New champions Inter Milan have booked their spot in Europe's elite club competition, with second-placed Atalanta guaranteed a top-four place by virtue of their better head-to-head record over Juventus.
AC Milan and Napoli are both on 76 points, the former holding the best head-to-head record of the pair, while Juventus are one point adrift in fifth.
Inter won their first Serie A title in 11 years at the start of May but reports in the Italian media say players and staff have been asked to sacrifice two months' wages to help ease the economic situation.
"Now the main objective is to reduce costs, therefore also wages, which have a big impact, and then we must make the most of the resources at our disposal."
Inter move back 11 points clear of second-placed AC Milan who won 3-1 at Parma on Saturday, as a first title since 2010 beckons for Antonio Conte's side with eight game left to play.
Inter's league match against Sassuolo, scheduled for Saturday, was postponed on Thursday after two more coronavirus cases brought the total number of positive cases in their playing squad to four.
"Unfortunately, it happens at a positive moment for Inter, who will have the opportunity to work without sending their players to the national teams. In this sense they were also lucky."
The Chilean will have arthroscopic surgery at the Humanitas Institute in Rozzano, just south of Milan, to cure meniscal pain in his left knee, Inter added in a brief statement on Thursday.
Vidal, 33, has suffered several injury setbacks this season, with his game time also limited in recent months due the resurgence of Christian Eriksen.
With Inter and AC Milan suffering a sharp decline after their last league title successes in 2010 and 2011 respectively, Juve have claimed the previous nine Serie A crowns in a row.
They had not been top after 22 games of a season since their treble-winning campaign in 2010-11 under Jose Mourinho.
Gladbach created little of note and found it impossible to escape Madrid's relentless press, showing few similarities to the side which almost shocked the Spanish champions in the 2-2 draw they shared in October.