Napoli almost certainly handed Juventus a seventh successive Serie A title on Sunday when they twice squandered the lead and were held 2-2 at home by midtable Torino.
The draw left Napoli, the only team who can catch league leaders Juventus, six points behind the Turin side with two games left to play. As the teams are level on their head-to-head record, goal difference would decide the winners if they finished with equal points and Juve are currently 16 goals better off than Napoli.
Dries Mertens and substitute Marek Hamsik scored for the hosts but Torino replied each time with goals from Daniele Baselli and Lorenzo De Silvestri. Elsewhere, Inter beat Udinese 4-0, while Chievo won 2-1 at home to Crotone, with Fiorentina beating Genoa 3-2 away from home and Spal beating Benevento 2-0. Lazio drew 1-1 with Atalanta.
On Saturday, Juventus overcame a first-half deficit to beat Bologna 3-1. A Simone Verdi penalty put Bologna ahead after half an hour but Sebastien De Maio sliced into his own net to level the score before Sami Khedira and Paulo Dybala ensured victory. Elsewhere Fabio Borini scored the fourth in Milan’s 4-1 defeat of Verona.
In Germany the scrap for Bundesliga survival between Hamburg and Wolfsburg will go to the final day of the season after both fell to heavy defeats on Saturday. Hamburg, the only club to be ever-present throughout the league’s 55-year history, lost at Eintracht Frankfurt 3-0 and would have been relegated had Wolfsburg not lost 4-1 to RB Leipzig, the Everton loanee Ademola Lookman scoring twice.
Bayern Munich, who secured the title last month, came from behind to win 3-1 in Cologne. Niklas Süle put through his own net to give the hosts a surprise half-time lead but two goals in two minutes in the second half turned the game in Bayern’s favour. Thomas Müller assisted both, teeing up James Rodríguez and then squaring for Robert Lewandowski to score his 40th goal of the season. Corentin Tolisso added a late third.
Mainz secured their survival with a 2-1 win at Borussia Dortmund, who missed the chance to consolidate third place. Freiburg also ensured they cannot finish in an automatic relegation place despite losing 3-1 at Borussia Mönchengladbach, who opened the scoring through Eden Hazard’s younger brother, Thorgan. Schalke secured second place by beating Augsburg 2-1.
Bayer Leverkusen ensured the fight for the last Champions League qualification place will go to the final day after drawing at Werder Bremen 0-0. They are fifth, level on points with Hoffenheim, who are ahead on goal difference despite losing 2-0 at Stuttgart, Mario Gómez scoring both. Elsewhere Hannover beat Hertha Berlin 3-1.
In Spain Eibar boosted their chances of a top-half finish with a 4-1 win at Girona while Athletic Bilbao saw off Real Betis 2-0 thanks to late goals from Iker Muniain and Aritz Aduriz. Betis’s defeat ensured a top-four finish for Valencia, despite their 1-0 loss at Villarreal. Lucas Pérez scored an injury-time equaliser to salvage a 1-1 draw for relegated Deportivo at Celta Vigo.
