Juventus and AC Milan qualify for Champions Group, Napoli miss out
Juventus qualified for the Champions Little league on the final day of the growing season on Sunday with a 4-1 win in Bologna and were joined by AC Milan who defeat Atalanta 2-0.
Napoli had to stay for a Europa Little league spot, finishing fifth, one point in back of Juventus, after a 1-1 draw in the home against Hellas Verona.
Some Franck Kessie penalities towards the end of either half ensured AC Milan finished the season second -- 12 tips behind metropolis rivals Inter Milan -- and go back to the Champions Group for the first time because the 2013-2014 season.
"We deserved the Champions League together with second place," explained Milan mentor Stefano Pioli whose side acquired missed the chance to seal their berth previous weekend against Cagliari.
"We gone through the complete championship at the top, unfortunately we experienced disposed of the match point last Sunday.
"I'm really excited, happy, I contain to thank the golf club because they made us work in a magnificent way."
Atalanta had already ensured a good third consecutive period of Champions League football but missed out on an initial second-place Serie A finish days after losing out found in the Coppa Italia last to Juventus.
Cristiano Ronaldo was still left on the bench by Juventus instructor Andrea Pirlo who opted for an attacking line-up of Paulo Dybala and Alvaro Morata flanked by Federico Chiesa and Dejan Kulusevski.
"It had been a shared choice, Ronaldo was tired following the exhaustion on Wednesday," explained Pirlo.
"He made himself open to the team but I thought we would have another player named Morata play, who is not the most recent arrival. I have an excellent team, with many selections available."
A good Morata brace along with goals from Chiesa and Adrien Rabiot prevented Juventus passing up on the elite European competition for the very first time since 2012.
In Naples, Amir Rrahmani scored for Napoli after one hour against his former club, which would have been enough to safe and sound a berth at the top table but Davide Faraoni pulled one back again for the visitors 9 minutes.
Gennaro Gattuso's area were denied a go back to elite European actions after also missing out last season.
In a tense game in Bergamo, Milan held on despite playing without injured star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Kessie proved solid in front of goal taking the initial penalty three minutes before the break and the next deep into injury time.
Lazio join Napoli in the Europa Group despite a 2-0 damage at Sassuolo with Roma finishing seventh after via two goals right down to hold Spezia 2-2.
In Bologna, Italy forward Chiesa, who scored the Coppa Italia winner midweek, finishing off a Kulusevski cross in to the box from close range after 6 minutes for his 15th goal in every competitions this season.
Dybala set up Morata to nod found in the second prior to the half-hour tag with Rabiot adding a good third prior to the break at the Stadio Dall'Ara.
Morata got the second just after the interval latching onto a ball Juve goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny blasted up the pitch.
The Spaniard manipulated the ball and raced forward to finish off.
Riccardo Orsolini pulled a goal back for Bologna former Juve's third-decision goalkeeper Carlo Pinsoglio who got his earliest outing this season approaching on for Szczesny for the ultimate quarter of one hour.
Earlier Inter Milan were offered their primary trophy in 11 years after a 5-1 make an impression on Udinese within their final game in the San Siro.
Antonio Conte's part had sealed their 19th 'Scudetto' with four game titles to spare and could actually play their final video game of the growing season with 1,000 celebrating supporters.
Outside a lot more than 4,000 had gathered from early on each morning with fireworks and flares, greeting the team bus with chants and cheers.
Ashley Young struck after eight mins with Christian Eriksen, Lautaro Martinez, Ivan Perisic and Romelu Lukaku also most on target.
