Inter Milan, the team that has spent most of the Serie A season looking like champions-elect, decided to give everyone a little drama by turning a comfortable two-goal lead into a 2-2 draw against Torino on Sunday. The result leaves the title race ticking over with four rounds left, because apparently Inter wanted to keep things interesting.
Marcus Thuram put Inter ahead in the 23rd minute, and Yann Bisseck doubled their lead with another header 16 minutes after the break. It all seemed very straightforward, until Torino decided they hadn't read the script. Giovanni Simeone pulled one back with 20 minutes remaining after a nicely crafted buildup, and Nikola Vlasic equalised from the penalty spot nine minutes later. Inter now sit on 79 points, 10 ahead of Napoli, who beat Cremonese 4-0 on Friday without breaking a sweat.
Meanwhile, in the Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund decided to do things properly, sealing Champions League qualification with a comfortable 4-0 win over Freiburg. Maximilian Beier, Serhou Guirassy and Ramy Bensebaini effectively decided the result in the first half-hour, before substitute Fábio Silva added insult to injury late on. With three rounds remaining, Dortmund is assured of finishing among the top four, because apparently they wanted to avoid any last-minute nail-biting.
Freiburg's head coach, Julian Schuster, had made a host of changes after their bitter German Cup semi-final defeat to Stuttgart on Thursday. They now face Braga away in the Europa League semi-final first leg, presumably hoping for a less eventful week.
Stuttgart, meanwhile, were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Werder Bremen, denting their Champions League hopes. Bremen's Jens Stage continued his rich vein of form, putting the visitors ahead early before Ermedin Demirovic levelled four minutes after coming on in the second half. Stuttgart sit in fourth place, level on points with Hoffenheim but ahead on goal difference, while Leverkusen lurk two points behind. With fixtures against Hoffenheim, Leverkusen and Frankfurt remaining, Stuttgart's path to Europe's top table remains decidedly uncertain.