Como take advantage of Milan loss to clinch Champions League football

Jamie Vardy’s Cremonese were relegated from Serie A as Como secured Champions League football next season with a 4-1 away victory.

Cremonese were trailing 2-1 heading into the final 20 minutes when Como were awarded a controversial penalty for a foul on Anastasios Douvikas.

Referee Fabio Maresca brandished red cards to three Cremonese players – midfielder Alberto Grassi and substitutes Milan Djuric and David Okereke who were warming up on the touchline – for dissent.

Lucas Da Cunha converted the spot-kick after earlier goals from Jesus Rodriguez and Douvikas and then rubbed salt into Cremonese wounds by adding a fourth.

Cremonese had halved the deficit 10 minutes after the restart through Federico Bonazzoli’s penalty.

England international Vardy’s first season in Italy ended in demotion as Cesc Fabregas’ Como, who were playing in Serie B two years ago, took advantage of AC Milan’s shock home defeat to finish fourth.

Lecce survived after beating Genoa 1-0 through Lameck Banda’s sixth-minute strike.

Napoli secured second place with a 1-0 victory over 10-man Udinese at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.

Rasmus Hojlund’s 12th league goal of the season, an accomplished finish from Kevin de Bruyne’s sublime 24th-minute through-ball, broke the deadlock.

Udinese had Christian Kabasele sent off after 64 minutes following a VAR review after kicking out at Hojlund.

Roma finished third after second-half goals from Donyell Malen and Stephan El Shaarawy saw them win 2-0 at 10-man Hellas Verona.

The hosts had Nicolas Valentini sent off five minutes after the break for two yellow cards.

The Turin derby between Torino and Juventus kicked off an hour late following pre-match clashes between rival supporters.

Juventus were pegged back after a Dusan Vlahovic brace as goals from Cesare Casadei and Che Adams saw Torino draw 2-2.

Milan join Juventus in the Europa League next season after their 2-1 home defeat to Cagliari.

Gennaro Borrelli and Juan Rodriguez hit back after Alexis Saelemaekers’ second-minute strike to stun the Rossoneri.

Mateo Pellegrino struck his ninth league goal of the season 11 minutes from time to give Parma the points against Sassuolo.

The final game of the La Liga season saw Villarreal thrash Atletico Madrid 5-1 to clinch third place.

In what was Antoine Griezmann’s final game as an Atleti player, Villarreal ran riot through Ayoze Perez’s double, Dani Parejo’s penalty and goals from Georges Mikautadze and Pape Gueye.

Marc Pubill grabbed a consolation for Atletico, whose place in next season’s Champions League was already secure.