Milan bandaged the surgeon’s exit from the semi-finals of the Champions League competition at the hands of its neighbor Inter Milan, by honoring him and benefiting Sampdoria, the last-placed and first to be relegated to the second division 5-1, including a hat-trick for French international striker Olivier Giroud, Saturday, in the thirty-sixth stage of the Italian Football Championship.

Milan early scored through his Portuguese international wing, Rafael Leao, in the ninth minute, following a pass from Spaniard Ibrahim Dias, but his joy lasted only 11 minutes, as Sampdoria equalized by its 40-year-old captain Fabio Quagliarella (20).

Dias continued his hobby in assists and made the second goal for Jiro (23), before the latter added his second and third personal goal for Milan in the 29th minute from a penalty kick.

Dias succeeded in strengthening Milan's lead at the beginning of the second half, after a pass from Sandro Tonali (63), before Giroud was able to achieve the hat-trick after a pass from Liao (68).

Milan strengthened its position in fifth place with 64 points, tightening the screws on Lazio, who finished fourth and last, qualifying for the Champions League competition next season, who will visit Udinese on Sunday.

Milan put an end to three consecutive defeats in various competitions, as it fell to its guest and neighbor Inter 0-2 in the first leg of the semi-finals of the prestigious continental competition, then was defeated by the same result against its host Spezia in the league, before losing to Inter 0-1 in the second leg of the fourth round of the League. The champions.

Atalanta clung to its hopes of booking one of the qualifying cards for the continental competitions next season, by defeating its guest, Hellas Verona, 3-1.

Atalanta turned the tables on his guest, who advanced early through his Serbian midfielder Darko Lazovic in the 11th minute. Coach Jean-Piero Gasperini responded with three turns, scored by Davide Tsabacosta (22), Croatian Mario Pasalic (53) and Danish Rasmus Hollund (62).

Atalanta returned to the winning streak after two consecutive losses and achieved its eighteenth victory this season, raising its tally to 61 points in sixth place qualifying for the Conference League competition, three points behind Milan, and four points behind Lazio.
In turn, Bologna restored its winning streak with a huge victory over its host Cremonese 5-1.

Bologna decided the outcome of the match in its first half by scoring a hat-trick in which the Austrian Marko Arnatovic (14), the Scotsman Louis Ferguson (27) and the other Austrian Stefan Bosch (45 + 1) took turns.

Riccardo Arsolini added the fourth goal in the 62nd minute, before he was sent off for receiving a second warning (73), and despite the numerical shortage in his team's ranks, Nicolas Sansone scored the fifth goal (80).

Daniel Chiovani scored the goal of honor for his team in the first minute of stoppage time.

It is the first victory for Bologna after four draws and two losses, and the thirteenth this season, so it rose to ninth place temporarily with 50 points, one point ahead of Fiorentina and Turin, who meet on Sunday on the land of the latter, while Cremonese suffered its second consecutive loss this season, so its balance froze at 24 points in the center. The nineteenth is penultimate, and his chances of survival are difficult.

Cremonese will join Sampdoria to the second division if Spezia draws (30 points) with its host Lecce tomorrow.

Cremonese is superior to Spezia in the two direct confrontations (they drew 1-1 in the tenth stage, and Cremonese won 2-0 in the thirty-fourth stage).
Tomorrow Napoli will also play with Inter.
The stage ends on Monday with the two matches between Roma and Salernitana, and Empoli with Juventus.