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To be honest, I don't think Juventus will finish in the top four in Seria A this season. They were busy with their unbeaten league record and even failed to win against a weak club that would have given them more league points. Two points separate Juventus from Lazio, but we're not sure if they'll keep winning after Napoli broke their unbeaten record. Lazio, on the other hand, is capable of maintaining the position until the end of the season, but let's wait to see which team will take over the position at the end.
For me, Juventus still has a big chance to finish in the top four of Serie A this season because the points difference with other teams is not too far. I am sure Thiago Motta will make changes to improve the current situation in order to finish in the top four this season because if Juventus fails to qualify for the Champions League next season, Thiago Motta will most likely be fired.
I quite agree with you with what you said about Juventus finishing on the top four, Lazio's last match really gave Juventus more hope in getting to top four. Still both teams are are not in their best performance. There are only two points in between the two teams, it seems small but difficult to overcome, both teams lost their last match and that didn't sound good, Lazio started this journey well which makes me have confidence in them but along the line they tend to decrease in performance. Since there are still many matches to play maybe they can improve before the season runs out and retain that position.
There are three other teams that I think also have a chance to finish in fourth place in the standings, namely Fiorentina, AC Milan and Bologna, with a fairly close points difference between them and still many matches ahead, the three teams also have a chance to overtake Juventus and Lazio. Meanwhile, when looking at the Serie A standings, most of the teams in the European zone have only managed to win one of their last five matches, except for AC Milan. Therefore, the competition to get a ticket to the Champions League seems fiercer because it involves several teams at once, rather than the competition for the Scudetto which is only seriously contested by Napoli and Inter Milan, while Atalanta is starting to look left behind. Regarding Juventus, it seems they really need to change their manager in order to be more consistent, Thiago Motta looks really overwhelmed.