MILAN — Roma celebrated Francesco Totti's 600th Serie A appearance with a 3-0 win over Chievo Verona Sunday to move provisionally above Napoli in the race to qualify directly to the Champions League.
Totti provided a sublime assist for the final goal which had the fans on their feet. Roma moved a point above third-place Napoli, which visits Torino later.
Second place behind champion Juventus secures a spot in the group stage of Europe's premier club competition, with the third-place team entering the playoffs. There is one round remaining.
Sassuolo boosted its chances of a Europa League place as a late goal handed it a 1-0 win at Frosinone, which was relegated.
Palermo moved out of the relegation zone by drawing 0-0 at Fiorentina, with Carpi replacing the Sicilian side in the bottom three after losing a chaotic match 3-1 to nine-man Lazio.
One of those two sides will be relegated after Udinese drew 1-1 at Atalanta to secure its spot in the top flight next season.
Jerry Mbakogu, who scored Carpi's goal, had two penalties saved, while both teams also hit the woodwork before Lucas Biglia and Filip Djordjevic were sent off in the final seven minutes.
Elsewhere, Genoa won 3-0 at Sampdoria in a local derby.
Juventus visits bottom side Hellas Verona later.
As it was Roma's final home game of the season, some ultras suspended their boycott of the Curva Sud, packing out the Stadio Olimpico.
Radja Nainggolan fired Roma into the lead in the 18th minute and Antonio Rudiger headed Miralem Pjanic's free kick in at the back post shortly before halftime.
Chievo threatened to pull one back but Paul-Jose M'Poku's effort crashed off the post.
Totti came off the bench to a standing ovation in the 59th. Only Javier Zanetti (615) and Paolo Maldini (647) have made more Serie A appearances.
He was instrumental in Roma's third goal with a fantastic one-touch pass to perfectly set up Pjanic. — AP
