Halfway later...

And so far so good... despite the tie with Fiorentina, we are still alive in the race with Inter, Napoli, Lazio and Udinese all tied (55 points). In these three games we've managed to completely close the 6 points difference to 3rd.

Now let's hope Napoli screws up!

FORZA INTER!

The long road to Europe

Today we will play Udinese, trying to gain points on the Champions League and on the Europa League. But what lays ahead of us and of our opponents until the season end?

Inter: Udinese (a), Fiorentina (h), Cesena (h), Parma (a), Milan (h), Lazio (a)

Lazio: Novara (a), Lecce (h), Udinese (a), Siena (h), Atalanta (a), Inter (h)

Udinese: Inter (h), Chievo (a), Lazio (h), Cesena (a), Genoa (h), Catania (a)

Roma: Fiorentina (h), Juventus (a), Napoli (h), Chievo (a), Catania (h), Cesena (a)

Napoli: Lecce (a), Novara (h), Roma (a), Palermo (h), Bologna (a), Siena (h)

Considering the remaining games, our road is specially trickier. We will have three hard games out of the remaining six while Lazio, Udinese and Roma will face two and Napoli only one. From these three games, the two direct disputes should be played away, including today's against Udinese.

On the other hand, the 35th matchday should be entertaining and a guarantee that someone will drop points to us as all the other four teams will face one another (Lazio vs Udinese and Roma vs Napoli).

So, my prediction is...

I don't need to say that green means a win, right?

We are the thick dark blue line behind Napoli

Napoli makes it to Champions League and we finish tied with Lazio in Europa League. After a disastrous start with Assperini and the "rise and fall" of Ranieri, I'll be happy enough if Stramaccioni brings us a place in an European tournament. Any one of them.

(Although, looking at individual games, I believe that Napoli should be able to win all games (and Inter 5 out of 6), I've added a fuck-up coefficient because all teams are likely to drop at least a few points in silly matches: I just can't figure out when.)

Today's match is really important!
FORZA INTER