Despite that, Inter remains in contention for one of four Champions
League spots Serie A will receive next season.
Not exact matches
While Gattuso had his troubles early on, he has now guided Milan to a 10 - game unbeaten run in
Serie A, winning their last five in a row and in turn dragging them back into the race for a Champions
League qualification
spot.
In
Serie A, Montella's side are currently fifth with 39 points, six points behind third - placed Napoli, who occupy the final Champions
League spot, and will look to close the gap starting this weekend as they take on underachieving Inter Milan at the San Siro.
They currently sit outside of the Champions
League qualification
spots in the Premier
League and
Serie A respectively, and so the Europa
League has undoubtedly taken on additional importance.
Round 33 of the
Serie A season sees the Nerazzurri return to San Siro in desperate need of a return to winning ways, following a run of two points in three games which has seen them slide out of Italy's Champions
League spots.
If the Coppa Italia champion already qualified for European football by finishing among the top five teams in
Serie A, the sixth - ranked team in
Serie A is awarded the UEFA Europa
League spot.
The Biancocelesti finished 5th in
Serie A in 2016/17 with 72 points, sealing a direct
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This doesn't look like another 2010s vintage Juventus side, but until that's officially proved to be the case, six
Serie A titles in a row and Champions
League finals appearances in two of the past three seasons will get you an honorary
spot in the top eight.
Ac.Milan «s recent crisis is seeing the Italian team being knocked out of Champions
League and are struggling just to keep themselves in the middle section of the Italian league Serie A and their demise started occurring ever since they offloaded Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva to PSG, Ac.Milan still has been unable on finding players who can fill in the spot of the Swiss forward and the Brazilian def
League and are struggling just to keep themselves in the middle section of the Italian
league Serie A and their demise started occurring ever since they offloaded Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva to PSG, Ac.Milan still has been unable on finding players who can fill in the spot of the Swiss forward and the Brazilian def
league Serie A and their demise started occurring ever since they offloaded Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva to PSG, Ac.Milan still has been unable on finding players who can fill in the
spot of the Swiss forward and the Brazilian defender.
With Inter looking to push for a top - three
Serie A finish — and an all - important Champions
League spot — in the second half of the season, let's check - in on how the Nerazzurri's rivals fared this weekend.
With a week into the January transfer window, Inter Milan supporters patiently wait for what the club can add to solidify the squad for the second half of the season; however, it appears as the help isn't on the way, thus Luciano Spalletti's challenge is to keep Inter in the top three of
Serie A with
spot in next season's Champions
League at stake.
Inter, who haven't won the
league title since Jose Mourinho led them to the treble in 2010, took advantage of their old enemy's win in southern Italy by hammering Chievo 5 - 0 on Sunday to move a point above Napoli and take top
spot in
Serie A for the first time since January 2016.
Roma are third in
Serie A and hold the last Champions
League qualifying
spot with seven games remaining.
MILAN: After expertly dealing with flamboyant Napoli last Friday and securing a
spot in the Champions
League last 16, Juventus can make it a perfect week by denting
Serie A leaders Inter Milan's title credentials on Saturday.
High flying Napoli will be hoping to retain top
spot in the
Serie A
league table when they host eighth place Empoli at the Stadio San Paolo on Sunday evening in Naples.
During the 2016 - 17 season of the Italian
League Serie A, Inter Milan finished in the 7th
spot in what was a very forgettable campaign.
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Fiorentina are currently sixth in
Serie A and their chase for a Champions
League spot next season has suffered after just one win in seven games.
The Torino attacker, 26, established himself as a top - class player last term with his exploits in
Serie A - he scored 13
league goals and set up 10 more and subsequently secured himself a
spot in Italy's World Cup squad.