Atalanta's misfire and alhanoglu's goal in the hundredth match for Milan

The 36th round of Serie A opened with a match in Milan, where the team of the same name, which gained an excellent move after the resumption of the season, took on the second-placed Atalanta. It was an extremely important match for the Bergamo club to try to delay the Juventus championship, but it ended in a rather annoying draw.

At the 14th minute, the Turkish midfielder of the hosts Hakan Chalhanoglu, who played the hundredth match for Milan in the Italian Championship, unexpectedly spun the ball from the free kick on the left flank exactly to the far top corner. Since joining the club, he has been the top scorer (17) and assistant (21) of the Nerazzurri in Serie A.  

Soon, Atalanta got a great opportunity to win back. The opponent stepped on the knee of Ruslan Malinovsky in the penalty area of ​​Milan, and after watching the replay the referee appointed a penalty kick. But the Ukrainian himself from the “point” could not beat Gianluigi Donnarumma, who entered the field with the captain's armband. The 21-year-old goalkeeper has saved his fourth penalty kick in all competitions this season.

However, in the 34th minute, Duvan Zapata outplayed the goalkeeper from the limits of the goalkeeper and set the final score on the scoreboard. In addition, the Bergamoski distinguished themselves in the 24th Serie A meeting in a row and broke the club record. Because of this draw, Milan could not get past Roma and remained in sixth place. Atalanta was five points behind Juventus.

Lukaku's double and Sassuolo's canceled goals

Misfire "Atalanta" had no right not to take advantage of "Inter", which drew the last two matches. But the outsider "Genoa" on the road, the Milanese beat confidently (3: 0) and pushed the competitor from second place.

The main hero of the confrontation was Romelu Lukaku, who made a double. The Belgian has brought the number of goals in the current Serie A draw to 23. In terms of the number of goals in the debut season of the Italian championship with Inter, the striker is second only to Istvan Niersch (26) and Ronaldo (25). However, Lukaku has two more matches to rewrite this achievement.

And in the match between Napoli and Sassuolo, the refereeing team of Gianluca Aurellano came to the fore, canceling four goals of Sassuolo at once. All balls were disallowed due to offside positions. Filip Djuricic was left without a double due to the referee's decisions. However, on the replays of all the controversial episodes, it is clear that the referees took absolutely correct verdicts, fixing the offside position.

The guests failed to score a "clean" goal, but the Neapolitans scored twice and achieved only the second victory in the last five matches of Serie A. Elseid Husai opened the score in the eighth minute with an unexpected long-range shot from outside the penalty area. And in added time to the second half, substitute Allan Marquez put an end to his team's counterattack.

Immobile's pursuit of the Golden Boot and a double victory for Rome

The Sunday program of the 36th round began with the fact that Lecce made it even more difficult for themselves to maintain their registration in Serie A. The 18th team of the championship conceded two goals by the fifth minute of the match against Bologna. With great difficulty, the guests managed to level the score, but in stoppage time Musa Barrow brought his team the first victory in six matches. Lecce are still four points behind Genoa, but they have only two games left to save.

Lazio managed to catch up with Atalanta again. The Romans left behind an unsuccessful July streak for their second consecutive victory. This time they beat Verona on the road. To begin with, the guests had to recoup after a penalty shot by Sofyan Amrabat, but it did not take them long. Serie A top scorer Ciro Immobile showed in the sixth added minute of the first half how he can shoot penalty kicks.

In the second half, Sergei Milinkovic-Savic and Joaquin Correa created a comfortable advantage for Lazio, after which Verona's defense stopped functioning altogether. This allowed Immobila to make a significant claim to win the Golden Boot. The Italian managed to distinguish himself from the game and from the penalty spot, becoming the author of a hat-trick. That was how many goals he needed to catch up with Robert Lewandowski in the dispute for the main scoring trophy in Europe. Immobile left to score one more goal in order to bypass the Pole, who can no longer answer, since the season in Germany has long been over.

Another metropolitan team, Roma, are four points ahead of Milan in a dispute for fifth place, which gives a direct ticket to the Europa League. Paulo Fonseco's wards were to take home Fiorentina, which has not lost in six games in a row and could pose a certain threat. The Romans managed to interrupt this streak thanks to two penalties by Jordan Veretu, between which there was one return goal by Nikola Milenkovic.

36th Juventus title and Sarri's record

The tour ended in Turin, where Juventus could officially formalize the victory in the Italian championship. To this end, Maurizio Sarri's wards had to beat Sampdoria. First of all, they had to avoid underestimating the opponent, who took 15th place in the standings. In the last seven matches, Claudio Ranieri's side have won more wins and scored more points than Juventus, and conceded almost half the goals than the leader of Serie A.

Both teams started the meeting quite carefully. “Sampdoria” was ready for attacks from Turin and diligently stopped them, almost avoiding attacks on their own goal. In the middle of the first half, the calm flow of the game was disrupted after a collision between Danilo and Gaston Ramirez, after which both players needed the help of doctors, and the Brazilian defender also needed a replacement.

Due to the pause, the referee added six minutes, and this decision turned out to be fatal for the Genoese. After this time, Juventus got the right to a free kick, Miralem Pjanic shot towards Cristiano Ronaldo, and the Portuguese skillfully sent the ball into the goal. This pre-rehearsed standard allowed the Turin residents to open an account.

After the break, “Sampdoria” went ahead, but did not create a serious threat to the home team. The same ones were able to increase the advantage. Ronaldo struck again powerfully after Gonzalo Higuain's pass, but his blow was deflected. Then the ball was finished off by Federico Bernardeschi, who replaced Danilo. Ten minutes later, Sampdoria was left in the minority due to the sending off of Morten Torsby and was no longer able to influence the course of the meeting, although in the penultimate minute Ronaldo was unable to convert the penalty.

The club from Turin became the champion of Italy for the 36th time and won twice as many titles as Milan and Inter. For nine consecutive years, Juventus has not allowed anyone else to take first place. Maurizio Sarri became the oldest coach to lead his team to victory in Serie A. The 61-year-old broke the record of Niels Lindholm, who was a year younger when he led Roma to the same success.