novelraw Chapter 904 - 624: Finale: All That Is Beautiful Will Be Preserved in Amber by Time!
Chapter 904 - 624: Finale: All That Is Beautiful Will Be Preserved in Amber by Time!
With the addition of Tang Long, Inter Milan has been unstoppable in this season's Serie A, defeating gods if gods get in their way, and defeating Buddhas if Buddhas get in their way.
In the first half of the league, they successively took down Serie A powerhouses such as AC Milan, Juventus, Rome, Naples, and Lazio.
After Christmas, they achieved an unbeaten record of 15 wins, 3 draws, and 1 loss in the first 19 rounds of Serie A, winning the championship of the first half.
The most remarkable have been the performances of Tang Long and Icardi.
Ten years on, the "Sugar-Coated Cannonball" duo is reunited, and they're even more powerful than before!
Tang Long scored 8 goals and 13 assists, while Icardi alone scored 17 league goals.
In Inter with many forward talents like small Thuram, Lautaro, and Bonazzoli, Icardi managed to secure a starting position.
Even Lautaro's position became a bit unstable.
Juventus finished the first half in second place.
They felt unprecedented pressure and during the winter window, relying on the Agnelli family's strong financial resources, continuously recruited reinforcements, spending a whopping 90 million Euros in just one winter window.
Inter's financial strength could not compare with Juventus; they didn't have any acquisitions throughout the winter window.
Fortunately, upon returning to Serie A, Tang Long played with more experience, and his knee injury never relapsed.
And the 33-year-old Icardi was still going strong, scoring goals ceaselessly, even making people sigh: Is this really the 33-year-old Icardi? He's even more aggressive now than he was ten years ago!
Despite his ex-wife Wanda, this old and ugly woman, stirring up old stories with Icardi and even deliberately revealing a "one-night stand" with Tang Long to gain attention and fame, causing people to feel nauseated, holding their noses and using disinfectant to clean their phones.
However, both Icardi and Tang Long became more mature and steady;
Both just laughed it off, even mocking Wanda together.
Without the constraints of European competitions and having early on abandoned the Coppa Italia, Inter was charging ahead in the league after the New Year.
In the second half. Although limited by the aging factor of the overall team, many matches were very struggling, often relying on the players' willpower to snatch points in a decisive manner after the 85th minute, they persevered under heavy pressure all the same.
Ultimately, at the end of the 38th round of the 2025-2026 Serie A season, Inter once again defeated Palermo with a dominant 5:0 score in the final away game!
In this match, Buffon dared not even play; he announced a month earlier that he would retire at the end of the season—doing so deliberately to avoid facing Tang Long in the last game.
Even so, facing a Palermo long relegated, Inter showed not a shred of mercy.
Because before this match, they were only two points ahead of Juventus, and any carelessness could have cost them dearly in the last round, replaying the heartbreak of Ronaldo's tears in the 1998-1999 season.
For this match, all of Inter's legends came, naturally including Ronaldo, along with Vieri, Milito, Baggio, Rekoba, Adriano, Sane蒂, Materazzi, Sneijder, and others, all were present.
Under everyone's watch, Icardi scored a hat-trick!
Tang Long also scored a brilliant curveball free-kick!
In the end, old captain Ranocchia executed his specialty header goal — receiving Tang Long's cross from the wing, he outjumped two Palermo defenders, standing as steady as a mountain and fiercely smashed the ball into the net.
When the referee blew the final whistle, Inter players didn't care about the result of the other derby between Juventus and Turin — because although Juventus won, Inter still led by two points, with 93 points, outpacing Juventus's 91 points, winning the Serie A championship this season!
"We won!"
Everyone cheered with raised arms!
On the small island of Sicily, the glory of Milan echoed!
Although they didn't secure the championship at home, which was a big regret for Inter fans — many could not celebrate the team's first Serie A championship in 16 years since the 2009-2010 season in front of their homes.
But they eventually succeeded, whether in any place, whether in any city on earth, they finally proved that Inter can still defeat Zebra Juventus, reclaiming the glory belonging to the Blue-Black Corps!
Of Icardi's three goals, two came from assists by Tang Long, and one was actually a penalty created by Tang Long, which Tang Long gave to him.
When the whole match ended, Icardi cried on the field.
He held Tang Long's hand tightly and then buried his head on his shoulder, crying.
"Tang, I really can't believe the words you told me ten years ago came true!"
The hat-trick performer, Icardi, in the final round of the five major leagues, surpassed Mbappe's 37 goals with 38 league goals, winning the European Golden Boot!
At this moment, Tang Long finally fulfilled the promise he made to Icardi ten years ago — at that time, after a training session at Inter, the two were candid with each other while showering, and Tang Long told Icardi: "Mauro, I can definitely help you win the European Golden Boot!"