MILAN, May 24: Seven-time European champion AC Milan is back in the Champions League after an eight-year break. And Juventus also narrowly qualified on the final night of Serie A on Sunday.
Two penalties from Franck Kessie helped Milan to a 2-0 win at Atalanta, which had already claimed a top-four spot along with Serie A champion Inter Milan.
Juventus won 4-1 at Bologna with two goals from Alvaro Morata plus scores from Federico Chiesa and Adrien Rabiot. Still, Juventus needed help and got it when Hellas Verona held Napoli to a 1-1 draw, leaving Napoli in fifth place.
Amir Rrahmani had put Napoli ahead on the hour mark but Davide Faraoni quickly equalized for Verona.
When Juventus’ game finished a few moments earlier, Bianconeri players watched the final moments of the Napoli-Verona match on the touchline before they could celebrate.
Inter won the title eventually by 12 points ahead of Milan, with Atalanta and Juventus both a further point adrift.
Juventus ends with a title still after beating Atalanta in the Italian Cup final.
Milan set a new league record with its 16th away win of the season. It also matched the top mark in Europe’s top-five leagues after Real Madrid in 2011-12 and Manchester City in 2017-18 also each won 16 on the road.
Roma came back from two goals down against Spezia for a 2-2 draw to take seventh place and a spot in the new Europa Conference League for incoming coach Jose Mourinho.
Sassuolo, which finished eighth, beat Lazio 2-0 with goals from Giorgos Kyriakopoulos and Domenico Berardi despite finishing with 10 men after Kyriakopoulos picked up his second yellow. Lazio was already assured of finishing sixth and will go into the Europa League with Napoli.
Also, Torino and already-relegated Benevento drew 1-1. (AP)
