ROME - Just four round from the end of the Serie A, the top of the table has rarely been so tight, with Atlanta, Juventus and Inter Milan all tied on 69 points and Napoli sitting just behind on 67. Inter Milan, however, with their 2-0 victory over Crotone on Saturday and Atalanta's draw on Sunday, have secured their first Scudetto in 11 years, the 13 point margin too big for any of the next three to catch up in the four remaining matches.

  Inter’s Serie A victory, their 19th, has ended Juve’s nine year reign at the top of the table, and they have now overtaken AC Milan in terms of number of Scudetti, with only Juve above them on 36. After their victory, huge crowds gathered in Milan’s Piazza Duomo to celebrate the team, who haven’t lost in Serie A since January 6.

  Roma, meanwhile, who lost 2-0 to Sampdoria, have now slipped to nine points behind neighbours Lazio and are seeing their chances of European football next season suddenly under threat, being seventh, with Sassuolo just two points behind in eighth.

  Their loss to Sampdoria on Sunday, their sixth match in a row without a win, was marred by two huge chances that slipped through their fingers. Already 2-0 down after 65 minutes, thanks to goals from Adrien Silva and Jakub Jankto, Roma’s Borja Mayoral had a goal disallowed by VAR in the 68th minute for an offside during the build up, and just three minutes later Edin Dzeko missed a penalty.

  Elsewhere on Sunday, Atalanta, who have only lost once in their last 14 Serie A matches, drew 1-1 away to Sassuolo. The game started badly for Atalanta after goalkeeper Pierluigi Gollini was given a red card in the 22nd minute for a heavy tackle outside the box on Sassuolo’s Jeremy Boga who was through on goal. Robin Gosens gave Atalanta the lead just ten minutes later, though a Domenico Berardi penalty in the 52nd minute provided the equaliser. Plenty of action followed soon after, with VAR denying Sassuolo’s Manuel Locatelli a goal in the 64th minute, before Marlon was sent off for a second bookable offence, giving Atalanta a penalty, which was then missed by Luis Muriel.

  Following Atalanta’s tie, Juve’s 2-1 victory over Udinese allowed them to catch back up with the team from Bergamo, though they are currently sitting behind them on goal difference, and AC Milan’s 2-0 victory over Benevento on Saturday brought them to level pegging as well. 

 Lazio, with a game still in hand, are just three points behind Napoli in fifth after their 4-3 victory over Genoa on Sunday. The goal fest in Rome started with a Joaquin Correa goal in the 30th minute from some brilliant team buildup on the edge of the box. A Cirio Immobile penalty in the 43rd minute added a second, with another coming from Lazio midfielder Adam Marušić, though in the wrong goal, making the score 2-1. Luis Alberto and Joaquin Correa were next up, with goals in the 48th and 56th minutes, providing enough of a margin to mean that the two late goals from Gianluca Scamacca and Eldor Shomurodov weren’t enough to get Genoa any points. 

  This heavy scoring match is not unusual for Lazio, whose last four matches have had an average of over six goals.

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