AC Milan and Inter Milan, Naples and Juventus Turin: the first four in Serie A, all winners on the 35th day, ensured their qualification in C1 but the suspense remains in the title race.
By AFP
Sonly AS Roma could still play the spoilsports in this race for the C1 in the event of victory in the evening on Sunday. But at the Stadio Olimpico, the formation of José Mourinho was unable to break through the defense of Bologna and conceded a draw (0-0) annihilating his last dreams of Champion’s League.
Naples (3rd) had opened the ball in this 35th day by crushing Sassuolo 6-1, Saturday at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium. Juve and the two Milanese clubs imitated it by winning on Sunday, in a less flamboyant way.
Sunday at the beginning of the afternoon, Juve (4th) came with difficulty (2-1) from the red lantern, Venice, in Turin.
The “old” Leonardo Bonucci was the hero of this meeting: on his 35th birthday, the defender gave himself a nice gift and above all got his team out of a bad situation. Scorer from the 7th minute with a header, Bonucci did it again, foxing surfaces, in the 75th minute, when the Venetians had just equalized on a very nice long shot from Mattia Aramu (71st).
The “Old Lady”, despite the laborious aspect of her victory, is quite dashing at the end of the season, with only one setback in the last nine days.
AC Milan, the leader, followed up on this busy Sunday by signing an equally laborious victory (1-0) over Fiorentina at the San Siro stadium.
Full suspense for the Scudetto
On their way to their third goalless draw in their last five meetings, the Rossoneri were delivered by a powerful strike from Rafael Leao in the 82nd minute.
Finally Inter, the defending champion, went to beat Udinese (2-1) in Friuli. After leading 2-0, after Ivan Perisic opened the scoring in the 12th minute with a header at the near post from a corner kick taken from the left by Federico Di Marco, then the goal from the penalty spot by Lautaro Martinez , who had to do it twice to transform it – his penalty shot having been returned to him by the post – the Nerazzurri were also a little scared.
Ignacio Pussetto, taking back in the 72nd minute a free kick taken by Gerard Deulofeu and diverted by the Turin goalkeeper Samir Handanovic, indeed brought Udinese to 2-1, making the end of the match a little painful for the Inter.
If everything is now decided for qualifying in C1, the suspense remains in the title race, where nothing is yet decided between AC Milan (77 points) and Inter, separated only by two points at three days. of the end.
Interists can still reasonably cherish the hope of retaining their title. First opportunity for them to return to the Rossoneri: from the penultimate day next weekend, during which Inter will receive Empoli (14th) on Friday, before AC Milan’s trip to Hellas Verona on Sunday evening (9th).
The title does not seem to have to escape from one of the two giants of Milan, even if Naples and Juventus are mathematically still in the race, respectively seven and eight points from the leader.
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