Serie A, penultimate day, hypothesis 9 games Sunday at 8.45 pm

The Lega Serie A will make the times of the thirty -seven day known today, scheduled for Sunday. It will be an important round for the Scudetto struggle, for qualifying for the Champions League and for salvation. And there is a race, Parma-Napoli, which makes the destinies of the formations in struggle for the tricolor cross and those in the running so as not to retreat. What does all this involve? The concrete possibility that nine meetings of the penultimate day are played simultaneously on Sunday, at 8.45 pm. This evening was the most popular solution. However, there is also the hypothesis that the matches that will greeted salvation points (Monza-Empoli, Cagliari-Venezia, Lecce-Turin and Verona-Comona) start at 15 and others at 18 or 20.45. The decision must take into account multiple factors (including security) and is not at all simple to take. Indeed, he is probably destined to discontented someone. Yesterday in via Rosellini the telephones were hot: the priority is to safeguard the regulation and the contemporaneity, from this year scheduled in the last two days, for the formations in struggle for the same goal. Then there is to protect Inter, engaged on May 31 in the Champions League final, and to be foreseen the “space” for a possible scudetto playoff between Napoli and the Nerazzurri (it would be on stage on Sunday 25) anticipating to Thursday 22 (more than on Wednesday 21) Naples-Cagliari and Como-Inter. Only these two meetings or those who will decide the assignment of the title. Provided that Cagliari is safe …

SUDOKU Hours

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Apart from the relegation of Monza, the names of three of the four participants in the next Champions League (Naples, Inter and Atalanta) and the picture of the final Four of the Italian Super Cup (Naples, Inter, Bologna and Milan), the rest of the verdicts is all to be decided. And yesterday’s victory of Venice over Fiorentina made the race even more hot to avoid the other two places that bring direct to Serie B. In the evening, however, there was the success of the goddess on Rome which allowed Gasperini to toast to mathematical qualification for the Champions League. Consequence? Genoa-Atalanta will be played on Saturday at 20.45. Yesterday, as mentioned, the hypothesis of having the four matches of the “salvation block” was assessed, but it would remain outside Parma-Napoli, with Azzurri at +1 on Inter and fighting for the title. However, this solution has a flaw: in case of defeat of Empoli in Monza and Lecce with Turin, the Emilians would be saved before taking the field against Conte’s formation.

safety

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That’s why the possibility of playing the “tricolor block and European cups” and in the evening that of salvation in the afternoon. Playing at 15 or 18, public order problems related to any tricolor celebrations of Napoli in Parma could be solved. But clearly for the broadcasters having the “scudetto poule” in the afternoon would be less attractive. That’s why the 20.45 solution with 9 matches took altitude.

playoff

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The date that makes its way for the possible play -off is Sunday 25: if the PSG was played on Monday 26, engaged on Saturday 24 in the French Cup, it would have 48 hours of rest more than Inter. The seat of the playoff? By regulation it would be San Siro (equality in direct clashes; Inter have a better goal difference), but for reasons of public order, the Interior Ministry could indicate the Olimpico as the headquarters. With the consequent need to anticipate Lazio-Lecce, respectively in the race for the Champions League and salvation. Will the last day be staged on Thursday 22nd? Not to be excluded. To decide it you can wait until Monday and evaluate the results of Sunday.