Napoli and Inter lose managers for Scudetto D-Day

Napoli and Inter Milan go into the last day of the Serie A season still fighting for the title but have to do so without their managers after Antonio Conte and Simone Inzaghi were handed one-match suspensions by the Italian league.

Sunday's penultimate round of fixtures was a dramatic one, with emotions and tempers boiling over. Five managers paid the price with red cards and will not be on the bench when their sides take to the pitch for their final league game.

During Inter's 2-2 draw with Lazio,  Inzaghi and his opposite number Marco Baroni were involved in heated exchanges on the touchline and were both red-carded. And in a scoreless draw, Conte and Parma coach Cristian Chivu were involved in a shouting match and were both sent off.

Conte's Napoli have a one-point advantage over Inter, and will host Cagliari on Friday at the same time as Inter are at Como. 

AC Milan manager Sergio Conceicao will also miss his side's final game after his sending-off in added time of a 3-1 defeat at Roma. That could well have been Conceicao's last match on the Milan bench, with the club going into Saturday's game at home to Monza already out of the hunt for a place in Europe next season.

REUTERS