London, 21 April 2025 (dpa/MIA) - Substitute Riccardo Orsolini blasted the Serie A title race wide open with an eye-catching winner as Bologna stunned leaders Inter Milan with a 1-0 victory at Stadio Renato Dall’Ara.

Orsolini’s acrobatic overhead strike four minutes into stoppage time eased the hosts into the top four and left the Champions League semi-finalists ahead of second-placed Napoli only on goal difference.

Ederson’s diving header strengthened Atalanta’s hopes of Champions League football as AC Milan’s hopes of European football for next season were dealt a fresh blow.

The Brazil international’s goal secured a 1-0 win at the San Siro which left Sergio Conceicao’s men in ninth place, six points adrift of the top six with just five games remaining.

Empoli and Venezia both passed up opportunities to climb out of the relegation after a 2-2 draw at Stadio Carlo Castellani.

In Spain, Federico Valverde left it late to maintain Real Madrid’s LaLiga title challenge with a last-gasp winner against Athletic Bilbao.

Valverde struck with a piledriver in the third minute of stoppage time to snatch a 1-0 triumph at the Bernabeu which kept Carlo Ancelotti’s men within four points of leaders Barcelona.

Ayoze Perez maintained Villarreal’s Champions League qualification bid with the equaliser in a 2-2 home draw with Real Sociedad on a day when they had three goals disallowed.

Yeremy Pino had given the home side a seventh-minute lead, but Mikel Oyarzabal’s double – the first of them from the penalty spot – had the visitors ahead until Perez struck.

Ante Budimir’s double edged bottom-of-the-table Real Valladolid to the brink of relegation after a 3-2 home defeat by Osasuna.

Kike Garcia ensured struggling Alaves emerged from their trip to Sevilla with a 1-1 draw by cancelling out Peque Fernandez’s early header.

In Ligue 1, Lyon’s hopes of a top-four finish were dented as they lost 2-1 at struggling St Etienne in a game which was marred by an incident in which one of the assistant referees was hit by an object apparently thrown from the stands.

The hosts were leading through Lucas Stassin’s early goal when referee Francois Letexier took the players off, and Stassin struck again on their return before Tanner Tessmann pulled one back for the visitors.

A goal from Thomas Meunier and two from Jonathan David either side of Alexsandro’s own goal eased Lille to within a point of third-placed Monaco following a 3-1 win over Auxerre, while Nice maintained their challenge for a top-six finish with a 2-1 win against Angers thanks to Pablo Rosario and Ali Abdi.

Goduine Koyalipou, Neil El Aynaoui and Wesley Said struck to hand Lens a 3-1 win at Brest, who had taken the lead through Pierre Lees-Melou, but had Alfred Ndiaye sent off, while Toulouse’s Mark McKenzie suffered the same fate in a 1-0 defeat at Reims in which Jordan Siebatcheu scored the only goal.

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