Jose Mourinho's Inter will claim their first honour of the season if they beat Roma in the final of the Italian Cup at the Olympic Stadium tonight.
This highly-charged clash will pit together the two main protagonists of the season in Italy. With only two games to go, Roma are trailing Inter by two points in the Serie A.
Inter host Chievo this weekend and travel to already-relegated Siena on the final day, implying that a fifth straight scudetto is theirs for the taking.
Considering that Roma had started the 2009/10 campaign with two consecutive defeats, which triggered Luciano Spalletti's exit, it is an already huge achievement for them to be in contention for the league and coppa honours at this stage.
No doubt, the man behind Roma's revival is Claudio Ranieri. He transformed an under-performing team into a formidable outfit, strong enough to run Inter ragged.
Champions League finalists Inter will start favourites tonight despite the fact that Roma will be playing on home soil. In direct clashes this season, Roma were only one of four teams to leave the San Siro undefeated when playing Inter (1-1) before beating Mourinho's team 2-1 in the home match.
But the Italian Cup final will be a different game. Since that league clash in March, the two sides experienced mixed fortunes.
Roma's six-month unbeaten run came to an abrupt end with the home upset to Sampdoria and that slip-up allowed Inter to return to the top of the Serie A.
The Nerazzurri are brimming with confidence and on track to complete an historic treble by winning the Coppa Italia, scudetto and Champions League.
The breakthrough for Mourinho this season was the double over Chelsea in the Champions League first KO round. Before, Inter always figured badly when it came down to key matches.
But ever since Inter ousted Chelsea, they grew in confidence.
CSKA Moscow proved too modest an opposition to hinder their chances of an eventual semi-final showdown against holders Barcelona.
Perhaps, Inter's best performance so far under Mourinho was the first-leg display against the Catalans at the San Siro.
The way Inter reacted to Pedro's opener epitomised their newly-discovered mentality. The players, bar rebel Mario Balotelli, were all behind their coach in their pursuit to reach the club's first European Cup final in 38 years.
Even in the second leg, despite being reduced to 10 men, the players gave their all and were rewarded with the May 22 final against B. Munich.
Mourinho is a big hit at Inter but one can also say that the summer signings of Samuel Eto'o, Wesley Sneijder, Lucio, Diego Milito and Thiago Motta, and the January capture of Goran Pandev, helped the team make the cut in quality.
Eto'o's arrival was particularly beneficial because, unlike Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the Cameroon striker is more of a team player.
Barca's loss was Inter's gain in this case especially when one considers that the temperamental Swede was valued at around €40 million more than Eto'o.
Tonight, Roma will want to show their current form is no fluke and, make up for allowing the chance to win the title after a nine-year lapse, slip from their grasp.
This will be the third time in a row the Coppa Italia final will be played in Rome. Two years ago, Roma overcame Inter 2-1 and last year the 'home team' prevailed again as Lazio edged Sampdoria after a penalty shoot-out.