Juve beat Roma to UCL spot as Ranieri bows out

Igor Tudor was hired successful March to marque definite that Juventus qualified for the Champions League.

He fulfilled the extremity -- albeit hardly -- erstwhile the Bianconeri won 3-2 astatine Venezia successful the last circular of Serie A connected Sunday to decorativeness fourth.

"There were a batch of emotions, unthinkable adrenaline," Tudor said.

Juventus finished 1 constituent up of Roma, who won 2-0 astatine Torino to unafraid a Europa League spot successful the last lucifer of Claudio Ranieri's coaching career.

Venezia, who were relegated on with Empoli, amazed Juventus with an aboriginal extremity from Daniel Fila successful the 2nd minute.

Kenan Yildiz and Randal Kolo Muani struck backmost to enactment Juventus successful power aft 31 minutes.

Ridgeciano Haps equalized aft the interruption for Venezia earlier Manuel Locatelli restored Juve's pb with a penalty.

"We decidedly made immoderate mistakes during the season. But the Champions League was 1 of our goals and were capable to marque it," Locatelli said.

Tudor replaced the fired Thiago Motta and was fixed a declaration done the extremity of the season. There was speculation that his declaration included an automatic renewal successful lawsuit of Champions League qualification but Juventus present look funny successful rehiring Antonio Conte, who conscionable led Napoli to the title.

"You request to judge this coaching life, wherever you're ever successful limbo," Tudor said.

Juventus volition present hole for the upcoming Club World Cup successful the United States.

"The prime needs to beryllium made earlier the Club World Cup," Tudor said.

In Ranieri's farewell, meanwhile, Leandro Paredes converted a first-half punishment and Alexis Saelemaekers headed successful aft the interruption for Roma.

Roma were 12th erstwhile Ranieri was hired successful November and the Giallorossi mislaid conscionable erstwhile during the 2nd fractional of the season.

"I told the lads that we should combat until the past second," Ranieri said. "We're not going to beryllium successful the Champions League and I'm precise atrocious astir that for the fans. But we gave everything."

Ranieri was progressive successful the prime of Roma's caller coach, who has not been revealed yet, and volition determination into an advisory role.

"When the president wants to denote it, it's lone close that helium says it," Ranieri said, referring to Roma's American owner, Dan Friedkin.

Elsewhere connected Serie A's last day, Fiorentina leapfrogged Lazio into sixth to instrumentality the Conference League spot with a 3-2 triumph astatine 10-man Udinese.

Moise Kean scored the decisive extremity for Fiorentina with a deflected shot.

Lazio mislaid 1-0 astatine location to 10-man Lecce, who got a first-half extremity from Lassana Coulibaly, and missed retired connected Europe entirely.

Information from The Associated Press was utilized successful this report.