Soccer-Serie A weekend talking points

Talking points from the penultimate round of Serie A matches. MILAN ON THE BRINK OF HISTORY For a club of AC Milan's stature, waiting 11 years for a league title simply does not feel right. A first Scudetto since 2011, however, is within sight after their 2-0 win over Atalanta on Sunday leaves Milan needing just a point in their final match of the season at Sassuolo to take home the trophy.

Talking points from the penultimate round of Serie A matches.

MILAN ON THE BRINK OF HISTORY For a club of AC Milan's stature, waiting 11 years for a league title simply does not feel right.

A first Scudetto since 2011, however, is within sight after their 2-0 win over Atalanta on Sunday leaves Milan needing just a point in their final match of the season at Sassuolo to take home the trophy. They deserve to be there, too. Milan have 83 points so far this season, only in 2005-06 did they do better in a single campaign in the three-points-for-a-win era, earning 88 points (30 of which were docked as a result of a match-fixing scandal).

Milan last had to wait this long between league triumphs between 1968 and 1979. It has been a long road back to the top, where they finished as low as 10th in Serie A in 2014-15, but they are almost there. MARTINEZ KEEPS INTER IN THE HUNT

Inter Milan just about ensured the Serie A title race will go to the last day, thanks to a striker who cannot stop scoring. Lautaro Martinez's double in Sunday's 3-1 win at Cagliari took the Argentine's tally to 21 Serie A goals for the season as he proves he can be the main man in attack after Romelu Lukaku's departure.

In making the difference in Sardinia, Martinez became the sixth player in Inter's history to score 20 goals in a single Serie A season before turning 25, after Giuseppe Meazza, Sandro Mazzola, Antonio Angelillo, Ronaldo and Mauro Icardi. "He's world class," Inter coach Simone Inzaghi told DAZN. "I told Lautaro he'd score many goals this season, because even during the periods when he wasn't finding the net, he still worked at his best in training and it was only a matter of time."

Should Milan slip up next weekend, Martinez will be waiting to pounce to fire Inter to the Scudetto at home to Sampdoria. INSIGNE SAYS GOODBYE, BUT SAYS IT IS NOT THE END

A tearful Lorenzo Insigne said goodbye to Napoli fans after his side's 3-0 win over Genoa on Sunday, insisting his love affair with the club and the city is not over. The Italy forward, who is leaving to join Major League Soccer side Toronto, scored after his missed penalty had to be retaken, before taking a lap of honour after the match following 12 years with his hometown club.

"I have so much love for this city and this shirt but there are times in life when you have to take a decision," Insigne told DAZN. "We took it with the club and there are no issues for me. I am happy and they are happy -- there are no regrets. "Napoli is my home. As soon as I'm able to I will come back here. I won't forget them."

SALERNITANA GREAT ESCAPE IS ON Two relegation places were decided over the weekend as Venezia slipped out of Serie A after one year back in the top flight, with Genoa's 15-year stay in the division also coming to an end after defeat at Napoli.

That leaves Cagliari and Salernitana fighting it out to see who can survive on the final day. The fact Salernitana are even in with a chance of staying up is nothing short of miraculous. Looking dead and buried, rock bottom of the table just a month ago, after a tumultuous season off the pitch, the side from the Amalfi Coast have gone seven unbeaten, out of nowhere, to climb up to 17th, a point above Cagliari.

An acrobatic strike from Federico Bonazzoli earned them a point at Empoli on Saturday to extend their unbeaten run, ensuring their fate is in their hands next Sunday when they host Udinese.

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