Gonzalo Higuain scored a hat trick to break a 66-year-old record and help Napoli secure second spot in Serie A with a 4-0 win over 10-man Frosinone Saturday. Napoli gained direct entry to the Champions League by finishing two points above Roma, which won 3-1 at AC Milan in the final round. Roma goes into the Champions League playoffs. "Now we can celebrate our direct return to the Champions League and we will strengthen the squad calmly and effectively, in order to be competitive in Europe," Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis said. Higuain's third goal, an acrobatic bicycle kick, took him to 36 league goals in 35 matches, bettering Milan forward Gunnar Nordahl, who scored 35 times in 37 matches in 1949-50. Earlier, Juventus, which had already won its fifth straight Serie A title, thrashed 10-man Sampdoria 5-0. Elsewhere, Sassuolo beat Inter Milan 3-1 to ensure it finished above AC Milan, earning the last Europa League spot if the Rossoneri lose to Juventus in next week's Italian Cup final. Both Napoli and Roma had already qualified for the Champions League but Napoli knew a win would guarantee it finished second and secure a spot in the group stage. Ibra breaks PSG record Zlatan Ibrahimovic headed home a minute from time to break Paris Saint-Germain's single season Ligue 1 scoring record in a 4-0 rout of Nantes Saturday. With the title long wrapped up and a French Cup final against bitter rival Marseille to come a week later, the night was all about Ibrahimovic and his quest to break the 37-goal single season PSG record at the Parc des Princes. Starting the game with 36 goals, the Swedish striker equaled the 1997-98 club record of Argentine Carlos Bianchi in the 18th minute with his 37th of the season. Ibrahimovic then netted his record 38th a minute from time from Javier Pastore's cross to end a match-long quest that had looked set to frustrate him. "I'm feeling very emotional. Today is a very special day after four years together winning lots of trophies," said Ibrahimovic. "Thank you ‘Ibracadabra', these four years will remain in my heart." Wearing the No. 10 jersey, Ibrahimovic acknowledged the crowd as Nantes obligingly waited patiently for almost a minute before taking a freekick. The visiting defense seemed to oblige in more ways than one against a team clearly intent solely on setting up its center-forward to score. Monaco secured the third and final Champions League qualification spot with a 2-0 win over Montpellier. Nice won 3-2 at Guingamp but had to settle for fourth. Toulouse scored two goals in the final 12 minutes through Martin Braithwaite and Yann Bodiger to turn a 2-1 deficit at Angers into a 3-2 victory that kept it a point above Reims, whose 4-1 win over second-placed Lyon wasn't enough to prevent them descending into Ligue 2 alongside Lorient and Troyes. — Agencies
