Newly crowned champions Juventus beat AS Roma 1-0 on Sunday with a last-minute goal and set a new points record for Serie A.
Pablo Osvaldo’s stoppage-time winner against his former club ensured Juventus moved to 99 points, beating Inter’s record.
AC Milan lost 2-1 at Atalanta BC in a match blighted by racism. Atalanta fans threw bananas at Kevin Constant. They were sarcastically applauded by Milan players Philippe Mexes and Nigel de Jong.
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Antonio Conte’s team can become the first Serie A club to reach the 100-point mark when they play Cagliari in the last round at Juventus Stadium in Turin, where they have won all 17 of their Serie A matches this season.
“My players are celebrating so much because there is absolutely so much to celebrate,” Conte said.
Earlier on Sunday, Torino were held 1-1 by Parma and UEFA Europa League qualification will now be decided on the final day of the season.
Torino remain sixth, a point above Parma and two above Hellas Verona and Milan.
At the bottom, Catania beat Bologna 2-1, but both sides were relegated after AC Chievo Verona and US Sassuolo both won.
Elsewhere it was AS Livorno 0, ACF Fiorentina 1; and UC Sampdoria 2, SSC Napoli 5.
In Rome, it was a clash between the top two teams in Serie A.
Vasilis Torosidis had a goal disallowed for Roma for handball, while at the other end Paul Pogba’s angled drive crashed off the inside of the post.
It appeared both teams would earn a deserved point from the match, before Osvaldo — who had been loudly booed by the Roma fans when he came off the bench — was left unmarked to fire Stephan Lichtsteiner’s cross under the bar.
Torino appeared to be on course to securing Europa League qualification after Ciro Immobile took advantage of a poor back-pass from Gabriel Paletta to fire into an empty net at the end of the first half.
Parma captain Alessandro Lucarelli was sent off for an elbow on Immobile shortly after the hour mark, but the visitors leveled in the 71st minute when Afriyie Acquah was brought down by Kamil Glik. Antonio Cassano saw his penalty saved by Daniele Padelli, but Torino were slow to react and Jonathan Biabiany netted the rebound.
Immobile, who was booked earlier for his reaction to Lucarelli, was sent off two minutes later following a booking for diving.
In the lunchtime kickoff, Franco Brienza curled a stunning long-range effort in the sixth minute of stoppage-time to secure victory for Atalanta.
Milan broke the deadlock early in the second half when Atalanta defender Gianpaolo Bellini turned Sulley Muntari’s cross into his own net.
Atalanta leveled from the spot in the 68th minute, with German Denis sending Marco Amelia the wrong way.
The only positive for Milan was the halftime introduction of forward Stephan El Shaarawy for his first appearance of the year.
Bologna and Catania will join bottom club Livorno in Serie B next season.
Both teams are on 29 points, four behind Chievo, who snapped a losing streak to win 1-0 at Cagliari. Sassuolo are a point further ahead following a 4-2 win over Genoa.
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