Lazio and Rome in the Champions League area, alarm for Milan and Inter-Corriere.it

Lazio second with full merit, even if very strong doubts remain about yesterday’s first goal. Rome third in growth. Inter today out of the Champions League area. Milan clinging to fourth place pending the decision of the Coni Guarantee Board (April 19) on the -15 inflicted on Juve, yesterday’s defeat at the Olimpico but potentially still second in the auspices of its fans. The 29th day – giving the scudetto to Napoli for granted – relaunches the shares of the Capital just in the week of the searches of the Guardia di Finanza in the offices of Rome and Lazio. At the same time he plays the alarm in the house of the two Milanese, that they are still playing this year’s Champions League but they risk seeing next year’s on TV. Inter and Milan drew on Friday, confirming their decline. The nerazzurri have won 4 points in the last 6 days; the Rossoneri 5 in the last 5. A pace that doesn’t even lead to the Conference League. Milan have lost the certainties that had won them an unpredictable but deserved Scudetto last year. Inter have never found the real Lukaku, also unfortunate in Salerno.

In a different way, Lazio and Rome have clear ideas. Sarri, in his second year, has modeled the team in his image and likeness. The match against Juventus confirmed all the good things seen from 11 February (Lazio’s last defeat, 0-2 at home against Atalanta) onwards: 19 points out of 21 available. Having the championship as your only commitment is an added advantage. Roma, by winning away against Turin, reached the twelfth clean sheet in the league, 17 Cups included. In short, when he takes the lead, he almost always closes the safe. Yesterday Mourinho sent both Abraham and Belotti to the bench, making us discover that Dybala is also good as a false nueve. The championship is still long, no verdict – scudetto excluded – has already been written. The time for mistakes, however, is getting thinner and thinner. So there are those who can now afford to equalize the direct clashes between now and the end and those who can no longer afford it. The home defeat suffered by Atalanta, against Bologna, made the points of Roma and Lazio and the regrets of Inter and Milan even heavier. Thiago Motta is doing a great job in Bologna, also honoring the one who came before him, Sinisa Mihajlovic.