Serie A European quota battle: 3 teams lock in the Champions League, AC Milan may miss the European game next season

The Italian Cup final ended. With Ndoje's goal, Bologna defeated AC Milan 1-0, winning the Italian Cup championship again after 51 years, thus locking at least one UEFA Cup spot. In addition, Napoli, Inter Milan and Atlanta, which have already locked in the UEFA Champions League qualification in advance, 4 of Serie A's seven European quotas are already famous. Juventus, Lazio, Roma, Bologna, AC Milan and Fiorentina will play for the remaining three European quotas next season in the last two rounds of Serie A. Among them, Bologna still hopes to compete for the last Champions League place when it guarantees the UEFA Cup, and former Champions League seven-time champion AC Milan may face a situation of missing the European Cup next season.

Among the eight Serie A teams participating in European competitions this season, only Inter Milan has the only stand out and reached the Champions League final. Juventus, Atlanta and AC Milan all lost in the play-offs of the Champions League, and Bologna stopped in the Champions League; Lazio stopped in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup, Roma was eliminated in the Europa League; Fiorentina lost to Real Betis in the semi-finals of the Europa League. This also makes Serie A lag behind the Premier League and La Liga in the European Championship points this season, and the five UEFA Champions League places last season become 4; even if Inter Milan wins the Champions League championship, it will not add a UEFA Champions League place to Serie A, because Inter Milan has already qualified for the Champions League through Serie A.

Therefore, next season, Serie A teams will have 7 places to participate in the European Cup, the top 4 teams in the league will participate in the UEFA Champions League, the fifth place will participate in the UEFA Cup, and the sixth place will participate in the UEFA Champions League play-offs. Bologna will be qualified for the UEFA Cup as the Italian Cup champion. If Bologna wins 4th place in Serie A, it will participate in the Champions League with Inter Milan, Naples and Atlanta, the fifth and sixth place in Serie A will participate in the UEFA Cup, and the seventh place in Serie A will participate in the UEFA Cup; if Bologna wins 5th or 6th place in Serie A, then the top 4 will participate in the UEFA Cup, Serie A will participate in the UEFA Cup, Serie A will participate in the UEFA Cup, Serie A will participate in the UEFA Cup; if Bologna wins 7th place in Serie A or later, then the top 4 will participate in the UEFA Cup, Bologna and Serie A will participate in the UEFA Cup, and Serie A will participate in the UEFA Cup.

As of the end of the 36th round of Serie A, Napoli ranked first with 78 points, Inter Milan ranked second with 77 points, and Atlanta ranked third with 71 points. These three teams led the fifth place, Lazio scored more than 7 points, and they have secured the top four in the league in advance, and each won a UEFA Champions League place next season. Among them, Napoli and Inter Milan will also fight for the Serie A championship in the last two rounds. Napoli will go to the 37th round to challenge Parma, currently ranked 16th in Serie A. Parma still needs 3 points to ensure a successful relegation; in the 38th round, Napoli will face Cagliari at home. As long as you win two consecutive victories, Napoli will be the Serie A champion this season.

Inter Milan's schedule is more difficult than Napoli. In the 37th round, they will face Lazio, who is currently ranked fifth with 64 points, and the Blue Eagles are still struggling to compete for the Champions League qualification; in the 38th round, Inter Milan will go to the away game to challenge Como, who is currently ranked 10th. Como has relegated without worries and will definitely miss the European game, but he has been in excellent condition recently and has won 6 consecutive victories in Serie A. If Inter Milan wants to win the championship, they not only have to score 6 points, but also have to count on Naples to lose points. If the two teams have the same points in the end, they will compete for the Serie A championship through a game-determined win or loss in the playoffs.

Atlanta also firmly ranked third in Serie A after breaking Roma's unbeaten gold in the last round. They will go to the away game to challenge Genoa, who has successfully relegated to the level, and neither team has any intention of fighting; in the 38th round, Atlanta will face Parma at home. For Atlanta, the rankings will not change regardless of the result, so any result is possible. After winning the Italian Cup, Bologna has ensured that it can participate in at least the Europa League next season and the qualification to participate in the Italian Super Cup (the top two in Serie A and the runner-up in the Italian Cup) early next season. In the next two rounds of the league, they will also make every effort to jump from the Europa League to the Champions League, although it is very difficult. Bologna is currently ranked 7th in the Serie A with 62 points, 2 points behind No. 4 Juventus, and theoretically there is still a chance to enter the top four. Bologna will go away to challenge Fiorentina in the 37th round and face Genoa at home in the 38th round. In addition to winning both games, he also expects Juventus, Lazio and Roma, who are ranked ahead of them, to lose points, and there is not much hope.

Juventus ranked fourth in Serie A with 64 points. After firing Mota and asking Tudor to put out the fire, Juventus has achieved a record of 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss in the last seven rounds of Serie A, averaging 1.71 points per game, even lower than Mota's average of 1.79 points per game. Juventus will face Udinese, who has successfully relegated at home in the 37th round, and will challenge Venice, who is desperately relegated away in the 38th round. Considering that they lost to the relegated team Parma before, it is still possible that they will capsize in the gutter. However, Juventus is currently pursuing the Champions League qualification with all its might, and perhaps there will be mysterious power to help Juventus pass the level.

Lazio ranked fifth in Serie A with 64 points. Lazio has achieved an unbeaten record of 3 wins and 4 draws in the last seven rounds of Serie A and is fully committed to qualifying for the Champions League. They will go to challenge Inter Milan away in the 37th round. Considering that Inter Milan is currently competing for the championship, it is difficult to expect Inzaghi to let his old club be a hit at this time. In the 38th round, Lazio faced Lecce at home, which will be their last chance to qualify for the Champions League.

Roma, ranked 6th in Serie A with 63 points. Roma lost 0-1 to Atalanta in the last round of Serie A, which also ended the record of unbeaten in the 19-round Serie A and was at a disadvantage in the Champions League qualification battle. Roma will face AC Milan at home in the 37th round and challenge Torino away in the 38th round. Even if he wins all two games, he may not be able to enter the top four in Serie A. What's more realistic is that he will score at least 4 points in these two games to qualify for an UEFA Cup.

AC Milan ranked 8th in Serie A with 60 points. After defeating Inter Milan in the Italian Cup semi-finals and ushering in a three-game winning streak in Serie A, AC Milan seemed to feel that she was doing it again and could compete for the Champions League qualification, but the Italian Cup final lost 0-1 to Bologna and once again brought the Ross and Blacks back to its prototype. If we follow the current ranking, then AC Milan will not only miss the Champions League, but also have no Europa League to play. Even the European Union Cup that we look down on is not qualified. We can only wait in the domestic arena next season and we don’t even have the chance to go abroad. AC Milan will go to Rome away in the 37th round. This game is also a direct competition between the two teams for European quotas. In the 38th round, they will face the relegated little brother Monza at home.

Fiorentina ranked 9th in Serie A with 59 points. Theoretically speaking, Fiorentina also has the opportunity to compete in the European Championships or even the Champions League, after all, they are only 5 points away from the fourth place. Fiorentina's opponents in the last two rounds are Bologna and Udinese. Considering the poor record of 1 draw and 3 losses in various recent matches, if you want to continue playing in the UEFA Cup next season, you can only expect a miracle to happen.

Predict the teams participating in the Champions League next season are Inter Milan, Naples, Atlanta and Juventus, Bologna and Roma participate in the UEFA Cup, and Lazio participate in the UEFA Cup. If there are any similarities, I can guess correctly!

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