European Club Serie A Ticket Rationing

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JAKARTA - A total of four of the seven European competition ticket allocations for the Italian Serie A-League will be contested in a series of shortening weekend matches played in unison on Sunday, May 23, the day after.

Who's been to the Champions League?

Inter Milan as champions has already won Champions League tickets followed by Atalanta who has been assured of finishing in the top four, leaving the other two rations contested by AC Milan, Napoli, and Juventus. Milan will face Atalanta, Napoli against Verona and Juve meet Bologna.

What are the terms of Milan, Napoli, and Juventus to the Champions League?

Milan and Napoli have relatively the same criteria for finishing in the top four if they win their respective matches regardless of the outcome of the competing teams. Both remain in the Champions League if they draw in their respective matches, provided that one of the competing teams also fails to win. If they lose their respective matches, they also have a chance to go to the Champions League as long as one of their competitors also loses.

Juventus will go to the Champions League if they win and one of Milan and Napoli fail to win. The draw only leaves Juve in the top four if Napoli and Milan lose, as Juve's head-to-head tripartite lags behind Milan but ahead of Napoli. Head-to-head bipartite with Milan, Juve lost the goal difference to the meeting between the two teams. As for Napoli, though head-to-head is even, the overall goal difference is nine goals.

Who can get to the Europa League?

Lazio is by far the only team to have locked up Europa League tickets and the team that lost the top four competition finished fifth, whether it was Milan, Napoli, or Juve.

How much is the Conference League ratio for Italy?

Like other countries with UEFA's top five knockouts, Italy has only earned one Conference League allotment, Europe's third-tier competition starting next season, for the qualifying playoff phase.

Unlike England, which has two domestic cup competitions, Italy only hosts the Coppa Italia, the winner of which wins a Europa League ticket, so the Conference League rations will be determined by standings.

Who can get to the Conference League?

One Conference League ticket was contested by AS Roma and Sassuolo, who were separated by just two points. Head-to-head both teams are also evenly positioned both on points and goals, so if they have the same points the sorting is determined based on the overall goal difference.

Roma will earn a Conference League ticket if they win at home to Spezia regardless of Sassuolo's result. Roma also remains in the Conference League if a draw and Sassuolo fail to chase an overall goal difference of four goals. If Roma loses it remains in the Conference League as long as Sassuolo fails to win.

Sassuolo will go to the Conference League if they win against Lazio and in other matches, Roma loses. If Roma draws, Sassuolo must win by a margin of five goals or more.

Thus several scenarios about which clubs will represent Italy in European competitions as reported by VOI from Antara.