Champions-elect Inter were held to a 2-2 draw at Torino on Sunday, with the Serie A leaders letting slip a two-goal lead and leaving the title race ticking over with four rounds left.
Inter appeared to be cruising after Marcus Thuram put them in front in the 23rd minute and Yann Bisseck doubled their lead 16 minutes after the break with another header but Torino clawed their way back into the game.
Giovanni Simeone pulled one back with 20 minutes remaining after a nicely crafted buildup and Nikola Vlasic equalised from the penalty spot nine minutes later.
Inter move to 79 points, 10 ahead of Napoli who won 4-0 at Cremonese on Friday.
Borussia Dortmund sealed Champions League qualification with an easy 4-0 win over Freiburg in the Bundesliga. Maximilian Beier, Serhou Guirassy and Ramy Bensebaini effectively decided the result in the first half-hour, before the substitute Fábio Silva completed the scoring late.
With three rounds remaining, Dortmund is assured of finishing among the top four to qualify for Europe’s premier club competition.
The Freiburg head coach, Julian Schuster, had made a host of changes to the team that suffered a bitter defeat against Stuttgart in the German Cup semi-finals on Thursday.
Freiburg next face Braga away for the first leg of their Europa League semi-final.
Stuttgart were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Werder Bremen, denting their hopes of a return to the Champions League. Bremen’s Jens Stage continued his rich run of form, putting the visitors ahead early before Ermedin Demirovic levelled four minutes after coming on in the second half.
Stuttgart sit in fourth place and are level on points with Hoffenheim but ahead on goal difference, while Leverkusen are lurking two points behind. Stuttgart still have to play Hoffenheim and Leverkusen, as well as Frankfurt.
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