Three points in the last four games. It is the loot collected by Napoli that definitively greets the possibility of being able to secure a place in the next Champions League. The difficulties that the Italian champion team faced during the season are there for all to see and the triple change on the bench from Rudi Garcia to Walter Mazzarri to the current Slovakia coach Francesco Calzona is proof of this. At the Bluenergy Stadium in Udine the Azzurri were reached with a goal from Success at the end of time and did not go beyond the 1-1 draw.
No Champions League
As fate would have it, the final farewell to fifth place came precisely in the stadium where a year and two days ago (it was 4 May 2023) Luciano Spalletti’s team, with the same results and with Osimhen always on target, crowned an extraordinary journey by winning the third championship in its history. Same place, same result, almost same date, but completely different outcome with the Azzurri who will now have to try to win at least one place either in the Europa League or in the Conference League.
The last three races
There are therefore three matches available to avoid being left out of international competitions. Thiago Motta’s surprising Bologna will arrive at the “Maradona” next Saturday while a week later Napoli will visit Fiorentina at the “Franchi” to then finish at home against Luca Gotti’s Lecce. Three games to say goodbye to a championship full of difficulties, but which can still end with Europe.
