Naples won at Boca. In stoppage time, the Serie A leader punished Juventus in injury time. It was the 1-0 in Turin, in the 31st Serie A round, that had the first chance to seal the title, the third in its history and the first without the help of Diego Armando Maradona, next weekend.
After Saturday’s defeat against Lazio, Napoli took a 17-point lead at the top of Serie A with seven dates to go. The southern Italian club’s third Scudetto, more than three decades after the first two of the D10S era (1987 and 1990), can be mathematically won on the next date if it beats Salernitana on Saturday and Lazio do not beat Inter on Sunday at the San Siro.
Napoli wins in Turin in an electrifying finale, thanks to a volley James Raspadori (90+3), while the black and white they saw how two goals were disallowed.
Hours earlier, double of Raffaele Leonethe great architect of Milan’s qualification for the Champions League semi-final against Napoli, has offered the Red-black (5th) three precious points against Lecce (2-0).
The Portuguese, with a header from Sandro Tonali’s cross (40′) and a left-footed cross (75′), allowed his team to score a three-for-three after two disappointing draws against Empoli (0-0) and Bologna (1-1).
The reigning champions of the shield they remain outside the qualifying zone for the next Champions League, but give points in reach in number Rome (4th), one week after meeting José Mourinho’s team in the capital. yellow Red visit monday a Atalanta (7th).
In the absence of Olivier Giroud, who was resting due to a problem in his left calf after the decisive goal on Tuesday in Naples in the quarter-finals of the Champions League (1-1), Leao took over. The Portuguese (12 league goals) even came close to bringing home the ball, but his rebound was too strong (73).
In the first match of the day, the Belgian Romelu Lukaku restored hope to Inter (6th) in Serie A, after five games without a win (four defeats, one draw), with a brace and a decisive pass for Lautaro Martínez, in the Empoli field (3-0).
The Belgian international opened the scoring with his right foot (48′) and increased the lead with his left foot (76′), sealing his first brace since his return to Inter this season after a season at Chelsea.
Freed from any pressure after his two goals, the Belgian, who had only scored three goals this season in Serie A (two of them from penalties), offered the third to Lautaro Martínez (88), as in the best times of ” Lu-La” (the Italian nickname of the Lukaku-Lautaro duo) when Inter won the Scudetto in 2020/21.
With morale skyrocketing after qualifying for the semi-finals of the Champions League, Inter picked up their first away win since the end of January, ending a run of five games without a win that saw them miss out on the qualifying places for the next Champions League
Source: AFP
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