Matchday 34 of Serie A isn’t over yet, but it’s already time for calculations for the ribbon-cutting of the goal. This evening, at the Ferraris stadium, the game will be played Genoa-Cagliari. The Ligurians, at 39, virtually safe for some time, also have mathematical certainty in light of yesterday’s results. On the other hand, Ranieri’s team with full spoils would be in a very favorable position to achieve the objective.
The goal of Saelemaekers in Bologna-Udinese 1-1 it pushed the physiological lowering of the survival quota. The Friulians, ahead at Dall’Ara, were caught in the last quarter of an hour of the match. In the evening, however, Sassuolo suffered a disastrous defeat, losing 5-1 at Fiorentina. The neroverdi are forced to win at the Mapei Stadium against Italian champions Inter and have already returned from the first celebrations to nourish new hopes and repeat themselves also and above all in the direct clash against Cagliari. The maximum points that the Ballardini troop can reach are (however) 38.
Regardless of the result of Genoa-Cagliari, however, Lecce, although marginal, already has a match ball to arithmetically close the salvation issue. In case of victory at the Unipol Domus on Sunday at 12.30 they will be saved. The gap between Lecce and Udinese it would be 10 points, higher than the 9 up for grabs in the last three matches, starting from the direct match on matchday 36 in Salento between the teams of Gotti and Cannavaro. But it doesn’t end here.
Matchday 35 also includes the direct clash between Empoli and Frosinone (Sunday 5 May at 3pm), the first match in which obviously other competitors in the fight for survival will take points away from each other. No comparison between competitors for theHellas Verona of Baroni, awaited by three matches at the Bentegodi plus the away match at the already relegated Salernitana.
The presence of two other direct clashes, Udinese-Empoli at 37th and Frosinone-Udinese at 38th, in addition to the previous match, would make it impossible for two competitors to reach 39 points. Assuming Lecce at 39 in the early afternoon of Sunday, crossing the destinies of Frosinone, Empoli and Udinese in a sort of mini-tournament, it is impossible for the three to reach this level at the same time. The victories of one would remove the possibility of catching up with the other, and any draws would “decrease” the points up for grabs.
LECCE (36 points):
Cagliari-Lecce (35th matchday)
Lecce-Udinese (36th matchday)
Lecce-Atalanta (37th matchday)
Napoli-Lecce (38th matchday)
CAGLIARI (32 points and one game less):
Genoa-Cagliari (34th matchday)
Cagliari-Lecce (35th matchday)
Milan-Cagliari (36th matchday)
Sassuolo-Cagliari (37th matchday)
Cagliari-Fiorentina (38th matchday)
VERONA (31 points):
Verona-Fiorentina (35th matchday)
Verona-Turin (36th matchday)
Salernitana-Verona (37th matchday)
Verona-Inter (38th matchday)
FROSINONE (31 points):
Empoli-Frosinone (35th matchday)
Frosinone-Inter (36th matchday)
Monza-Frosinone (37th matchday)
Frosinone-Udinese (38th matchday)
EMPOLI (31 points):
Empoli-Frosinone (35th matchday)
Lazio-Empoli (36th matchday)
Udinese-Empoli (37th matchday)
Empoli-Roma (38th matchday)
UDINESE (29 points):
Udinese-Napoli (35th matchday)
Lecce-Udinese (36th matchday)
Udinese-Empoli (37th matchday)
Frosinone-Udinese (38th matchday)
SASSUOLO (26 points):
Sassuolo-Inter (35th matchday)
Genoa-Sassuolo (36th matchday)
Sassuolo-Cagliari (37th matchday)
Lazio-Sassuolo (38th matchday)
