Second place and salvation. These will be the objectives still in the balance in the thirty-eighth day, with Inter, Atalanta and Lazio to contend for the silver medal e Genoa and Lecce the last place to remain in Serie A. The rest of the games, however, have already been decided, including fifth place which gives direct access to the Europa League: Roma took it yesterday, who thanks to the victory over Turin thwarted that of Milan in Genoa. Instead, the game of the game did not count Juventus in Cagliari, but the black and white ko makes noise all the same, all the more with a Champions League at the door.
Let's start from here the story of Wednesday in the championship, therefore from the bad impression of Sarri's men, who appeared empty of both head and legs. Mind you, a defeat to the Scudetto just won is largely forgivable, but the signs in view of Lyon are still not good. The 2-0 in Cagliari (Gagliano 8', Simeone 45'), to begin with, brings the total number of goals conceded in the season to 40, a real anomaly for those who, in past years, made the defensive phase their flagship. The buttonhole also denotes a large athletic deficit that cannot leave one indifferent.
“The League created these problems for us by making us play 5 games in 12 days – he replied Sarri – Let's see what conditions we'll be in, but against Roma I could also field the Under 23 team to recover my condition. The goals conceded can worry us, this defeat doesn't: we've just won the championship, we're having a drop in motivation."
Dry too Cristiano Ronaldo, on the field for 95' looking for goals valid for the top scorer classification and instead forced, against his will, to surrender to Property. Yes, because Lazio's number 9 has scored again, reaching 35: Saturday evening he will be able to attack Higuain's record (36) right in his native Naples. Beyond this, however, the 2-0 over Brescia (Correa also scored) also has an important value on the standings, which now sees the biancocelesti at 78 points together with Atalanta, one less than Inter. Winning at the San Paolo, by virtue of the direct clash between Conte and Gasperini's Nerazzurri, would be worth a place on the podium, further enhancing an already excellent season for him.
"The boys scored a record of 78 points that is unique in Lazio's history, I have to thank them for that - commented Inzaghi – Immobile top scorer and new Serie A record holder? This is what we all hope, it would be a great achievement for Ciro but also for the whole team that works for him".
So much satisfaction even at home Roma, where the direct qualification to theEuropa League. However, beyond this 3-2 draw at del Toro (goals from Dzeko, Smalling and Diawara for the yellow and reds, Berenguer and Singo for the grenades), Fonseca's mind is already projected on the challenge with SevilleIn fact, it is useless to remember that, in the event of a European success, his team would get a very precious pass to the Champions League.
“We want to try even though we know it's not easy – he admitted the Portuguese coach – There are many strong opponents, it will be tough, but that's our goal: now we have Juve but we're already starting to think about the Spaniards".
So there's nothing to do about the Milan, who will be forced to play three preliminary rounds to enter Europe. However, the Rossoneri showed for the umpteenth time that they were in great condition, going on to win in Genoa with a clear 4-1. In fact, Ranieri's Sampdoria was unable to do anything against Ibrahimovic and Calhanoglu, in a state of grace as in all this post-lockdown. The Swede, who scored twice (4' and 58'), reiterated that he can still be very useful to the cause ("I'm like Benjamin Button, I never get old", he joked, but not too much, immediately after the match). the Turkish (goal in the 52nd minute and assist) to be the distant relative of the shy and awkward player of a few months ago. Leao also celebrated (his fourth goal in the 92nd minute) and Donnarumma, who saved his second consecutive penalty after Friday's (this time it was Maroni who made a mistake, even if Sampdoria still found the goal through Askildsen).
“The important thing was to play well and win, we could only think about our game – the words of Pioli – We won a match that we could have closed even earlier, but we did well: we are finally a team. Ibra? He has shown that he can still be decisive, there are all the conditions and intentions to move forward ”.
Also worth noting, in this penultimate season of the championship, is the lockout salvation struggle between Genoa and Lecce. The rossoblù could have closed it yesterday but they were buried by the very poker of Sassuolo, moreover the giallorossi went on to win in Udine, thus returning to just one point behind. The games will be decided on Sunday evening, with Nicola's men at Marassi against Verona and those of Liverani at Via del Mare against Parma, while Saturday will be the day of the big names, all playing at the same time (Atalanta-Inter, Napoli-Lazio, Juventus-Roma and Milan-Cagliari) for another evening of passion. Yet another of this very unusual summer championship, yet fun and exciting just as we hoped.
