On April 4, Beijing time, the results of the three focus matches in the 31st round of Serie A were released, Roma 1-0 Sampdoria away, Inter 1-0 Juve, Napoli away 3-1 Atalanta.
With Mkhitaryan scoring their only goal of the game, Roma won 1-0 away to Sampdoria to extend their 10-round unbeaten run in the league. In addition, Roma coach Jose Mourinho also received two other good news on this night, that is, the four opponents Atalanta and Juve all lost at home, which allowed Roma to surpass Atalanta to reach 5th place in Serie A with 7 rounds left, while narrowing the point difference with Juve, who is 4th in Serie A, and the hope of impacting Champions League qualification is still there.
Inter's side, with Charhanoglu scoring a penalty, won 1-0 away to Juve, ending a two-game draw in the league, and also gave Juve their first defeat in the last 17 rounds. Because Napoli took all three points, Inter milan still ranked 3rd, but they saw the hope of winning the title again in time to stop the bleeding, because they were only 3 points away from Napoli and AC Milan in front of them.
For Juve, they not only ended the 16-round unbeaten league game, but also ended the 10-year serie A home record against Inter. Their last home loss to Inter in Serie A was in November 2012, when they lost 3-1. After that 1-3 win, Juve won 6 wins and 2 draws at home to Inter in Serie A.
Atalanta's 1-0 win over Bologna in the last round stopped the bleeding slightly, but lost the match 1-3 in this round. They have won just two of their last 10 rounds, from 3 points ahead of Juve to now 8 points behind Juve. After this round, they have been overtaken by Roma and Lazio in a row and have slipped to 7th in Serie A.
Napoli have recently played a three-game winning streak after losing 1-0 at home to AC Milan. At present, they have equaled the points of serie A top team AC Milan in the case of one more game, and the hope of the title has increased sharply. With Napoli and Inter winning at the same time, the pressure came on AC Milan, who will face Bologna at home this round.