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Antonio Conte's team knew that victory would be enough to clinch the Scudetto after starting the table a point ahead of Inter Milan, which faced Como on the same day.

Despite the UEFA Champions League finalist registering a 2-0 win at Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia over its 10-man opponent, Napoli did the business on home turf.

It saw Napoli crowned champion of Italy for the fourth time, while Conte lifted his fifth Serie A title in his debut season in charge of the Partenopei, becoming the first coach to win the title with three different clubs. 

Napoli started strongly in the contest, with Giacomo Raspadori firing wide early on before Lukaku saw his effort blocked by the legs of Yerry Mina.

Antoine Makoumbou then survived a video assistant referee (VAR) check for a potential red card for his involvement in a coming-together between both sets of players.

As news of Inter's opening goal broke, the tension grew inside the stadium, but that was quickly extinguished by one of the Napoli's star men this season in the 42nd minute.

Matteo Politano collected the ball on the right-hand side and delivered a dangerous ball into the box which was met by McTominay, who sent an acrobatic volley into the back of the net.

After McTominay's stunning opening goal, Lukaku went one better with a fine individual effort to put Napoli on course for the Scudetto six minutes after the restart.

Amir Rrahmani's long ball forward saw Lukaku give chase, with the Belgian holding off the challenges of Michel Adopo and Mina before stroking the ball home.

David Neres almost made an instant impact two minutes after his introduction, but saw his strike from close range thwarted by visiting goalkeeper Alen Sherri.

Cagliari threatened a nervy finish in second-half stoppage-time through Alessandro Deiola, but Alex Meret held on to his effort as Napoli held on for the victory it needed.

Having endured a miserable 2023-2024 campaign, Napoli appointed Conte in a quest to become a title challenger again, and the Italian more than delivered.

Conte is the second coach to win the Scudetto in his debut season as Napoli manager, after Alberto Bigon in 1989-1990, and with it came history.

Napoli became the first team in the history of the 20-team Serie A to win the Scudetto after finishing 10th in the previous season, bettering the record set by Conte's Juventus in 2011-2012, which finished seventh the year before.

Napoli won the title by collecting 82 points in Serie A. In the three points for a win era, that is the lowest tally at the end of a season by the champion of the Italian top-flight in a 20-team campaign, a record it shares with Inter in 2009-2010 and AC Milan in 2010-2011.

Its title-winning victory was started by McTominay, who registered his 16th goal involvement – 12 goals, four assists – this campaign. Only Hernanes in 2010-2011 (16) has been involved in as many goals in their first season in the Italian top-flight in the past 20 years.