Party postponed, or at least hopefully. Inter and Napoli failed to qualify in this round and the games are therefore postponed to the next one. Anything can happen, in one sense or another: what is certain is that the Azzurri are still masters of their own destiny while the Nerazzurri are not.
The defeat in London made Spalletti slip to third place by virtue of direct matches against Tottenham, which is why in order to access the round of XNUMX, in addition to scoring points with PSV, Barcelona will need to not lose against Tottenham.
The calculation for Ancelotti is simpler: the direct clash in the Liverpool den is a real inside or outside, to be faced with two results out of three available, but also with the knowledge that the Reds will give everything.
We still have hopes of taking ours to the round of XNUMX, God forbid, but of course there is a bit of regret and the same goes for both.
Let's start with Inter and their rather paradoxical situation: yesterday one point would have been enough to qualify, in two weeks time, not even three might be enough.
To blame for the defeat at Wembley, a 1-0 signed by Erikssen (80') who, in one fell swoop, canceled the advantage over Tottenham both in terms of standings and direct matches. And so in two weeks it will be necessary to keep an eye on PSV and one on the English, in the hope that Barcelona, already mathematically qualified as first in the standings, won't play jokes at the Camp Nou.
“We are very disappointed with the result, except for a few stages in the match we did everything we had to – commented Spalletti – Now let's go and play for the next one and see what happens, it doesn't even cross my mind that Barça don't take the field seriously."
All postponed to December 11, just like for Napoli. In fact, that evening Ancelotti's Azzurri will also play for qualification, and in an even more exciting context. In Liverpool it will be like a final, with the pro of having two results out of three available (even a defeat with a single goal difference would be fine, however, scoring at least one) but with the cons of being faced with Klopp's team in the bedlam of Anfield.
However, the Azzurri cannot reproach themselves for anything, at least as far as yesterday evening is concerned: the 3-1 over Red Star (Hamsik 11', Mertens 33' and 52', Fardou in the 57th minute for the Serbs) would also have been enough, a pity however that the PSG beat the English thus making the victory of the San Paolo in vain.
The regret, if anything, is for the points lost earlier (above all the 0-0 in the first leg in Belgrade, but also the equalizer suffered in the added time in Paris) but that's the point: it's useless to cry over spilled milk, it's better to concentrate on the clash between Anfield, with the awareness that it will be difficult to expect gifts from Marakana (in that case, however, the Azzurri would also qualify by losing).
"We have to worry, of course, but the same goes for everyone, even for PSG it won't be easy to win in Belgrade - Ancelotti retorted - We won't have our fans at Anfield but we will have some results available: woe to make calculations, God forbid. but the truth is that we are at the top of the group and nobody would have said this on the day of the draw”.
True, and the speech, all things considered, also applies to Inter. But now we have made the mouth of the Italian en plein in the round of XNUMX and therefore we don't want to miss it. Two weeks of waiting, then the day of judgment will come.
