Udinese avoided internal collapse with Napoli only in the 92nd minute thanks to Success’s goal which equalized Osimhen (with the Nigerian’s brace canceled out for slight offside) and kept the fight for survival alive. The Bianconeri rise to 30 points and will face Lecce, now at 37 lengths after the 1-1 draw in Cagliari, at Via del Mare on Monday 13 May at 6.30 pm in a match that could decide the fate of the two teams.
Obviously, Lecce would achieve the goal winning within friendly walls against Udinese. In this case, in the worst case scenario given Sassuolo’s 29 points, they would remain +8 from the red zone (Lecce 40, Sassuolo 32) in the event of a success for the Neroverdi against Genoa on Sunday 12 May at 3pm.
The draw against Udinese would be enough for Lecce to celebrate only in the event of Sassuolo’s failure to win in Liguria. In this case, both Udinese (at 31) and Sassuolo (at 30 in the event of a draw with Genoa) would not be able to reach 38. Please remember that Lecce and Udinese will take the field already knowing the result of Genoa-Sassuolo.
Sassuolo’s victory against Inter has put the neroverdi back in the running and created additional combinations that revive a battle for survival that is decidedly more crowded than last year. The 36th day, however, will have to be followed with a calculator in hand, race after race, starting from Friday evening when the Frosinone (at 32) will host Inter. The Cagliari (33 points) will play on Saturday evening at San Siro against a Milan team fresh from the protests of the fans who must mathematically consolidate second place with points. In the Sunday lunch match, then, Empoli (32)will visit Lazio in search of European points. At 3pm, in addition to Genoa-SassuoloThe Verona he will play again at Bentegodi. After the victory against Fiorentina, Baroni, behind Lecce on 34, is looking for salvation points with Torino virtually out of everything. Even the Scaligeri, according to the hypothesis immediately described, could be mathematically saved by beating Toro.
However, a trio of defeats or draws by Frosinone, Empoli and Sassuolo would give Lecce salvation without playing. Taking these eventualities, there are no matches in the last two days with two teams at least at 37 points (today already owned by Lecce and therefore hypothetically ‘free’ to also lose against Udinese). This happens due to the concatenation of the direct clashes Udinese-Empoli (37th) and Frosinone-Udinese (38th). Secondly, we repeat, Sassuolo without the victory at Marassi would lose the opportunity to catch up or arithmetically overcome Lecce. Simply put, Lecce-Udinese will not be decisive for salvation if none of Frosinone, Empoli and Sassuolo win.
The program of the 36th day
10/05/2024 Friday 8.45pm FROSINONE−INTER
11/05/2024 Saturday 18.00 NAPLES−BOLOGNA
11/05/2024 Saturday 8.45pm MILAN-CAGLIARI
12/05/2024 Sunday 12.30 LAZIO-EMPOLI
12/05/2024 Sunday 15.00 GENOA−SASSUOLO
12/05/2024 Sunday 3.00pm HELLAS VERONA-TORINO
12/05/2024 Sunday 18.00 JUVENTUS−SALERNITANA
12/05/2024 Sunday 8.45pm ATALANTA-ROME
13/05/2024 Monday 18.30 LECCE-UDINESE
13/05/2024 Monday 8.45pm FIORENTINA-MONZA
LECCE (37 points):
Lecce-Udinese (36th matchday)
Lecce-Atalanta (37th matchday)
Napoli-Lecce (38th matchday)
VERONA (34 points):
Verona-Turin (36th matchday)
Salernitana-Verona (37th matchday)
Verona-Inter (38th matchday)
CAGLIARI (33 points):
Milan-Cagliari (36th matchday)
Sassuolo-Cagliari (37th matchday)
Cagliari-Fiorentina (38th matchday)
FROSINONE (32 points):
Frosinone-Inter (36th matchday)
Monza-Frosinone (37th matchday)
Frosinone-Udinese (38th matchday)
EMPOLI (32 points):
Lazio-Empoli (36th matchday)
Udinese-Empoli (37th matchday)
Empoli-Roma (38th matchday)
UDINESE (30 points):
Lecce-Udinese (36th matchday)
Udinese-Empoli (37th matchday)
Frosinone-Udinese (38th matchday)
SASSUOLO (29 points):
Genoa-Sassuolo (36th matchday)
Sassuolo-Cagliari (37th matchday)
Lazio-Sassuolo (38th matchday)
