The 2022/23 Serie A season continues, Napoli winning the title early, as Juventus are still punished with a penalty of deducting 10 points in the final stages of the season, Lazio finally profited and qualified for the Champions League 2 rounds early, Inter Milan and AC Milan are in the lead in the race for four, and Atalanta, Roma and Juventus still have the theoretical possibility of competing for four. In the 37th round, Inter Milan and Roma, two teams competing for four, played first, and the two big teams had mixed feelings, a few joys and some sorrows.
Inter Milan 3-2 Atalanta
Inter Milan after a slump for most of the season, finally ushered in a big outbreak of form in the final stage of the season, in the Champions League, Inter Milan stumbled out of the group stage, in the knockout stage, Inter Milan had excellent luck, successively eliminated Benfica and Porto, two relatively weak teams, and defeated city rivals AC Milan in the semifinals to reach the final and compete with Manchester City for the title.
In addition to Inter's miraculous performance in the Champions League, Inter broke out again in the Coppa Italia final, defeating Fiorentina 2-1 to win the Coppa Italia for two consecutive seasons. In Serie A, Inter Milan is also the beneficiary of Juventus' point deduction, with a recent five-game winning streak that Inter Milan is five points ahead of fifth-placed Atalanta and only needs one point to seal next season's Champions League qualification.
In the first half, Romelu Lukaku blitzed the goal, Barrera extended his lead and Pasalic pulled one back. Inter lead Atalanta 2-1 at half-time. In the second half, Lautaro scored a goal and Muriel scored. In the end, Inter beat Atalanta 3-2 to move up to second place in the table, locking in the top four ahead of schedule to enter next season's Champions League.
Fiorentina 2-1 Roma
Fiorentina are in the middle of the Serie A ranking and have no desire, but in the cup, Fiorentina reached the Coppa Italia final and Europa League final in succession, and in the Coppa Italia final in midweek, Fiorentina was reversed by Inter Milan with the first goal, and the team's fitness and morale were at a low point.
Roma recently suffered a six-game winless slump in Serie A, four points behind fourth-placed AC Milan in the standings, and there is little hope of fighting for fourth, and in three days, Roma will face the Europa League final, Mourinho faces a dilemma, because he is more behind Milan in the league, there is little hope of fighting for four, so Mourinho can only focus on the Europa League final against Sevilla in three days. In this match, Roma rotated most of the main players to prepare for the Europa League final.
In the first half, Shalawi took the lead to break the deadlock, Roma threatened the Fiorentina goal several times, and in the second half, Jovic and Ikone scored two goals in three minutes to complete the comeback. The match is over, Roma 1-2 Fiorentina. After this match, Roma remained sixth in the league with 60 points from the first game, and could not surpass fourth-placed Milan with only one round left in the league, and was sure to miss the top four.
After this round, Inter Milan sealed qualification for next season's Champions League in advance and is now ready to concentrate on preparing for the Champions League final at 3am on June 11. After Roma lost points in this round, they withdrew from the top four in advance, AC Milan Fisherman Gain, as long as this round is tied, can also qualify for the Champions League one round earlier, so far this season's Serie A four suspense solved, Napoli, Lazio, Inter Milan qualified for the Champions League. Roma's Champions League qualification can only be achieved by winning the Europa League.