MILAN: Only AC Milan will end the year less than 10 points behind runaway Serie A leaders Napoli. An own-goal in stoppage time saw Milan snatch a 2-1 win at home to Fiorentina on Sunday to remain eight points adrift of Napoli, who beat Udinese 3-2 the previous day.
The other four teams in the top six were playing each other in the final round before the Italian league pauses for the World Cup and the traditional winter break.
It resumes Jan. 4. Juventus beat Lazio 3-0 to move above the capital side into third, 10 points behind Napoli. Lazio and Inter Milan are a point further back after the Nerazzurri came from behind to win 3-2 at sixth-place Atalanta.
It was a sixth straight league win without conceding a goal for Juventus, which has soared back up the table after a dreadful start to the season.