Napoli once more fought back and secured its position for the Champions League qualifier. The most pressing question will be what happens to Juventus Turin should they miss the Champions League?
Can you guys imagine Ronaldo kicking in the UEFA European League next year? I highly doubt he would even consider doing that? Pirlo's time will probably come to an end if he fails to qualify for the UCL. It may not be fair but missing the UCL is hard not only for the club, but also for the fans and all superstars. Who knows what's left of Juve in 6 weeks from now?
Let me fix this: Napoli secured
temporarily a position for CL since if they lose their next game and Inter get a draw + Juve win then they are out.
For Juve, regarding Milan wasting 2 precious points and facing Atalanta next, then what a luck Pirlo has! Unless Napoli winning and Atalanta playing with its second team and their goalkeeper as striker, then getting a CL spot should be very possible for Juve.
Yes I meant temporarily, but I wasn't fully aware of the last play day. However, in the Series A what counts is head to head so Atalanta is qualified anyway because if Juventus wins their game they are on par with Atalanta if Atalanta loses. But then Atalanta wins head to head against Juve.
Napoli is likely to win and Milan definitely able to win against a team that doesn't have to win and is already celebrating the UCL qualification. Ultimately, Juventus also haven't their game yet. We know from this season that they are prone to negative surprises.
You are right though Juventus still has a decent chance, but if they don't take that opportunity a couple of changes will happen in Turin.
Milan fails to secure the qualifying card for the Champions League in this round now they are forced to beat Atalanta in Bergamo, the next round.
Juventus got their hopes up again after these clubs wanted them to fail against Inter early in this round.
A final round between Juventus, Milan and Napoli, and the fight will be the 2 remaining tickets for the Champions League !!