This season, as Serie A is locked in the top two in European points, the fifth-placed team can also qualify for next season's Champions League. Next, the competition for the top five in Serie A will be unprecedentedly fierce. At present, it seems that Juventus, who are in a slump, may even fight for fifth.
In the early morning of April 20, Beijing time, Lazio played away against Genoa, and they won again. On the road, Lazio dominated the game and they launched wave after wave of attacks against the home side, with Alberto finally seizing his chance.
In the 67th minute of the second half, Lazio went straight to the front, Kamada received the ball, near the bottom line, he inverted the triangle ball, Alberto outflanked, easily pushed the goal, scored the only goal of the game, and finally Lazio defeated the opponent 1-0 and successfully got three points.
After beating Genoa in this game, Lazio have won 4 of the last 5 rounds of Serie A, in addition to losing to Roma, they have beaten Frosinone, Juventus, Salernitana and Genoa in this game.
As of now, Lazio are in 6th place, three points behind fifth-placed Roma, although Roma have two games less, but their away game against Udinese, only ten minutes to make up for it (the score is temporarily 1-1), and they could drop points at any time. Coupled with the fact that Roma have reached the last four of the Europa League, there will definitely be distractions in the future, which will also affect the performance of the league.
Starting this round, Roma will face Bologna, Napoli, Juventus and Atalanta, with two Europa League semi-finals in between, against Bayer Leverkusen. This wave of devilish fixtures will collapse at any time, which will undoubtedly give hope to opponents such as Lazio, Atalanta and Napoli.
It is worth mentioning that Juventus are in a slump right now, and they drew 2-2 with Cagliari in this round, winning only one of their seven consecutive Serie A games. Although they are currently in third place, with Juve's current performance, they may not be able to retain their top five positions with the next five league games (against strong teams such as AC Milan, Roma and Bologna) who will continue to drop points at any time.
From now on, Juventus, who is third, and Napoli, who are eighth, these six teams will compete for three Champions League qualifications. Juventus have the best hopes at the moment, but that doesn't mean they can qualify for the Champions League. Next, Serie A will compete for five, and there are still great variables. Opponents such as Lazio and Atalanta will definitely give it a go and go all out to hit the top five and try to participate in next season's Champions League, and we will wait and see what the final result will be!