naples after goals
Napoli fans went wild for McTominay’s goal.
Lukaku’s goal was a huge settler for them winning the game.
And fans in the city watching on screens made sure to celebrate them appropriately.
Pictures paint a thousand words
They say pictures can paint a thousand words.
And the pictures of Napoli fans celebrating their title win don’t need any extra description.
Antonio Conte makes history
Former Chelsea and Tottenham boss was unable to show his enthusiasm by the pitch due to serving a touchline ban.
However, he has gone down to the pitch to celebrate winning his TENTH Serie A title.
He also becomes the first boss to win the title with three different clubs; Juventus, Inter Milan and Napoli.
Credit: Reuters McTominay and Gilmour make Scotland history
By winning the Serie A, McTominay and Gilmour have become the first Scots to win the title in Italy since Jack Diment and James Squair won it at Juventus in 1905.
McTominay was seen in tears at full-time.
He was greeted like a hero upon his arrival from Man Utd last summer.
And he his heroics on the pitch this season have almost certainly earned him cult hero status in the city.
NAPOLI PARTY BEGINS WITH MCTOMINAY IN TEARS
The party will begin in earnest for Napoli as the full-time whistle is blown for them.
Fans have lit off flares outside of the stadium which makes for the most stunning of views from the air.
McTominay, who got tonight’s first goal and who has been so important all season, was seen in tears on the pitch at full-time.
NAPOLI WIN THE SERIE A
The full-time whistle has blown in Como for Inter.
Naples is in full voice now with Cagliari going through the motions of seeing out the match.
The Napoli staff are preparing to run on to the pitch, with the club’s president now also pitchside.
- Napoli 2-0 Cagliari
- Como 0-2 Inter FT
Minutes away from the end of the season
We are now moments away from a historic title victory for Napoli.
There are four minutes of injury time to play out before that dream becomes a reality.
It will be disappointment for Inter this time around, but they can take heart from an impressive campaign which could yet yield a win in the Champions League final.
Inter play just three minutes of injury time against ten-man Como.
- Napoli 2-0 Cagliari
- Como 0-2 Inter
Napoli party mood
Napoli fans and players are in a party mood at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium.
The subs bench are waving their arms in the air and the fans are singing their hearts out.
It is set to be a second title in three years for the Italian giants.
- Napoli 2-0 Cagliari
- Como 0-2 Inter
Going through the motions
Napoli are in complete control against Cagliari.
They don’t need to turn the needle anymore than they already have.
Inter are still trying to add some goals to their tally but know whatever they do is not enough as it stands.
- Napoli 2-0 Cagliari
- Como 0-2 Inter
Lukaku stunning miss
Neres repays the favour of trying to assist Lukaku with a cross to the far post.
The former Everton, Chelsea and Man Utd ace jumps up but the cross is a bit too high for him as he makes contact with his head but cannot guide the ball down towards goal.
- Napoli 2-0 Cagliari
- Como 0-2 Inter
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk