Serie A weekend round-up: Title race over?

All bets are off in the title race after a weekend that all but ended the championship chase, thanks to results involving the two Milan clubs.  

Below them, there were also plenty of twists and turns in the bid for a top-four finish, one that's set to go down to the wire. 

Here's a round-up of the big talking points from Serie A's matchday 26, with two games still to play on Monday evening. 

Inter's done deal 

After this weekend's results, Inter are TEN points clear at the top of Serie A and surely mean there's no catching the Nerazzurri now? 

What was shaping up to be a narrow and hard-fought title race in the first half of the campaign has been quashed, thanks to a combination of the relentless league leaders and their rivals coming up short.

Christian Chivu's men boast both the top scorer in the league, Lautaro Martinez, and the top assister, Federico Dimarco, in what's turning out to be a season of complete dominace from the Milan side.

The weekend's 2-0 win at Lecce, was solid if not spectacular, but that's all the team needs to be for the remainder of the term, because it would take a truly remarkable collapse for them to lose the Scudetto now. 

Rossoneri's luck finally runs out 

Inter having one hand on the trophy is a ramification of Milan finally suffering their first defeat since the opening day of the season. 

In truth, the loss has been a long time coming. Despite the run, the Rossoneri haven't been a convincing title challenger and often needed a slew of late goals to bail them out of games they perhaps didn't deserve anything out of.

Their season has been a huge improvement on last term, but not good enough to maintain a real rival to Inter for the championship.

Sunday's defeat was certainly a shock, seeing as it came against Parma, but the visitors did come into it off the back of two straight wins, and that confidence seemed to get them over the line and take all three points at the San Siro.

Milan can focus on getting back into Europe, but for this season, they can kiss their title hopes goodbye. 

 

European chase 

Now that the title race is all but over, the focus for the remainder of the season will be on who can make the top four and earn Champions League qualification this season and there were some massive results on Matchday 26.

None more so than in Turin, where Juventus continued to show off their erratic side by being soundly beaten at home by fellow European contenders Como. 

That result and Roma's comprehensive win over Cremonese mean just five points separate third and seventh, with 12 games left to play. 

The team sitting in third is champions Napoli, now 14 points behind the leaders and their defence is up in smoke. Their defeat to Atalanta this weekend will set alarm bells ringing in Naples about if they could miss out on top four qualification altogether if their form continues to dip. 
 

RESUTS FROM MATCHDAY 26

Friday, February 20

Sassuolo 3-0 Hellas Verona 

Saturday, February 21 

Juventus 0-2 Como 
Lecce 0-2 Inter
Cagliari 0-0 Lazio 

Sunday, February 22

Genoa 3-0 Torino 
Atalanta 2-1 Napoli 
Milan 0-1 Parma 
Roma 3-0 Cremonese 

Monday, February 23

Fiorentina vs. Pisa (5.30pm GMT)
Bologna vs Udinese (7.45pm GMT)

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