Rome - The winner and one loser have already been named in the Italian Serie A as on Sunday it stages the penultimate round of its 38-game season. Inter Milan have secured a fourth straight title already last weekend and play away to Sardinia side Cagliari as they look ahead to a season-closing celebration in Milan the following week.
A seventh top-flight season has been glum for Reggina, a Reggio Calabria side doomed to the Serie B after losing 1-0 to Lazio in mid-week.
There is still something to fight for in the races to secure berths in next season's European tournaments, the coveted Champions League and the new Europe League, which is to replace the UEFA Cup.
Runners-up AC Milan, Juventus and Fiorentina vie for the two places behind Inter, as the fourth placed team has to play a qualification round to the elite tournament.
Beside the risk of being eliminated, the Champions League's preliminary round is played in the summer, well before the Serie A starts, and takes off at least a couple of weeks from summer vacations.
Milan are second, three points clear of Juve, but face a tough game at home to Roma, who look to retain sixth place and qualify for the Europa League.
Worse off are Juve, who earlier this week sacked coach Claudio Ranieri and replaced him with former defender Ciro Ferrara. They are striving to end a winless run of seven games.
Juve's hosts are Siena, a Tuscany side with nothing to lose, but looking to cut a good figure in their last appearance of the season before their home crowd.
Fiorentina lie just one point adrift of Juve, but have to reckon with the desperation of Lecce, who sit at the bottom with faint hopes to avoid relegation.
Genoa are fifth and virtually certain to secure a berth in the Europa League when they visit struggling Torino.
A place in Europe is still possible for Palermo, trailing Roma by two points when they visit Atalanta in Bergamo, while Udinese have fewer expectations as they play at Sampdoria.
Not much is at stake between southern sides Catania and Napoli, while fourth-from-last Torino are just one point clear of Bologna as both sides strive to steer clear of the three-team drop zone.
Torino host Genoa and Bologna visit Chievo, a Verona side looking for one point to be free from relegation worries in the final round of games.
