Sunday 8 May 2016 22:24, UK
Francesco Totti made his 600th Serie A appearance as Roma strolled to a 3-0 home win over Chievo on Sunday.
The veteran playmaker was left on the bench as Luciano Spalletti's men went about staking their claim for the league's second automatic Champions League qualifying spot.
Roma's 22nd win of the campaign moved them above Napoli into second place for a short while on Sunday and it was Radja Nainggolan who got the party started when he fired home from the edge of the area to beat Albano Bizzarri on 18 minutes.
Germany defender Antonio Rudiger doubled Roma's lead six minutes before half-time when he headed Miralem Pjanic's curling free kick past the stranded 'keeper at the back post, although there was more than a hint of offside.
Totti was given a standing ovation by the fans before he even kicked a ball in anger when he replaced Egyptian winger Mohamed Salah on the hour.
Only Inter Milan legend Javier Zanetti (615) and AC Milan great Paolo Maldini (647) have made more appearances in Serie A.
Totti has scored several goals for Roma recently after coming off the bench but this time settled for an assist, his one-touch pass allowing Pjanic to run clear and prod home with five minutes to play.
Gonzalo Higuain struck his 33rd league goal of the season as Napoli responded to Roma's earlier win to mov back into second place in Serie A with a 2-1 over Torino at Olimpico Grande.
Roma had beaten Chievo 3-0 earlier on Sunday to keep the pressure on Maurizio Sarri's men in the battle for runners-up spot behind champions Juventus.
Napoli, though, showed no signs of nerves as they took control with two goals in a dominant first-half spell from top scorer Higuain and Jose Callejon.
Torino regrouped for the second half and pulled a goal back through Bruno Peres' chip, but could not conjure an equaliser.
Napoli again went two points clear of Roma, and in the driving seat for automatic Champions League qualification, heading into the final match at Frosinone.
Luca Toni signed off from Serie A in style with a Panenka penalty as relegated Hellas Verona beat champions Juventus 2-1 at Nuovo Bentegodi.
The veteran forward marked his 344th and last Serie A match with a confident spot-kick finish at the end of the first half, and midfielder Federico Viviani doubled the hosts' lead on 55 minutes.
Juventus, who had already wrapped up the Scudetto and with the Coppa Italia final in mind played goalkeeper Norberto Neto, were reduced to 10 men in stoppage time when Alex Sandro was sent off.
However, there was still time for the champions to net a consolation penalty through Paulo Dybala, as the Bianconeri lost in the league for the first time since the end of October.
Suso scored twice as Genoa humbled their Derby della Lanterna rivals Sampdoria 3-0.
After Leonardo Pavoletti gave the Grifone an early lead at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris, on-loan AC Milan player Suso notched either side of the break to ensure Genoa avenged January's derby defeat to struggling Samp.
Jerry Mbakogu missed two penalties as Carpi slipped into the Serie A drop zone after losing 3-1 to nine-man Lazio in the penultimate game of the season.
Had the Nigerian converted both first-half spot-kicks, last year's Serie B champions could have resisted an ill-disciplined Lazio side and held on to 17th place.
But Milan Bisevac, Antonio Candreva and Miroslav Klose scythed through a disheartened home defence to render the late expulsions of Lucas Biglia and Filip Djordjevic - and a late strike from the unfortunate Mbakogu - redundant at the Stadio Alberto Braglia.
Palermo crept out of the Serie A relegation zone by grinding out a point from a goalless draw at Fiorentina.
But Frosinone were relegated from Serie A after just one season in the top flight thanks to Matteo Politano's late goal in a 1-0 victory for Sassuolo.
Meanwhile, Udinese banished any lingering relegation fears by securing a 1-1 draw with Atalanta in Bergamo.
Duvan Zapata got the visitors off to a fine start with his 10th-minute finish beyond Marco Sportiello, but nine minutes later Atalanta pegged Udinese back with a goal from Gianpaolo Bellini, who converted a penalty following Danilo's handball.
