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Job done.

In Serie A, Inter Milan's troubling slide has seen Napoli take a three-point lead in the title race and serves as the worst kind of warm-up for the Nerazzurri before this week's UEFA Champions League semifinal date with Barcelona.

Here are some musings and reactions to the most memorable moments of the weekend.



Wild Copa del Rey final is a treat for the neutral, even as it leaves plenty of fallout in the rubble

Given the poisonous preamble to the Copa del Rey final -- from Real Madrid TV's pre-emptive hit job on y referee Andres De Burgos Bengoetxea, to De Burgos Bengoetxea's tears during the pre-game press conference, to suggestions Real Madrid would boycott the game as if it were the Ballon d'Or ceremony, to LaLiga president Javier Tebas saying this "is not football, it is a power grab" -- we should likely feel privileged to have witnessed a dramatic rollercoaster of the game chockfull of sublime skill, which saw Barcelona win 3-2 after extra time in Seville.

Refereeing controversy?

There was a bit of that too, though the biggest call -- Raúl Asencio's sliding tackle on Raphinha in the sixth minute of injury time in which the defender got none of the ball, instead kicking the winger's ankle -- ended up going against Barcelona, not Real Madrid.

Madrid's lead lasted a mere seven minutes until 17-year-old Lamine Yamal's wizardry (yeah, the youngest player on the pitch was also the best player on the pitch) teed up Ferran Torres to evade a banged-up Rudiger and a desperate Thibaut Courtois (who rushed out to the edge of his penalty area) to slot into an empty net for the equalizer.

Barcelona have been a step better than Real Madrid all season, though Saturday's Copa del Rey final was an enthralling, end-to-end affair with drama on and off the field that could have gone either way. Guillermo Martinez

Extra time was muted until Jules Koundé popped up for the winner, intercepting a bad Luka Modric pass to fire beyond Courtois in the 116th minute.

Because once you strip away the noise, this title -- note: the title, not necessarily being a Liverpool fan -- does mean more, and because it was pretty much a foregone conclusion since February, many have sort of forgotten how impressive a feat this was.

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Serie A's reasoning was that postponing the game further might have given either club an edge over their rivals: Lecce are fighting to avoid relegation, Atalanta for a place in the Champions League.