Inter make harakiri, Roma go to the Champions League, Lazio have the match point available. The defeat of the Nerazzurri against il Sassuolo influences the race for Europe that counts, with the Giallorossi who thank (the match against Juve becomes irrelevant, ne parliamo aside) and the biancocelesti ready to close every speech in that of Crotone (15 pm). "Cup with big ears" in the foreground, in short, but the Europa League will also have a not bad day with the direct clash between Atalanta and Milan (18) and the one crossed with salvation between Fiorentina and Cagliari (15): in short, it will be a Sunday for strong hearts, with a margin of error practically cleared for anyone. Ma let's go in order and let's start with the race for the most important Europente, yesterday marked by ko of Inter. An absolutely unexpected and, in some ways, incomprehensible collapse: il Sassuolo, already safe, could and should have been tamed, instead he took the 3 points to the joy of Squinzi (a real AC Milan player) and the discouragement of all the Nerazzurri people. Spalletti ahead. “They did what they had to do and they deserve the compliments – sighed the coach from Certaldo. – This result is unfortunately also the result of our mistakes, the boys are destroyed, they cared a lot. How would I judge the season if we didn't have to go to the Champions League? Not as good as I said the day before...".
Lots of regret and just as much disbelief: here is the sentiment of the whole Inter world, forced to deal with an absolute defeatunexpected yet real mind. The hope of going to the Champions League is only tied al Zenga's Crotone, but in the meantime there is the feeling of having wasted a huge bonus, perhaps decisive for the result. On the ko of Inter weighs heavily on the evening-no of Icardi, wasteful beyond all limits in the presence of a Consigli that suddenly became bigger than the San Siro door. The Captain, until recently the absolute driving force, is therefore the symbol of a defeat which however has great protagonists politan and Berardi, in addition to the aforementioned goalkeeper: the first two scored the decisive goals (25' and 72'), the third repeatedly prevented Inter from scoring, a Rafinha apart from (80'). At the final whistle in Abisso it was Iachini who celebrated, obviously as well as Di Francesco and Simone Inzaghi, the real winners of this championship Saturday. So today it will be their turn, in partsflow to Lazio: giah, why win it would mean the Champions League with a match to spare, thus making next Sunday's clash with Inter useless. Between saying and doing, however, there is something in between il Crotone, who in addition to looking for decisive points for salvation is coached by a true Inter fan like Zenga. “I saw the boys calm and serene – le words of Simone Inzaghi. We are well aware of the environment we will find but we have prepared the game well, unfortunately we are not in top form but we will try to draw out all the energy we have left". In fact Lazio came to play for the season with a lot of problems, physical and otherwise: the injuries of Immobile, Luis Alberto and Parolo were joined by the disqualification of Luiz Felipe and the De Free, made official by Inter just a week after the direct match. Inzaghi will therefore have to make a virtue of necessity and rely on a 3-5-2 with Strakosha in goal, CaceresDe Free e Radu in defence, Marusic, Murgia, Leiva, Milinkovic-Savic e Lulic in midfield, Felipe Anderson and caicedo in attack. Zenga will respond with a 4-3-3 with Cord between the posts, Faraoni, Ceccherini, Capuano and Martella in the back department, Barberis, Mandragora e Stoian in the median, Trotta, Simy e Nalini in the offensive trident. Champions on the cover, just like the Europa League. The clash between Atalanta and Milan is a real play-off for sixth place, the last profit to enter the Cup without preliminaries, with Fiorentina and Sampdoria interested spectators. A far from peaceful eve for Gattuso and Gasperini: the first is back from the searing defeat against Juve and risks ending the season in a completely bankruptcy way, the second inflamed the press conference with an attack on the world of refereeing.
But let's go in order and let's start with the AC Milan player, called to emerge unscathed from Bergamo in order to reach at least the Europa League. last obiettivo remained in this unfortunate season. “It's not all to be thrown away – the coach “growled”.. – With Juve we did well up to the first goal, the result was a lie: let's try to start over from the positive things and face Atalanta in the best possible way. Donnarumma? There are always too many rumors about him, that's why he's not calm...". However, Gigio will play in the starting lineup 4-3-3 rossonero, which will also see Calabria, Bonucci, Romagnoli and Rodriguez in defence, Kessie, Locatelli and Bonaventura in midfield, Suso, Cutrone e Calhanoglu in attack. “The referee Pairetto, during the match against Genoa, he threatened me that we would meet again in Rome against Lazio – the revelation shock by Gasperini, disqualified right after the match at the Olimpico. – He had told me 'certain behaviors will not be allowed', but I wonder: how did he know that the Yes of Lazio-Atalanta would it have been his turn?”. An attack that undermines the serenity of a usually very quiet club, evidently, however, the importance of the match is also felt in Bergamo, where the dream of centering Europe for the second year in a row is ever closer to becoming a reality. Gasperini will try to beat Milan relying on the usual 3-4-2-1 with Berisha in goal, silly, Caldara and Masiello in the backlog department, Castagne, De Roon, Graze e Goossens in the median, Crystalline and Gomez on trocar to support the sole Barrow striker.
