ROME.- He Naples has not said his last word: the current champion of Italy won 1-0 AC Milan this Monday on the 31st day of the Series A to take second place, seven points behind the leader Inter.
The day after his exhibition against the Rome (5-2), the Inter players, leaders of the championship with a nine-point lead at the start of the day, had their eyes set on the stadium Diego Armando Maradona.
A draw between their two main rivals for the title would have been a magnificent deal, but Napoli’s victory, achieved in the 79th minute, did not displease them either.
Seven days from the end; That is to say, with a maximum of 21 points to be played, the Nerazzurri have a seven-point advantage over Napoli, while AC Milan falls back to third place, nine points away.
Intense and balanced, the stellar matchday 31 clash between Napoli and Milan lived up to expectations and was decided in favor of the local club thanks to Matteo Politano.
The striker was one of the Italian internationals who participated in the Nazionale debacle, deprived of the World Cup 2026 in the playoffs for the playoffs Bosnia-Herzegovina.
The team of Antonio Conte They achieved their fifth victory and can still, like last season, snatch the title from Inter in the last breath.
Como-Juve duel for the Champions League
The race for the fourth and final ticket for the European Champions League: when tying against Udinese 0-0, the As is once again threatened by Juventuswho defeated Genoa 2-0.
Once again Como dominated, but did not find a way to open the scoring in Udine and saw its five-game winning streak, which included wins at Juve and against Roma, cut short.
The ambitious Lombard club remains fourth in Serie A with 58 points, one more than Juventus.
Since the beginning of 2026, the club owned by the Hartono brothers, two Indonesian billionaires, has only conceded two defeats in fifteen league games, with three draws and ten wins.
Still in contention in the Italian Cupthe team that leads Cesc Fabregas They drew 0-0 in the semi-final first leg against Inter Milan in their stadium. The return of this instance will take place at San Siro on April 21.
Juventus, for its part, dominated Genoa thanks to the Brazilian Bremer (4′) and the American Weston McKennie (17′).
The big loser of the weekend is Roma, devastated the day before by Inter.
The Roman team is sixth with 54 points, four away from fourth place and threatened by the Atalanta (7th, 53rd), after their 3-0 victory at the home of Lecce this Monday.
