Scott McTominay and Napoli granted their big Serie A wish after huge decision made on Inter Milan title decider

The Serie A title race went into overdrive on Sunday when a controversial late penalty for Lazio against Inter Milan saw the Nerazzurri squander the chance to put their Scudetto destiny into their own hands.

Napoli's goalless draw at Parma left the door open for Simone Inzaghi's Inter but Pedro's last-minute spot kick kept the Naples giants in the driving seat ahead of this week's final fixtures.

Both Inzaghi and his Napoli counterpart Antonio Conte will serve touchline bans for their teams' last matches after being dismissed during Sunday's dramatic draws.

The crucial fixtures will be played on Friday evening after local broadcaster DAZN agreed with Napoli's preference over that of Inter, who wanted the simultaneous deciding games to be played on Thursday.

A league meeting on Monday decided in their favour and the scheduling row might go even further than that.

Inter wanted their game at Como and Napoli's home match against Cagliari to happen on Thursday in order to give them the maximum amount of time to prepare for the Champions League final against Paris Saint-Germain.

But it was also confirmed that any necessary title play-off will be played next Monday, just five days before the European final in Munich.

The odds of a play-off being required are now quite long. Serie A decides the champions with a play-off as the first tie-breaker if two teams finish with the same number of points.

For that eventuality to come to pass, Napoli would need to lose to Cagliari and Inter draw with Como.

Antonio Conte (Image: Getty)

The scheduling of the last league fixture and potential play-off might be seen as an advantage for PSG in the Champions League final but it also boosts the title hopes of Napoli and their former Manchester United midfielder Scott McTominay, who is already regarded as a Naples icon on the back of a phenomenal debut season in the Napoli midfield and would be considered the driving force if Conte's men can secure the title.

They now have two big bites of the cherry and that's been enough for the Scotland international all season.

McTominay has scored 11 times from midfield in Serie A since moving from Man Utd last summer and has already been hailed a 'genius' by the Italian sports media.