Italian Serie A: The top four is decided after Round 35 but the league title remained a tight race.

THE ITALIAN SERIE A after Round 35

The top four is decided in the Serie A after Roma was held at home to a goalless draw by Bologna. Bologna is unbeaten in their toast six matches [2 wins and 4 draws] taking points from Juventus, Inter Milan, and now Roma.

Salernitana was the only relegation-zoned club to pick up a point.


MATCH RESULTS

Cagliari 1-2 Hellas Verona
Napoli 6-1 Sassuolo
Sampdoria 1-0 Genoa
Spezia 3-4 Lazio
Juventus 2-1 Venezia
Empoli 1-3 Torino
AC Milan 1-0 Fiorentina
Udinese 1-2 Inter Milan
Roma 0-0 Bologna
Atalanta 1-1 Salernitana


ITALIAN SERIE A STANDINGS

1|AC Milan (35) – 77 points
2| Inter Milan (35) – 75 points
3| Napoli (35) – 70 points
4| Juventus (35) – 69 points
5| Roma (35) – 59 points
6| Lazio (35) – 59 points
7| Fiorentina (35) – 56 points
8| Atalanta (35) – 56 points
9| Hellas Verona (35) – 52 points
10| Torino (35) – 47 points
11| Sassuolo (35) – 46 points
12| Udinese (35) – 43 points
13| Bologna (35) – 43 points
14| Empoli (35) – 37 points
15| Sampdoria (35) – 33 points
16| Spezia (35) – 33 points
17| Cagliari (35) – 28 points
18| Salernitana (34) – 26 points
19| Genoa (35) – 25 points
20| Venezia (34) – 22 points

AC Milan keeps the 2-point lead in the title race.

AC Milan beat a Fiorentina side that was coming from a 4-0 defeat against Udinese. Inter Milan beat a Udinese side that is coming from a 4-0 win against Fiorentina.


Both Milan clubs got a 1-goal win to secure the maximum points.
Rafael Leao scored the only goal of the match to get AC Milan the win against Fiorentina, while Lautaro Martinez’s goal made the difference for Inter Milan to come out the three points from a 2-1 win against Udinese.


Napoli blew a 2-goal lead in the last round to suffer a shock defeat at Empoli in the last round. They left no room for error and surprises in this round by thrashing Sassuolo 6-1.

Lazio came from 2-1 down in the first half to a 3- 4 win against Spezia.

Juventus take a 2-1 win at home against Venezia to book their place in the ‘top four’. Leonardo Bonucci had to score again (in the 76th minute) to restore the lead he had given Juventus after Mattia Aramu got Venezia level in the 71st minute