Atalanta remained at the center of the struggle over one of the qualifying cards for the Champions League next season, by defeating last-placed Cremonese 3-1 on Saturday, in the opening of the twenty-eighth stage of the Italian Football Championship .
Atalanta raised its tally to 48 points in fifth place, equal to fourth Milan, who will visit leaders Napoli on Sunday.
Dutch international midfielder Martin de Roon (44) scored for Atalanta, Ivory Coast striker Jeremy Boga (72), Nigerian Ademola Lockman (90 + 3), and Cremonese Daniel Chiovani (56 from a penalty kick).
It seems that Cremonese will return to the second division, because it has only 13 points and has achieved a single victory since the beginning of the current season, and is 11 points behind Spezia, the last survivor so far.
Cremonese reached the semi-finals of the Italian Cup, where they will face Fiorentina next week.
On the other hand, Inter III suffered its tenth loss this season, by falling at home to Fiorentina, 0-1.
It is also the third loss in a row for Inter, so it is threatened with losing a position or two in the event that Milan beat Napoli on Sunday, and Rome beats its guest Sampdoria tomorrow as well.
On the other hand, Fiorentina confirmed its strong performances in recent times by achieving its fifth successive victory.
Inter paid the price for the recklessness of its attackers, especially the Belgian Romelu Lukaku. If the latter shone in the ranks of his country in the European qualifiers by scoring a hat-trick against Sweden, then he contributed to the friendly victory over Germany 3-2 by scoring one of the goals, then he missed an opportunity early in the second half ( 49).
And five minutes later, he paid the price when Jacomo Bonaventura scored the only goal of the match with a header.
Inter threw all his weight and Niccolo Barella hit a powerful ball that bounced off the post (59), while Fiorentina goalkeeper Pietro Terracciano saved Raul Bellanova (74).
On the other hand, Juventus, punished by deducting 15 points from its balance, continued its strong performances in recent months and became 4 points away from Milan IV by defeating Verona 1-0, thus retaining its hope to participate in the Champions League despite the penalty imposed on it.
Juventus also has the opportunity to qualify for the Champions League by winning the European League (Europa League), where it reached the quarter-finals.
Moise Kean scored the only goal of the match after a wonderful pass from Manuel Locatelli (55).
Kane was playing his first game after serving a two-match ban after being sent off in his team's match against Roma before the international break.
Juventus played the match in the absence of influential players such as Frenchman Adrien Rabiot and Argentine Leandro Paredes due to suspension, Federico Chiesa, Leandro Bonucci and the other Frenchman Paul Pogba due to injury.