Milan and Inter, the championship sprint is now played on the calendar

The Rossoneri benefit from the standings and head-to-head matches, but the commitments are difficult The Nerazzurri will have more accessible matches but winning them all may not be enough

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Milan stretched out on the road to the Scudetto, but Inter did not give up. The championship shortens, the fatigue increases, the heat begins and winning games becomes more difficult. An episode of Leao chases away Milan’s nightmares against the Viola, while Inter at the end has some apprehension about defending the success against Udinese propitiated by Perisic and Lautaro. But Inzaghi does not give up because he has three rounds in which he can assert his superiority (Empoli, Cagliari and Sampdoria), while Milan defends the two points advantage with opponents of greater depth (Verona, Atalanta and Sassuolo). But perhaps it is precisely the commitment of next Sunday at the Bentegodi that worries the less young Rossoneri fans, with the memory of the “fatal Verona” and the scudetto that Rocca and Rivera escaped in May 1973.

Meanwhile, some responses are already in the archive: Napoli and Juventus are mathematically in the Champions League. Spalletti witnessed the somewhat belated rebirth of him who asphalted 6-1 a Sassuolo satisfied with his avant-garde championship, thanks to four goals in 20 ‘and the brace of the evergreen Mertens. Allegri gets on with his work: Dybala starting on the bench, the young Miretti holder in midfield, but Bonucci wishes him 35 years with a splendid double that extends Venice.

The question of qualifying for the cups remains open. Roma gets blocked by Bologna paying a pledge for thinking about Thursday’s Conference semifinal with Leicester and is hooked by Lazio who comeback spice three times and then overcome them in the recovery with the liberating goal of the disputed Acerbi. But precisely that goal, clearly offside not detected by the referee Pairetto or by the Var, arouses a hive of controversy, ridden with irony by Mourinho.

The fight not to be relegated is increasingly tangled, which has experienced three psychodramas: that of Genoa who was again beaten by Sampdoria in the derby by mistaking a final penalty with captain Criscito, that of Cagliari that continues to lose and feels the breath on Salernitana who must recover the match against Venice on Wednesday, again knocked out. The Venetians, now in free fall despite the replacement of Zanetti, now seem to have almost non-existent hopes. Genoa also has little chance having to meet Juventus, Napoli and Bologna. –