The Granata can still get ahead of the Italian team, which remains master of its destiny
The race for the Conference League of Fiorentina, Turin and Naples will pass through Sardinia. The Italian team’s match has been brought forward to Thursday evening and will offer important points in the race for Europe. The Viola are masters of their own destiny in eighth place, but can still be overtaken in the event of a double misstep. Fiorentina will take the field this evening in Cagliari, on May 29th they will be involved in the final and on June 2nd they will recover the match at Atalanta’s home ground. Toro and Napoli observe with interest, Italiano can make his calculations knowing that he has direct matches in his favor with both teams: two points in two games are enough to be sure of finishing eighth and qualifying for the Conference League.
The race for eighth place
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At the moment Toro and Napoli are still in the running for eighth place, a position which would guarantee the Conference League regardless of Fiorentina’s victory in the final on 2 June. However, both must hope for a double misstep from the Italian team, which is two points away from being mathematically eighth. If the Viola were to win this evening at Cagliari, the race between the Granata and Azzurri would be limited to ninth position. In the latter case, qualification in the Conference would depend on Fiorentina winning the cup. In the event of a defeat or draw for Viola, the Italian team would remain masters of their destiny but will be forced to score points in injury time against Atalanta.
In the background: Fiorentina risk seventh
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There is a scenario that is complicated but at the moment cannot yet be ruled out: if Fiorentina beat Cagliari and Atalanta and Lazio lost the last matchday at home against Sassuolo, the Italian team would arrive on equal points with the Biancocelesti but it would be seventh for best goal difference. A complicated scenario for sure, but one that would make ninth place worthless.
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