The final stretch of the race for the Scudetto starts today with the matches between AC Milan and Fiorentina and Inter and Udinese. The Rossoneri are mild favorites again, but the Florence will not be easy prey at San Siro, while Udinese are in a form they have not been in the last few years. In the ranks of the Rossoneri, Bennacer is in question, while everyone at Inter Milan hopes that captain Handanović will be on goal. The most important news for Inter, after the traumatic defeat by Bologna, is the return of captain Samir Handanović between the posts. Another appearance of Radu, after the mistake that enabled Sansone to score the easiest goal in his career, would be a real nightmare for the Nerazzurri ambiance. Unlike Handanovic, Bastoni will have to skip the next couple of matches and in Apiano Gentile they hope to have him for the Italian Cup final against Juventus in ten days. Calhanoglu will also be absent tonight due to card suspension. Vidal should play instead, although Gagliardini also has a chance to be in the starting lineup.Too little, too late! Napoli thrash Sassuolo now that they’ve lost the Scudetto raceWe will see Edin Dzeko in the starting lineup from the first minute. The captain of the Bosnian national team had a hard time digesting the time on the bench against Bologna and is highly motivated against Udinese because he scored a goal only against Verona in the last month and a half. By the way, Dzeko also has a chance to become one of the few football players who won league titles in three of the five strongest championships in the world. Edin was the champion of Germany with Wolfsburg and twice won the Premier League with Manchester City.Inter have not lost to Udinese in the last eight matches (six wins and two draws), and in seven of those clashes, Handanović did not concede a goal. It has been more than ten years since Inter’s last defeat at the Dacia Arena, but Udinese has twice played 0-0 in the last three clashes in Udine.##EDITORS_CHOICE##In the last three days, Simone Inzaghi has worked a lot on the psychological preparation of the match with Udinese, because he realizes that the visit to Udine is a turning point. In the event of a victory at the Dacia Arena, Inter would regain their confidence and faith that they can still win the Scudetto.Udinese had a very successful April. Gabriele Cioffi’s team recorded three victories, a draw and one defeat. Inter lost in Bologna after 11 away games without defeat and Udinese hope to copy what Rosoblu did.Fiorentina won all three points last time they met Stefano Pioli’s team, and they have been waiting for a double triumph in one season of Serie A for 21 years. The draw at San Siro between the two teams has been missing since 2014. Since then, four victories have been recorded for Milan and two for Fiorentina.Milan armored their defense and that is one of the secrets of success and the first place of Pioli’s team on the table. In 2022, the Rossoneri capitulated only eight times, with only Liverpool conceding fewer goals (six) in the five strongest championships. In addition, Milan did not concede a goal at San Siro for three matches, while Fiorentina did not capitulate only once on the road, against Udinese in the first part of the campaign.The old Palermo is long gone but the successor will soon become a part of the Manchester City familyFiorentina have lost their last two matches in Serie A and in order to find three tied defeats of the Purples, we have to go back to 2019. Coach Vincenzo Italiano announced a big fight at San Siro at a press conference yesterday, because two defeats did not demoralize his players in order to secure the club’s return to the European competitions next season. Italiano also had a meeting with the management of the club, at which his trust and desire to continue cooperation during the next season were confirmed.The Tuscan club is an ideal opponent for Zlatan Ibrahimovic, having in mind that Viola are his favorite victim: 11 goals. Ibra only scored so many goals in the elite Italian league against Roma. However, in all likelihood, Ibra will wait for a chance on the bench, because Giroud will get the advantage this time as well. The Frenchman scored seven of the nine goals in Serie A at the San Siro in the Milan shirt.’Ancelotti? He is a traitor!’Pioli has all the players available except Florenzi and Kjaer. Bennacer has recovered but not fully and it is not certain that he will start the match. Instead, we could see Kessie in the middle of the pitch with Brahim Diaz in the role of an offensive midfielder.The San Siro will be filled to the last seat and Pioli called on his players to be lucid, to keep their hearts hot and their heads cold. The helmsman is concerned about the Rossoneri performance in 2022 at their home turf. Milan has achieved only three victories in the last seven matches at home, with three draws and a defeat. If the Devils do not win the title, it will be primarily due to their bad results in the capital of Lombardy.Fiorentina have achieved three great results on the road this season, beating Atalanta and Napoli and drawing with Inter. Apart from Castrovili, who will return to the pitch in 2023, Italiano will not have the defender Odriozola at his disposal, who is injured.SERIE ASaturdayCagliari – Verona 1-2 (0-2)/Joao Pedro 57 – Barak 8, Caprari 44/Napoli – Sassuolo 6-1 (4-0)/Koulibaly 7, Osimhen 15, Lozano 19, Mertens 21, 54, Rrahmani 80 – Lopez 87/Sampdoria – Genova 1-0 (1-0)/Sabiri 25/Spezia – Lazio 3-4 (2-1)/Amian 9, Agudelo 35, Hristov 56 – Immobile 33 pen, Provedel 54 og, Milinkovic-Savic 68, Acerbi 90/Sunday13.30: (1.24) Juventus (6.50) Venezia (13.0)16.00: (1.71) Milan (3.80) Fiorentina (5.90)16.00: (2.85) Empoli (3.30) Torino (2.70)19.00: (6.00) Udinese (4.00) Inter (1.60)21.45: (1.53) Roma (4.30) Bologna (7.00)Monday21.45: (1.33) Atalanta (6.25) Salernitana (10.0)***odds are subject to change
