The big theme of the season finale in Serie A will be the fighting for fifth placewhich became the last useful placement for access to the 2024-2025 Champions League after Italy gained one extra slots through UEFA ranking by nations. If the Scudetto has already been awarded to Inter with five games to spare, the battle for it qualification for the next Champions League it is more open than ever. If you consider Milan calm and safe, they are very much there seven teams who can still hope to access the big-eared cup. A fiery month awaits us, full of direct clashes for the top positions in the ranking.
Let’s start with those who currently occupy third position in the standings who, due to the form shown recently, are at serious risk. There Juventus it will be third a share 64 points, but in the last twelve games they have only won two. Furthermore, the calendar promises to be very tough, given the matches he will have to play against Milan, Roma and Bologna. Thanks to the success over Roma 3-1 at the Olimpico, the Bolognese have come close to the historic goal of the Champions League, and now occupy the fourth place to two points from the bianconeri.
The last available slot for the Champions League, at this moment, would go to Roma. Today the Giallorossi will finish the interrupted match against Udinese and, in the event of victory, it would lead to share 58 points with four lengths ahead in sixth position, currently owned byAtalanta. Even the Bergamo players, however, have one less match on their backs, the one with the Florentinewhich however has yet to be placed in the calendar given the many commitments of the two teams.
They are potentially still in the running for fifth place too Lazio, Naples And Florentine. The Biancocelesti with Igor Tudor began to string together a series of consecutive successes, reaching three points from Roma, who however must recover the match against Udinese. The Naples it’s at six points behind the Giallorossi, but from what we have seen lately they do not seem to have the means to aim for fifth place. Finally, the Viola are also mathematically in the running, but the great objective of the Italian team is to bring a trophy home after twenty-three years.
SERIES A RANKING 2023-2024
1 Inter 86
2 Milan 69
3 Juventus 64
4 Bologna 62
5 Rome 55*
6 Atalanta 54*
7 Lazio 52
8 Naples 49
9 Fiorentina 47*
*One game less
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