Naples (3rd) had opened the ball in this 35th day by crushing Sassuolo 6-1, Saturday at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium.

Juve and the two Milanese clubs imitated it by winning on Sunday, in a less flamboyant way.

The joy of Belgian striker Dries Mertens, author of a double against Sassuolo, beaten 6-1, during the 35th day of Serie A, April 30, 2022 at the Stade Diego-Maradona Alberto PIZZOLI AFP

Juve (4th) opened the afternoon with difficulty overcoming (2-1) the red lantern, Venice, in Turin.

The "old" Leonardo Bonucci was the hero of this meeting: on his 35th birthday, the defender gave himself a nice gift and above all got his team out of a bad situation.

Scorer from the 7th minute with a header, Bonucci did it again, foxing surfaces, in the 75th minute, when the Venetians had just equalized on a very nice long shot from Mattia Aramu (71st).

Leonardo Bonucci scored twice for Juventus against Venice on May 1, 2022 in Turin Marco BERTORELLO AFP

The "Old Lady", despite the laborious aspect of her victory, is quite dashing at the end of the season, with only one setback in the last nine days.

AC Milan, the leader, followed up on this busy Sunday by signing an equally laborious victory (1-0) over Fiorentina at the San Siro stadium.

Whole suspense for the scudetto

On their way to their third goalless draw in their last five meetings, the Rossoneri were delivered by a powerful strike from Rafael Leao in the 82nd minute.

Portuguese striker Rafael Leao opens the scoring for AC Milan at home against Fiorentina, during the 35th day of Serie A, May 1, 2022 at the Giuseppe-Meazza Stadium Tiziana FABI AFP

Finally Inter, the defending champion, went to beat Udinese (2-1) in Friuli.

After leading 2-0, after Ivan Perisic opened the scoring in the 12th minute with a header at the near post from a corner kick taken from the left by Federico Di Marco, then the goal from the penalty spot by Lautaro Martinez , who had to do it twice to transform it - his penalty shot having been returned to him by the post - the Nerazzurri were also a little scared.

The joy of the Argentinian striker of Inter Milan Lautaro Martinez, after scoring the 2nd bu against Udinese, during the 35th day of Serie A, May 1, 2022 in Udine MIGUEL MEDINA AFP

Ignacio Pussetto, taking back in the 72nd minute a free kick taken by Gerard Deulofeu and diverted by the Turin goalkeeper Samir Handanovic, indeed brought Udinese to 2-1, making the end of the match a little painful for the Inter.

The suspense remains in the title race, where nothing is yet decided between AC Milan (77 points) and Inter, separated only by two points with three days remaining.

Interists can still reasonably cherish the hope of retaining their title.

First opportunity for them to return to the Rossoneri: from the penultimate day next weekend, during which Inter will receive Empoli (14th) on Friday, before AC Milan's trip to Hellas Verona on Sunday evening (9th).

The title does not seem to have to escape from one of the two giants of Milan, even if Naples and Juventus are mathematically still in the race, respectively seven and eight points from the leader.

AS Roma, which receives Bologna in the evening, can come back in the event of a victory to 8 points from Juve and 9 from Naples, which would mathematically allow it to hope to win one of the four qualifying places for the next Champions League, but on condition of very favorable circumstances and with a goal difference largely against him (+15 against +23 for Juve and +36 for Naples).

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