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MILAN - Javier Zanettis last home match at the San Siro was celebrated with a win as Inter Milan beat Lazio 4-1 to all but guarantee a Europa League berth from the Serie A on Saturday. Kevin McCarthy Jersey . Zanetti will retire after 19 seasons at Inter, and the stadium was sold out as fans packed in to bid farewell to their 40-year-old captain. Lazio threatened to spoil the party when Giuseppe Biava scored the opening goal inside two minutes to stun San Siro. However, Rodrigo Palacio scored twice, either side of Mauro Icardis strike, and Hernanes netted against his former club to secure victory. At the end of the match, footage was shown on the big screens of Zanettis greatest Inter moments, and the clearly emotional player was led out by his family, peers and club presidents, with all his teammates wearing shirts with his number four on it. To chants of "theres only one captain," Zanetti took the microphone and thanked the fans and teammates. "I have always tried to honour and defend the Inter shirt in every country in the world," he said. "I learnt to love it thanks to you, I will love you forever. A very lovely career is coming to an end for me. I dont know what I will do but now one thing is certain: I will defend Inter even off the pitch." Players from across the globe also took to Twitter to pay tribute to Zanetti, including former teammate Mario Balotelli, who wrote, "Javier Zanetti is an example of humanity and professionalism for all of us!" Inter has five points more than Torino and six more than Parma and AC Milan, who all have two matches remaining. It is the same number of points above Hellas Verona, which squandered a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 at home to Udinese following a superb goal from Antonio Di Natale. Verona and Inter have only one match remaining. Inter coach Walter Mazzarri was resoundly booed before kickoff when it was revealed Zanetti was starting on the bench. The 20-year-old Mateo Kovacic - who was less than four months old when Zanetti made his Inter debut - set up two of the goals with delightful throughballs. The Inter players hugged Zanetti after every goal, and the Argentine was eventually sent on seven minutes into the second half to a raucous standing ovation. Zanetti was wearing a special captains armband for the occasion. It had the words "Zanetti 4 Ever" in large letters over a background with the name of all his Inter teammates past and present. In Verona, substitute Badu came off the bench with minutes left and drilled in a stoppage-time equalizer for Udinese with a low shot into the corner. Luca Toni put Verona in front from the penalty spot in the 14th minute after Alessandro Agostini was tripped by Allan. It was the veteran strikers 20th league goal of the season. Emil Hallfredsson doubled Veronas lead in the 54th before Di Natale pulled one back two minutes later in stunning fashion. 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The (32-31-9) Jets have 73 points and trail Phoenix by six points for a Western Conference Wild Card playoff spot. ?Winnipeg is four points behind Dallas and three back of Vancouver who are also trailing the Coyotes. Al Montoya will start in goal. The Jets will be without Captain Andrew Ladd who returned to Winnipeg this morning to be with his wife as celebrate the birth of a baby girl.? Tonight will end a streak of 233 consecutive games played by Ladd. Following this mornings pregame skate at American Airlines Center, Head Coach Paul Maurice said it will be a game time decision on which three players he will use on the fourth line. Jets Projected Lines: Kane-Little-Frolik Byfuglien-Jokinen-Wheeler ODell-Slater-Setoguchi Tangradi-Cormier-Halischuk/Peluso Enstrom-Ellerby Stuart-Trouba Pardy-Postma The (33-26-11) Stars have 77 points and trail Phoenix by two points for a Wild Card playoff spot. Jorge Lopez Jersey. . ?Dallas has one game in hand on the Coyotes. The Stars are 4-0-1 in their last five home games. Captain Jamie Benn has scored three goals in his last two games. Tyler Seguin is on an eight game point streak which includes six goals and nine assists. Former Thrasher Kari Lehtonen will start in goal.? The only current Jets he played with in Atlanta are Jim Slater, Toby Enstrom, Bryan Little, Chris Thorburn and Zach Bogosian. Stars Projected Lines: Benn-Seguin-Nichushkin Whitney-Eakin-Sceviour Roussel-Fiddler-Garbutt Horcoff-Jeffrey-Chiasson Goligoski-Daley Benn-Dillon Rome-Gonchar Tonight is the fifth and final game between these Central Division teams. ?Winnipeg is 2-2 against Dallas, despite being outscored 14-13 by the Stars. ?Seguin has five goals and four assists for Dallas while Blake Wheeler leads the Jets with three goals and four assists. ' ' '
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