Napoli wasted the opportunity to win the Italian Football League title for the first time in 33 years, by drawing 1-1 at home to Salernitana in the thirty-second stage competitions on Sunday, despite the loss of its chaser Lazio at Inter 1-3.

And Napoli, which is flying at the top of the league table, needed to win after losing its direct chaser, to achieve its third title in “Serie A” six stages before the end of the season.

But a wonderful shot by Senegalese Salernitana player Boulay Dia into the net (84), postponed the coronation of Napoli, who was ahead with the goal of Uruguayan Matias Oliveira (62).

Napoli coach Luciano Spalletti was not too worried after the equalizer, saying, "They (the players) are very disappointed that they did not give such pleasure to such a wonderful crowd, but we have felt for some time that these points will be the most difficult from an operational point of view."

He added in an interview with the "Dazone" platform that for "streaming" the last kilometer is the most exhausting. We came across a great Salernitana team and showed a little naivety about the goal we conceded."

"We wanted to score an extra goal. But with this arrangement and in this situation, I have to say I feel good. I will pick up the two missing points."

And amidst the brilliance of Salernitana's Mexican goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa, Napoli were unable to open the scoring even in the 62nd minute in the second half, when Oliveira met a cross from Jacomo Raspadori, and headed it into the net.

And while things seemed to be on the way to winning the early coronation, and amidst the celebrations of the "Partenobi" fans, chanting "Champions, Champions", Salernitana managed to stun his host and equalized in the eighty-fourth minute through Dia, who dodged Nigerian Victor Osimhen, penetrated into the penalty area and fired a wonderful left shot. In the net.

Consequently, the long-awaited "Scudetto" will be postponed for at least a few more days, and Napoli will be on a date with the desired glory.

Spalletti's side now lead with 79 points, 18 ahead of Lazio.

And Juventus would have almost been included in the accounts, had it not been for his later stumbling in front of its host Bologna 1-1, when the landowners advanced from a penalty kick that was successfully executed by Riccardo Orsolini (10), before the “old lady” men equalized with the goal of the Polish Arkadiusz Milik (61). Who missed a penalty kick in the first half (31).

With Juventus remaining third with 60 points, Napoli may be crowned champions even before their next match against Udinese on Thursday, if Lazio loses their match on Wednesday against Sassuolo.

And the victory over Udinese will ensure that the current Napoli stars emulate the Argentine legend Diego Armando Maradona, who led the largest club in southern Italy to its only two league titles in 1987 and 1990.

And at the San Siro stadium, Inter overturned its delay with the goal of Brazilian Felipe Anderson (30), to an outright victory in the last quarter of an hour, with three substitutes for Argentine Lautaro Martinez (78 and 90) and German Robin Goossens (83).

Inter continued its uprising after a disappointing series, rising from seventh to fourth place, on par with Rome and Milan (57 points), in a fiery struggle over the cards to qualify for the Champions League, while Lazio, who was supervised by former Napoli coach Maurizio Sarri, suffered a second consecutive loss.

After a series of beautiful passes, Inter thought it had opened the scoring when Armenian Henrikh Mkhitaryan hit a floor that hit goalkeeper Ivan Providel (25), but after the celebrations, the assistant referee canceled the goal late for offside.

And from a fatal defensive mistake by the veteran central defender Francesco Acerbi, who was loaned from Lazio in particular, the guests opened the scoring after five minutes, when the ball reached the Brazilian Anderson, who fired it into the net of Cameroonian Andre Onana (30), scoring his eighth goal this season.

The first half ended with the capital's team advancing, amid intense attempts by "Nerazzurri" to equalize through Mkhitaryan and Nicolo Barella, before the two teams entered the dressing rooms on the impact of Onana's brilliance and Lazio's deprivation of scoring the second against top scorer Ciro Immobile.

After entering the 61st minute, Lautaro Martinez slipped between the defense, receiving a pass from the Belgian Romelu Lukaku, and scored the equalizing goal from a ground ball (78).

Five minutes later, the stands of the stadium ignited, as Inter advanced for the first time, and with another beautiful pass from Lukaku, German substitute Robin Goossens touched her near the goal line acrobaticly, on his way to suffer an injury to his hand after he fell to the ground, forcing him to leave the rectangle a quarter of an hour after entering (83 ).

Lautaro destroyed the hopes of the guests, achieving the double in the last minute of normal time, when the goalkeeper blocked his ball while he was alone, but it bounced back from the world champion into the net (90).

Lautaro became the third Inter player to score more than 15 goals in three consecutive league seasons in the last 55 years, after Christian Vieri (between 2001 and 2003) and compatriot Mauro Icardi (4, between 2015 and 2018).

In other matches on Sunday, Fiorentina swept its host Sampdoria 5-0, Sassuolo beat Empoli 2-1, while Cremonese tied Verona 1-1.