Roma, Atalanta in Europa League, Spezia and Verona in play-off

As we know, the 2022/23 Serie A championship has already belonged to Napoli. The top 4 has also been decided early with Lazio, Inter and AC Milan in the remaining 3 positions. Therefore, the final round only focuses on dividing the two tickets to the Europa League and the Conference League, as well as the relegation race.

At San Siro, Hellas Verona were defeated 3-1 by the home team AC Milan with Olivier Giroud opening the scoring from the penalty spot and Rafael Leao scoring a late brace. This was also the farewell match for striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, with the moments after the match bringing tears to many fans.

At the Olimpico, Spezia could not do any better with a 1-2 defeat to Roma, despite the absence of coach Jose Mourinho, who is serving a suspension. Notably, the outcome of the match was also decided in the final minutes, with Paulo Dybala scoring a last-minute penalty to seal the victory for Roma, after the visitors' Kelvin Amian fouled Stephan El Shaarawy in the penalty area and received a red card.

Thus, with the results of these two matches and Atalanta's 5-2 victory over Monza, the two places in the Europa League next season officially belong to Atalanta and Roma. Juventus, despite winning the minimum victory on Udinese's field thanks to a goal by Federico Chiesa, could not rise to 6th place, and had to accept participating in the Conference League next season.

Meanwhile, Spezia in 17th place and Hellas Verona in 18th place both have 31 points and will have to play a play-off. Under the new rules applied from this season, the play-off will take place on neutral ground, if after 90 minutes there is no winner, the two teams will take a penalty shootout without extra time.