The Useful Context
MILAN — Federico Dimarco collected his Serie A MVP award and marked the occasion with a spectacular 25-yard free kick, but Inter Milan could only draw 3-3 against Bologna in their season finale at Stadio Renato Dall'Ara.
The match mattered little for Inter, who had already secured the league title, but it mattered a great deal to Dimarco. He bent his effort into the top right corner to open the scoring, a prize for a player who has become indispensable on set pieces.
The trophy did not need much decoration; the season had already done most of the talking.
Bologna fought back through Federico Bernardeschi three minutes later and took the lead before halftime when Tommaso Pobega's volley deflected twice on its way in. The home side looked set for a victory that would have meant something, even if Europe was already out of reach.
The Detail Still Doing Work
Inter gift-wrapped an own goal from Piotr Zieliński early in the second half, butpio Esposito pulled one back in the 64th minute and Andy Diouf equalised late in the 86th. The 3-3 draw was the kind of open, meaningless game that happens when the championship has been won and the standings no longer care.
Across the city, Pedro gave Lazio a 2-1 win over already-relegated Pisa with the winning goal in his final match for the club. The 38-year-old winger is leaving after five years, having collected trophies with Barcelona, Chelsea and Roma and international silverware with Spain in 2010. He wore a commemorative patch on his shirt for the farewell.