MILAN (AP) โ Roma tried to bounce back from European disappointment, but a 1-1 draw with Juventus in Serie A on Sunday did little to boost their hopes of qualifying for next season's Champions League. There wasn't.
Bremer canceled out Romelu Lukaku's first goal of the match against Juventus. Both teams also hit the woodwork as Juve's winless run continued.
Third place Juventus, who have not won their last five games, are six points behind fifth place Roma with three matches remaining.The top five in Serie A qualify for the Champions League. Italy gets extra spot at next season's tournament.
Roma are three points behind sixth-placed Atalanta, who have also played two fewer games.
Rome was trying to recover from the crisis. 2-0 loss They faced Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League semi-final first leg on Thursday and got off to an aggressive start, with Rasmus Christensen's header hitting the crossbar in the 11th minute.
In a somewhat chaotic situation, the capital side took the lead after just four minutes. Paulo Dybala stole the ball from the line and Brian Cristante's shot was blocked by Juventus defender Federico Gatti on the line, but Lukaku smashed it directly into the goal.
He scored a penalty in Inter's game against the Bianconeri, his first goal against Juventus in an exhibition game.
Juve leveled the score in the 31st minute when Federico Chiesa delivered a cross from the right and Bremer headed it home at the back post.
Chiesa almost took a shot right in front of his team early in the second half, but his shot went off the right post and across the face of the goal.
Milan protests
AC Milan's die-hard fans protested during the team's 3-3 draw with Genoa.
There was an unusual situation at San Siro as the Milan Ultras (who also unveiled a banner calling for more ambition, communication and a clear transfer strategy) remained silent throughout the match and were sent off 10 minutes before the final whistle. There was an atmosphere.
Milan recovered from Matteo Letegui's early penalty and were 3-2 up at the time, but Morten Tolsby's cross bounced off Letegui and home defenders Fikayo Tomori and Malik Thiau, resulting in a comical three points. I gave up my eyes. This resulted in Thiau's own goal.
It was a six-game winless streak for Milan, but they are still in second place and mathematically guaranteed to qualify for next season's Champions League.
relegation battle
While struggling Empoli and Frosinone ended in a disappointing 0-0 result, Hellas Verona increased their chances of remaining in Serie A with a 2-1 win over Fiorentina.
By the end of the week, all three teams were locked on 31 points, just two points above the relegation zone.
Verona were helped by Fiorentina coach Vincenzo Italiano's choice to rotate his squad ahead of Wednesday's Europa Conference League semi-final second leg. Fiorentina defeated Club Brugge 3-2 in the first leg last week.
And on Sunday, the visitors took the lead against Verona in the 13th minute. A mistake with Fiorentina defender Luca Ranieri left goalkeeper Oliver Christensen unable to collect a seemingly harmless long ball, which instead fell to Tijani Noslin. The resulting penalty was converted by Darko Lazovic.
Gaetano Castrovilli, who hit the post first, equalized just before half-time, scoring his first goal since recently returning from a knee injury that kept him sidelined for almost a year.
In the 59th minute, Verona's Nikola Milenkovic could barely reach the goal from Darko Lazovic's cross, but Noslin smashed it into the roof of the goal.
Verona are five points behind 18th-placed Udinese, who host Napoli on Monday.Sassuro tied with Udinese surprisingly heartbeat newly crowned Serie A champions Inter Milan Saturday.
Cagliari played the second half with 10 men, and after conceding a goal late in the game drew 1-1 with Lecce, they were now four points behind. Winger Gianluca Gaetano was shown a straight red card just before half-time for a dangerous tackle on Lecce midfielder Irbel Ramadani.
Cagliari were in the lead thanks to Yerry Mina's goal, but Lecce had their goal under siege after half-time and Nikola Krstovic finally equalized with six minutes remaining. Lecce also hit the post twice in the final minutes.
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