This past night, Roma lost 2-1 away to Atalanta. Seeing this result, Bologna and Juventus, the two opponents, believe that they can't help but send a "good guy card" to Roma, because they sacrificed themselves and sent the two opponents to the Champions League.
As of now, Roma has 60 points and is in 6th place, and now they are 7 points behind Juventus and Bologna, with only 2 rounds left, Roma has no chance to overtake these two strong teams, which means that Juventus and Bologna have locked up the top five and qualified for next season's Champions League.
Bologna, in particular, finished 9th last season and are a proper mid-table team. Unexpectedly, they have already created 2 miracles this season:
1. Lock in the Champions League qualification in 2 rounds in advance, and Bologna has become the biggest dark horse in Serie A this season;
2, Bologna is now in third place, in the next round of games, they will play Juventus at home (this round of 1-1 home draw with the penultimate Salernitana, suffered 5 consecutive draws, sluggish form), as long as they beat the opponent at home, Bologna will rely on the advantage of the match (1-1 draw away to Juventus), 1 round ahead of schedule to lock the top four, which is the best ranking in Serie A after they entered the 21st century.
Under the leadership of Motta, a Bologna team that looks mediocre and does not have any superstars in charge, but has played a giant-level result, and it is no wonder that Motta is now being chased by Juventus and AC Milan, two giants, who want to poach this young coach.
Compared to Bologna, Rome's situation is much more difficult. In this round of the league, they did not defend against De Ketelaere away from home, and he scored two goals alone, falling behind 0-2 early.
Although Pellegrini scored a penalty in the second half to narrow the gap for the team, it was a pity that Roma could not even get a point in the end. After a 2-1 defeat, Roma are now in sixth place, three points behind fifth-placed Atalanta with one game in hand, and they are only theoretically possible to fight for fifth.
In fact, Roma are not even fighting for fifth, and it looks difficult for them to even retain the sixth position. At present, Roma is only one point ahead of seventh-place Lazio, and both sides have two league games left, Roma have to play Genoa (home) and Empoli, while Lazio have to meet Inter (away) and Sassuolo, it seems that Lazio's schedule is more difficult, but now Inter Milan has no intention of fighting, and Sassuolo is a relegation team, and may have been relegated before the start of the last 1 round.
Coupled with Lazio's amazing form, after beating Empoli 2-0 in this round, they have won 4 and drawn 1 in the last 5 rounds, and have grabbed 13 points. In contrast, Roma's state is sluggish, as long as there is an accident in the last two league games, Roma will be overtaken by Lazio at any time, and they will not even get sixth. At that time, even if Atalanta does not enter the top four, wins the Europa League and grabs the 6th Champions League seat for Serie A, it has nothing to do with Roma!