MILAN—Inter Milan will retain the Serie A title with a home win over Siena next weekend after second-placed AC Milan drew 1-1 with battling Juventus on Sunday.
Jose Mourinho's Inter were also held, 2-2 at Chievo, but kept their seven-point lead with three games remaining.
Milan midfielder Clarence Seedorf opened the scoring at an electric San Siro when he tapped in Massimo Ambrosini's scuffed effort following a quick break after 57 minutes.
Juve, whose poor recent run has left coach Claudio Ranieri clinging to his job, responded quickly through Vincenzo Iaquinta's diving header from a Mauro Camoranesi cross.
The visitors had the better chances in the first half with Milan's Paolo Maldini, making his final appearance against Juve before retiring, needing to be at his best.
His central defensive partner Giuseppe Favalli was sent off for two bookings late on.
Inter striker Hernan Crespo, making a rare start with Zlatan Ibrahimovic suspended, gave his side the lead after three minutes in Verona but Michele Marcolini hit back with a superb 25-metre strike midway through the first half.
FIORENTINA BOOSTED
An equally well-struck goal from Mario Balotelli put the champions back in front in the second period only for Luciano, a former Inter player, to volley in at the far post.
"I dont like this result," Mourinho told Sky television. "Chievo played well but when we were 2-1 ahead we should have had the capacity to defend better."
Inter would have secured their fourth straight scudetto if they had won and Milan lost.
The point meant Chievo moved six clear of the drop zone where little changed after fourth-bottom Torino drew 1-1 at home with third-bottom Bologna and Lecce were held 1-1 by Napoli.
Fiorentina strengthened their grip on the fourth Champions League spot with a 2-0 win at Catania, Stevan Jovetic and Luciano Zauri scoring either side of the break.
Genoa, in fifth, slipped three points behind after drawing 1-1 at Atalanta while sixth-placed AS Roma's Champions League hopes ended after a fiery 2-2 draw at Cagliari
Roma, whose coach Luciano Spalletti has been criticised by fans, have a two-point advantage over Palermo in the race for what is likely to be the final Europa League berth via Serie A .
Serie A Results, Goal Tally and Standings
Juventus 1 (Vincenzo Iaquinta 60)
Atalanta Bergamo 1 (Jaime Valdes 9)
Genoa 1 (Domenico Criscito 90)
Cagliari 2 (Alessandro Matri 34, Robert Acquafresca 58)
AS Roma 2 (Francesco Totti 64, Simone Perrotta 69)
Catania 0
Fiorentina 2 (Stevan Jovetic 11, Luciano Zauri 90+3)
Chievo Verona 2 (Michele Marcolini 27, Luciano 73)
Inter Milan 2 (Hernan Crespo 3, Mario Balotelli 65)
Lecce 1 (Andrea Zanchetta 44pen)
Napoli 1 (Joao Batista Inacio Pia 33)
Siena 1 (Emanuele Calaio 60)
Palermo 0
Torino 1 (Alessandro Rosina 37pen)
Bologna 1 (Marco Di Vaio 86pen)
Lazio 1 (Tommaso Rocchi 56)
Udinese 3 (Antonio Floro Flores 60, Gaetano D'Agostino 69, Fabio Quagliarella 86pen)
Sampdoria 5 (Daniele Dessena 1,31, Gennaro Delvecchio 36, Guido Marilungo 46, Giampaolo Pazzini 52)
Reggina 0
Serie A Top Scorers
22 Marco Di Vaio (Bologna)
21 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Inter Milan)
19 Diego Milito (Genoa)
18 Alberto Gilardino (Fiorentina)
15 Kaka (AC Milan)
14 Edinson Cavani (Palermo), Alexandre Pato (AC Milan)
13 Adrian Mutu (Fiorentina), Filippo Inzaghi (AC Milan)
12 Robert Acquafresca (Cagliari), Amauri (Juventus), Mauro Zarate (Lazio), Fabio Quagliarella (Udinese), Antonio Di Natale (Udinese), Sergio Pellissier (Chievo Verona), Sergio Floccari (Atalanta Bergamo)
11 Giampaolo Pazzini (Sampdoria), Antonio Cassano (Sampdoria), Fabrizio Miccoli (Palermo), Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus), Jeda (Cagliari), Francesco Totti (AS Roma)
10 Bernardo Corradi (Reggina), Giuseppe Mascara (Catania)
Serie A Standings P W D L F A Pts
1 Inter Milan 35 23 9 3 62 27 78
2 AC Milan 34 21 7 6 64 29 70
3 Juventus 34 19 9 6 61 34 66
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4 Fiorentina 35 20 4 11 51 35 64
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5 Genoa 35 17 10 8 47 34 61
6 AS Roma 35 15 9 11 54 54 54
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7 Palermo 35 16 4 15 51 46 52
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8 Udinese 35 14 9 12 51 45 51
9 Cagliari 35 14 8 13 44 41 50
10 Lazio 35 14 5 16 45 51 47
11 Atalanta Bergamo 35 13 6 16 38 40 45
12 Sampdoria 35 11 11 13 45 47 44
13 Napoli 35 11 10 14 38 40 43
14 Siena 35 12 7 16 32 37 43
15 Catania 35 11 7 17 34 43 40
16 Chievo Verona 35 8 12 15 33 44 36
17 Torino 35 7 10 18 31 54 31
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18 Bologna 35 7 9 19 38 60 30
19 Lecce 35 5 14 16 34 60 29
20 Reggina 35 5 12 18 27 59 27
4: Champions League preliminary round
5-6: UEFA Cup
7: UEFA Cup depending on domestic cup
18-20: Relegation
