Chapter 472 - The Penultimate Round of Serie A (Asking for a Monthly Pass)

The day after the match between Inter Milan and Roma, the other semi-final was also decided.

The other semi-final opponents are AC Milan and Palermo.

Originally, many fans were looking forward to the final of the Milan duo and the Milan derby of the Coppa Italia final.

As a result, AC Milan were held to a 2-2 draw at home to Palermo in the first leg and 1-2 away to Palermo in the second leg, and were eliminated 3-4 on aggregate.

Palermo, a non-traditional powerhouse, staged a dark horse in the Coppa Italia this season, knocking out Parma, AC Milan and other strong teams in a row to reach the final, and compete with Inter Milan for the title.

However, despite the darkness of Palermo, few thought they could win the title with a narrow victory over Inter Milan.

The previous Inter Milan was terrifying enough, but now after Lu Wenbin changed to play in the midfield, Inter Milan's attack power is more three-dimensional, which makes people unguardable.

If Palermo wants to go dark to the end and beat Inter Milan to win the championship, it is simply wishful thinking.

The Coppa Italia winner is basically in Inter Milan's pocket.

However, the Coppa Italia title can only be won last, and Inter Milan must first fight for the league title.

After the Coppa Italia semi-final against Roma, Inter Milan have four more games left this season: the 37th round of Serie A on 15 May, the 38th round of Serie A (final round) on 22 May, the Champions League final on 28 May, and the Coppa Italia final on 31 May.

The next two games are Serie A, so the league winner is the first to decide.

Inter Milan are now top of the table with 83 points, AC Milan are second with 78 points and Napoli are third with 68 points.

Napoli are no longer in contention for the title, with AC Milan five points behind Inter.

If Inter Milan loses the last two games and AC Milan wins, AC Milan will win the title by one point.

If Inter Milan win any of the two league games, then no matter what the outcome of AC Milan's last two rounds is, Inter Milan will win the title.

If Inter Milan draws in the 37th round and AC Milan wins, there is still a three-point gap between the two. Moreover, Inter Milan leads AC Milan by more than ten goals.

Unless Inter Milan loses by a huge margin in the last round, and AC Milan also has to win by a large score, AC Milan can reverse and win the championship.

As a result, in the 37th round, Inter Milan will basically win the championship in advance as long as it draws, and AC Milan only has the theoretical possibility of winning the championship.

However, Inter Milan's opponent in the round of 37 is not simple, it is none other than Napoli in third place.

Although Napoli are no longer in contention for the title, they still have to fight for Champions League qualification next season.

The top three places in Serie A's Champions League next season are the main stage, the fourth place plays the play-offs, and the fifth and sixth places play the Europa League.

Napoli are now in third place, but they are not far behind the fourth and fifth places, and there is still the possibility of being reversed.

If you slip from third to fourth, you have to play the play-offs. If there is an extreme situation and you slip to fifth place, you will not even qualify for the Champions League and you can only play in the Europa League.

Moreover, the 37th round is still the home of Napoli.

On May 15, the São Paulo Stadium in Naples was full.

With the referee's whistle, Napoli hosted Inter Milan in the 37th round of Serie A in 2010/2011, which is the penultimate round of the season.

This season, Napoli is in third place in the standings ahead of Juventus, Roma, Udinese, Lazio, Fiorentina and other opponents.

In order to ensure that the top three in the standings qualify for the Champions League, Napoli played quite their home ground and in the cheers of more than 50,000 home fans, and their form was also very good.

Lucio and Sneijder both returned from injury, but did not start, and the midfielder was still Lu Wenbin.

In the 14th minute, Lu Wenbin had not yet shot, but Napoli took the lead in scoring.

Lu Wenbin tried to pass the ball to Eto'o in the forbidden area outside the penalty zone, but Cannavaro saw through it, moved early to block Lu Wenbin's pass in the middle of the way, and then played a quick counterattack.

Despite Samuel's desperate efforts to pull back, it was Lavezzi who scored a quick counter-attacking goal.

Napoli led Inter Milan led by Lu Wenbin 1-0 at home, and more than 50,000 fans at home immediately let out cheers and screams of excitement.

However, then Lu Wenbin returned to color.

In the 22nd minute, Lu Wenbin began to break through with the ball from the midfield, and broke through the defense of three Napoli players in a long run, and then entered the forbidden area and kicked the goal under Cannavaro's close pressing.

The ball flew under the armpit of goalkeeper De Sanctis and into the goal.

Lu Wenbin opened the scoring for Inter Milan and equalised.

However, the back-to-back week of doubles did have a big impact on Inter.

Although Lu Wenbin is fine, the other players are older, and the third-line battle has a great impact on their physical fitness and on-the-spot performance.

In this game, Eto'o, Pandev, Stankovic and others did not play well, and even with Lu Wenbin's back and forth passing, they have not been able to score.

Instead, Napoli took another 2-1 lead over Inter Milan just before half-time with a dribbling shot from a corner scuffle.

After a 15-minute break, the two sides changed sides and fought again, with Mourinho bringing on the underperforming Stankovic for Sneijder in the middle and Lu Wenbin moving to the wing.

This is also a lawless thing.

Sneijder is the best in the middle, and Lu Wenbin can be on the side, left and right.

Therefore, when Sneijder comes on the field, Lu Wenbin usually has to give up the middle. It's not because Lu Wenbin's status is lower than Sneijder's, but because he maximizes everyone's strengths.

After Sneijder came on, Inter Milan's attacking power improved slightly.

In the 71st minute, Sneijder sent a wonderful pass, but unfortunately Pandev hit the plane with a kick.

It was a stalemate until the 82nd minute, Lu Wenbin took the ball on the side and broke through the inward cut, and in the face of the interception of Cannavaro and Campagnaro, Lu Wenbin did not break through, but passed the ball to Sneijder in the middle, and then ran without the ball to bypass Cannavaro and the two into the forbidden area.

Sneijder's move to shoot with his foot up the middle drew the attention of Campagnaro and two other Napoli players, and even Cannavaro watched Sneijder as he followed Lu Wenbin.

As a result, Sneijder didn't shoot on goal.

He faked a real pass and passed the ball to Lu Wenbin's side at the corner of the big forbidden 'zone' near the corner of the small forbidden zone: Lu Wenbin and Sneijder's collision with the wall cooperated.

Lu Wenbin didn't waste Sneijder's wonderful pass.

He scrambled ahead of Cannavaro and fired a shot that passed under the crotch of the unsuspecting goalkeeper De Sanctis and into the back of the net.

Lu Wenbin scored twice to equalize for Inter Milan, and the two sides were 2-2. (Ask for a commuter pass)