Juve seal Champions League ticket

Juventus climbed into the top four on the final day of the Serie A season to secure Champions League qualification after the Turin club beat Bologna 4-1 and other results went their way, Reuters reports.

Andrea Pirlo's Juve side moved one point above Napoli into fourth place as Gennaro Gattuso's team could only muster a 1-1 draw with mid-table Hellas Verona.

Serie A top scorer Cristiano Ronaldo was surprisingly left on the bench for the crucial game, but Juve made a fast start in his absence as Federico Chiesa put them in front after five minutes.

Alvaro Morata and Adrien Rabiot struck before halftime to put the result beyond doubt and Morata doubled his tally early in the second half before Riccardo Orsolini pulled one back late on.

"We had nothing to lose, we had less to think about than the teams who had it in their hands," Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini told DAZN. "A fortnight ago it seemed impossible to reach fourth place after losing to Milan. "If we had always had this attitude, we would have been fighting for other objectives, but you can't have regrets because Inter deserved to win the title."

The Juve players huddled around a pitchside monitor at the end of the game to watch the final minutes of Napoli's clash with Verona and roared with delight when the final whistle blew in Naples to guarantee Pirlo's team a top-four spot.