Inter confirmed Serie A champions
- Inter Milan sealed the 2025-26 Serie A title before the final weekend, with Lega Serie A confirming Round 38 kickoff times on May 18. - Sunday’s decisive 20:45 CET block will settle the top-four race and survival fight, with Milan, Roma, Como and Juventus still competing. - Round 38 ends May 24, with Verona-Roma, Torino-Juventus, Milan-Cagliari, Lecce-Genoa and Cremonese-Como scheduled together.
Inter Milan have already wrapped up the 2025-26 Serie A title, leaving the final weekend of the Italian season to decide the remaining Champions League and relegation places. Lega Serie A published the official Round 38 schedule on May 18, setting up a staggered final matchday that ends with five simultaneous games on Sunday, May 24. Football Italia reported that Pisa and Verona have already been relegated and that Atalanta are certain of a Conference League place. That leaves Milan, Roma, Como and Juventus still in contention for the top four, while Lecce and Cremonese remain involved in the survival fight. ### How was the final weekend set up once Inter had won the title? Lega Serie A confirmed the final round schedule on May 18, and the title race was not part of the equation because Inter had already secured the Scudetto. Football Italia said the league instead built the final weekend around unresolved places in Europe and at the bottom of the table. (football-italia.net) Saturday, May 23, includes Bologna against Inter at 18:00 CET and Lazio against Pisa at 20:45 CET, according to the official fixture list. Friday, May 22, opens the round with Fiorentina against Atalanta at 20:45 CET. ### Which clubs are still fighting for the Champions League places? Football Italia said Milan, Roma, Como and Juventus are the teams still battling for the top four entering Round 38. (football-italia.net) Atalanta, by contrast, are already certain of a Conference League berth and are no longer part of that specific race. Sunday’s schedule reflects that congestion. (football-italia.net) Verona host Roma, Torino host Juventus, Milan host Cagliari and Cremonese host Como in the final synchronized block, giving the league a clean finish to the race for Europe. Lega Serie A lists all four of those matches for Sunday, May 24 at 20:45 CET. AC Milan separately confirmed that Milan’s season finale against Cagliari will be played in that last round slot. (football-italia.net) The club announcement matched the league schedule for Matchday 38. ### What has already been decided at the bottom of the table? Football Italia reported that Pisa and Verona have already been relegated before the last round. (en.legaseriea.it) That means the remaining survival focus is on Lecce and Cremonese. Sunday’s final block includes Lecce against Genoa and Cremonese against Como, two fixtures with direct consequences for the relegation picture. (onefootball.com) The league scheduled both matches for the same kickoff window as the Champions League race games. ### Why are so many matches kicking off at the same time? Lega Serie A placed five matches at 20:45 CET on Sunday, May 24, the official final window for clubs with overlapping stakes. (football-italia.net) Football Italia said the decisive games in both the Champions League race and the fight for survival were grouped together. That Sunday evening block includes Verona-Roma, Torino-Juventus, Milan-Cagliari, Lecce-Genoa and Cremonese-Como. (en.legaseriea.it) Napoli-Udinese and Parma-Sassuolo are also on Sunday, but earlier in the day. ### What comes next in Serie A? Round 38 begins with Fiorentina against Atalanta on May 22 and ends on May 24 with the five-match simultaneous window at 20:45 CET. (football-italia.net) Bologna-Inter and Lazio-Pisa are the two Saturday fixtures before the final Sunday slate. By the end of Sunday night, Serie A will have its final top-four lineup and its last relegation verdict. (en.legaseriea.it) The official schedule is posted on Lega Serie A’s fixtures page, and club updates such as AC Milan’s Matchday 38 notice mirror those kickoff times. (onefootball.com) (football-italia.net)