Inter's Bitter Night in Champions League: A Blow to Serie A's European Ambitions

The Champions League evening against Atletico Madrid ended in the worst way for Inter, and now the fifth place for Serie A is at risk, but still possible. Despite the defeat and the elimination of the Nerazzurri from the tournament, which cost Italy important points for the Uefa ranking, fans can still hope to see the fifth-placed team make it into the top European competition. Not everything is lost. There are matchups that allow this step forward for our federation to still be possible. Inter, Madrid this time is bitter: Sanchez, Klassen, and Lautaro miss the penalties and Atletico goes to the quarterfinals. Fifth place in Champions: here's how. Of the teams involved in the Uefa competitions, there are still four: Roma, Milan, Atalanta, and Fiorentina. Of these, at least three should qualify to have a smoother path in the coming months. If the Italian teams were to fail this goal, then for Serie A it would be really difficult to keep up with the other federations still in the competition. In particular, all eyes are on Germany, which boasts 4 clubs in the European competitions (but unlike Spain, which has the same number of clubs, is second) and on England, still present in the Uefa tournaments with six teams. If Italy were to remain with only two, then all the calculations to obtain the fifth place would become much more difficult, especially in view of a possible Italian derby in the quarterfinals of the Europa League and Conference League. The discussion would be even more complicated and almost impossible if only one club passed the round. The current Uefa ranking. Currently, Italy leads the Uefa Ranking with 16.571 points earned by its teams this year. Behind it is Germany, which with 4 teams still in the competition has totaled up to today 15.928. Third place for England at 15.000, while France is fourth at 14.416, with Spain fifth at 14.187.