Milan secured their position against visitors Napoli, the titleholders, by defeating them with a clean goal in the 24th round of the Italian Football League.
“Rossoneri” reached their ninth consecutive league match without a loss, including 7 victories, maintaining the third position with 52 points, just one point behind the second-placed Juventus. Juventus will play against Udinese on Monday to wrap up the round, and they are eight points behind their traditional rivals and league leaders, Inter.
On the other hand, Napoli continued to struggle after their first defeat in two matches. They won their previous game against Verona 2-1 and drew with Lazio in the match before that, freezing their points at 35 and occupying the ninth position. Their chances of securing a place in the Champions League next season have diminished.
Frenchman Theo Hernandez scored the only goal for Milan in the 25th minute.
Atalanta continued their streak of victories by defeating Genoa 4-1, with Belgian Charles De Ketelaere opening the scoring in the 22nd minute. Ukrainian Ruslan Malinovskyi equalized in the 51st minute before Dutchman Teun Koopmeiners, returning from injury, gave the visitors the lead in the 55th minute. However, Davide Zappacosta (90+10) and Malian player Boubacar Toure (90+13) settled the result with two counter-attacks, taking advantage of the home team’s push for an equalizer.
Atalanta, who has a postponed match, increased their points to 42 in fourth place, while Genoa remained in twelfth place with 29 points.
Fiorentina achieved their first victory of the year by a significant margin against guests Frosinone with a score of 5-1.
“La Viola” climbed temporarily to sixth place with 37 points, trailing Atalanta by 5 points in the race for the fourth qualifying spot for the next season’s UEFA Champions League.
