If for the championship race the real doubt concerns the day on which mathematics will crown Inter by awarding them the title and the second star, the rest of Serie A remains an interesting and exciting head-to-head, a fight for Europe and for salvation which involves practically all the teams. If you exclude the Milanwhich with 11 points ahead of fifth, Roma, and 15 over sixth, Atalanta (with one game less, ed.), now seems to be in the Champions League, and the Genoaunattainable for the teams in the running for salvation and too far behind to hope for Europe, all the others will have to conquer in the last nine days their goals. Twenty-seven points available to stay in Serie A or to reach Europe, while in the background the Italian Cup, the Europa League and the Conference League could shift the attention of the teams still in the running but also create new paths for next season .
Juve, an ex as an enemy: Tudor can decide the Juventus season
by Domenico Marchese
The Champions race and the sprint finish
Even if the average of the last few days does not allow for peaceful dreams, Juventus is, together with Milan, one step away from winning a Champions place. A goal that would provide prestige but also fundamental economic resources for both clubs, in the reconstruction phase even if with completely different degrees of progress. To better understand the situation, however, we would need a crystal ball that allows us to predict the future: if the ranking should the current one remain, with Italy in first place, the Champions League passes would become five. Account that would increase in case of vittoria dell’Europa League by an Italian team, with Milan and Roma involved in the quarter-final derby and Atalanta awaited by Klopp’s Liverpool. Considering five places available, the eight points that separate Fiorentina, with a match to recover, and Lazio from Roma, allow the two teams to still hope for a Champions League placement. Difficult, undoubtedly, but not impossible. The next day, around Easter, he proposes three direct clashes which will say a lot about future prospects: Milan will play in Florence, Lazio will host Juventus, while Atalanta will go to Naples for a clash that feels like a last resort for both.
The Europa League and the Conference to save a season
There are eleven teams, including Inter, in the running for a place in next year’s cups. There is not only the Champions League: if for some club it would be a “relegation”, the qualification for the Europa League it would taste like a championship for others. The ride also includes Monza and Turin, but only for another week: the direct clash of Grande Torino on Saturday will preserve the dreams of one by sacrificing those of the other, while a draw would be of no use to anyone. Turin and Monza which, in the event of victory, would transform into dangerous loose mines, triggered by the objectives at hand: both will also have a key role in the Champions racegiven the calendar which will see them engaged respectively against Juventus, Inter, Bologna, Milan and Atalanta (Turin), and against Napoli, Bologna, Atalanta, Lazio, Fiorentina and Juventus (Monza).
Pioli’s balance sheet is overshadowed only by the merits of Inzaghi. Allegri and the non-existent advantage of a year without cups
by Paolo Condò
The race for salvation and the direct clashes
Fourteen direct clashes. These three words would be enough to make it clear that to remain in Serie A you will need character, physical and mental condition, determination to seize the opportunities offered by the calendar and dash the hopes of others. They will be fundamental for salvation, given that the rest of the matches will be almost prohibitive for the teams involved in the race not to be relegated against the big teams in the race for Europe. The eleven points that separate Salernitana, last in points but first overall due to changed coaches (four with Colantuono on the Granata bench for now), from fourth-last place seem to decree the relegation of the Campania team. For the other two names the fight is very tough: from Lecce, thirteenth with 28 points, to Sassuolo, penultimate with 23, everyone is involved in this race to the massacre which will reward those most accustomed to the race for salvation.
The habit of fighting to survive
That’s why the Sassuolo at the moment it seems the team least ready to fight to stay in Serie A, even if Ballardini’s experience can make up for the lack of experience in the slums of the black-green group. The Emilians will be the protagonists of the first direct clash, the one on April 1st at Mapei against Udinese, at the same time as the match between Cagliari and Verona. While Gotti’s Lecce will host Roma. Sassuolo will go to Salerno next day, the only direct clash of the next round, while in the 32nd round Lecce will host Empoli, in the 33rd round there will be Verona-Udinese and Sassuolo-Lecce. Last two thrilling days, starting from the penultimate with Udinese-Empoli, Sassuolo-Cagliari and Salernitana-Verona, to close the season with Frosinone-Udinese: direct clashes that will weigh, especially if surprises arrive in the last nine days.
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– 2024-03-29 19:51:17
