The platonic but prestigious race in second place between Inter, Lazio and Atalanta; the sprint salvation between Genoa and Lecce, separated by a dot; Immobile's thrust to tear or match Higuain's absolute goal record. Series A closes its doors on the weekend, the last of the major European tournaments, with three puzzles to solve. The anomalous year with the blackout for the covid goes on file in August with the ninth championship in a row at Juventus, Naples and Rome promoted to the Europa League, Milan will instead have to go through the preliminaries, while Brescia and Spal have long been already in B .
Now it is decided the race in second place that will see the teams engaged who will then have to play their chances in the European cups, Sunday instead it's up to the sprint salvation. Since there is a theoretical possibility that the fourth place may not guarantee the Champions League (if Napoli wins the Champions League and the Roma Europa League) there is one more reason why the three teams involved fight strenuously to avoid it.
There will be a direct clash between Atalanta and Inter but it will not be a walk even for Lazio, who will play at Napoli. The best attack against the best defense will face each other after the 1-1 of the first leg: to get second place at Inter, which precedes the other two teams by one point, even an equal will suffice, provided that Lazio do not win . The Bergamo players, however, will have their thoughts turned to the challenge of the quarterfinals of the Champions League scheduled in a single match with the PSG, so Gasperini will try to avoid injuries and fatigue of his key men. However, he will not give up trying to close with the record of the three-digit attack, given that so far the Goddess has scored 98 goals. Lazio, who returned to racing after a moment of crisis, also want to contribute to the absolute record of goals in the scorers' classification. Immobile is at an altitude of 35, four more than Ronaldo, and is at a length of the record of Higuain, made precisely with Naples. Nobody in Serie A has ever scored more.
"A memorable season, full marks to my team" the words of Simone Inzaghi. A big match in a minor tone concerns tomorrow's match between Juve and Rome, who only have the interest of carefully preparing the matches with Lyon and Seville. A large use of the bench is likely, as already indicated polemically by Sarri. In the other matches tomorrow, Milan wants to finish against Cagliari, even if the splendid run-up has not paid off, while Brescia takes leave from the top flight receiving Sampdoria.
The third relegation will be decided on Sunday evening. Genoa is master of his destiny: if he wins with the excellent Verona he cannot be reached by Lecce, who receives a high fit team like Parma. In case of arrival on equal points the Ligurians will be saved. Curious the position of Lapadula and Saponara, strengths of Lecce, on loan from Genoa, and of Veloso, son-in-law of Preziosi, another ex like the technician Juric. In the other races without concrete goals, Fiorentina favored in Ferrara, Sassuolo wants to finish its excellent championship at the expense of Udinese while Bologna and Turin have many reasons to avoid ending the season with a knockout.