Koulibaly gives Napoli victory, Juve lead one point
Koulibaly gives Napoli victory, Juve lead one point
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Senegalese defender Kalidou Koulibaly's stunning last-gasp goal kept Napoli's title hopes alive with a 1-0 win at Juventus. Closing the gap to just one point on the Serie A champions. Koulibaly managed in the winner off a Jose Callejon corner in the final minute to give Napoli their first ever victory at the Allianz Stadium.

The six-time defending champions Juventus's continues to lead the top of the table. They have been cut to just one point with four games left. It is stated that this was just their third league loss of this season and marked as first since November 19. In the match, Juventus have 85 points from 34 games with Napoli. During the bidding for a third Scudetto after 1987 and 1990, it has become 84.

Maurizio Sarri's side started forward and had numerous chances. Whereas Juventus, apart from a Miralem Pjanic free-kick hitting the post, created little change. Napoli captain Marek Hamsik bullied twice to break the statement while Lorenzo Insigne had a goal denied for offside in the first half. This goal was denied before replacement Piotr Zielinski's late snapshot was cleared by Gianluigi Buffon.

Elsewhere, on Sunday, Lazio and Inter kept their push for Champions League football alive. Ciro Immobile scored a brace as Lazio crushed Sampdoria 4-0 to stay fourth. This happened just behind Roma who warmed up for next week's Champions League semi-final against Liverpool with a 3-0 win at SPAL on Saturday.

Sergej Milinkovic-Savic put Lazio ahead in the first half with Stefan de Vrij increasing their lead before Serie A's leading scorer Immobile netted twice late on to move to 29 goals for the season. Inter are a point further back in fifth, just outside the Champions League places, after a hard-fought 2-1 win over Chievo. Top scorer Mauro Icardi put Inter ahead early in the second half with his 26th Serie A goal this season before Ivan Perisic added a second. Mariusz Stepinski pulled a goal back for Chievo who are just two points above the drop zone. The battle for Europe could go down to the wire with Lazio hosting Inter in their final game of the season.

Atalanta moved into the Europa League places in sixth with a 2-1 win over Torino, climbing above AC Milan, who lost 1-0 at home to bottom club Benevento on Saturday. Benevento's relegation from Serie A was confirmed on Sunday after just one year in Italy's top flight

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