If Roma succeeds in the Serie A five-game match, it will take away Milan's Juventus money, but it will not move Inter's cake

There are two things worth mentioning recently.

First of all, the Champions League will be expanded next season, and recently, the UEFA League Council announced the details of the income distribution of next season's Champions League.

Moreover, judging from the current situation, the prospect of winning five Champions League places in Serie A next season is bright. The remaining highlights of Serie A at the end of the season may not only be "fighting for four", but also "fighting for five". After the announcement of the income distribution rules, all experts are calculating: If there is an extra eater in the cake originally shared by the four teams, will it affect the income of the other four parties, and in what way?

After a detailed analysis by financial experts, they came to the conclusion that Inter Milan wants to see Roma qualify for the Champions League as fifth, because if this is the case, the Roma team will share the benefits of the second to fourth places in the league (AC Milan, Juventus), but it will not affect Inter's earnings.

At the end of Serie A this season, there is little suspense in the title race, and the competition for Champions League qualification has become the biggest attraction at the end of the season. The prospect of qualifying for the Champions League in the top three in the north is bright.

Bologna are fourth on 59 points, Roma are fifth on 55 points (with a game less and the match with Udine was postponed), Atalanta is sixth with 51 points (against Fiorentina) and Napoli and Lazio on 49 points will be battling it out for 1-2 Champions League places at the end of the season.

The Serie A powers in this year, with the Champions League and no Champions League, the difference in income is as big as a chasm. Therefore, the big battle, which is related to the survival of many teams, is the focus of close attention of millions of people in the Apennines.

One question is, from Inter's point of view, who do you want to succeed more?

This so-called "angle" certainly does not refer to an emotional position, such as whether you admire Maurizio Sarri or Edibbala or Lukaku, but to Inter interests.

If next season's Champions League distribution mechanism still follows the pattern of this season, then Inter certainly does not want Roma to succeed, because it will greatly divide the cake of Inter.

In the UEFA club European standings, Inter Milan is currently in 6th place with 101 points. Roma are eighth with 97 points, with the Red Wolves well ahead of Napoli (17th) and Lazio (31st).

If Roma qualify for the Champions League, they can rely on higher historical European points and have a higher allocation weight (Note: In previous seasons, the important weighting parameter for the allocation of the Champions League prize pool was "historical ranking". Next season, this weighting parameter will be eliminated and replaced with a weighting parameter of "Value". If the weight is heavy, the more it will be shared, and the so-called one will be the other, and other Serie A teams will naturally share less.

But next season, after the Champions League is restructured, the situation will be different.

Calcio e Finanza explained in detail the new income distribution mechanism of the Champions League, and concluded that if Roma finished fifth, it would significantly reduce the income of AC Milan and Juventus, but it would not affect Inter's income.

The total revenue from next season's Champions League is around €2.5 billion, up from €2 billion in 2023-24.

In previous years, the Serie A teams only divided the money within the "prize pool" of the Italian team, and did not mix with the share of England and West Germany. The 4 portions of the pie are split into 5 portions, each of which becomes smaller, and teams with high European points like Roma participate in the distribution, which has a greater impact because they have a higher percentage of allocation.

But next season's Champions League distribution system will change dramatically.

I won't go into too much detail about the specific income distribution rules, which are too long to talk about.

Let's just take the lead: Inter Milan have been seeded for next season's Champions League group stage, and the Nerazzurri will join a separate distribution group, not in the same division as Serie A 2nd-5th. Therefore, no matter who wins in the end of Serie A's "five battles", it will not have much impact on Inter's income, and it will affect the income of Serie A from 2nd to 4th.

In other words, whether it is the success of Rome or the fight for five by Napoli and Lazio, it will not affect Inter's direct benefits.

Of course, there will be indirect effects. After all, Inter Milan and AC Milan, Juventus and other teams are sworn enemies for a century, there is a competitive relationship, if Roma succeeds in the fifth battle, and the Nerazzurri's "next door" and "opposite door" Champions League revenue, this will also affect Inter's gains and losses.

The Europa League has entered the final stage, and the competition for Champions League qualification in each league has also reached the moment of bayonet.

Some of these battles may seem unrelated to Inter, but they can also affect the interests of the Nerazzurri.

In the previous paragraph, many Inter fans turned into "30 years of Marseille fans", which is an example.

The same is true for the five battles in Serie A.

Inter, which has already confirmed the qualification for the Champions League, although it is only a "melon eater" in the final stage of the Champions League qualification competition series of the five major leagues, due to the above situation, it will also have some of its own tendencies. I hope that this situation can make you have more fun watching the game.