for other teams it wasn't, and no this is not an acceptable thing, I bet you would whine like a bitch if you were in the other side. If you want the best for football and the league your team is playing in, you should ask the best to make it fair to everyone equally. Imagine if this was the case for us next season, and we had our last match, and Inter (in a position where won't need any point) playing with the fourth team in the league, and they play it with the second team and youngsters and lose, and we miss the chance to qualify to CL ending fifth one point less than forth. how would your react?