If the two teams end, how will the Serie A settle down? Playoffs interpreted as Inter Milan and Napoli fighting for the Italian crown

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If the two teams end, how will the Serie A settle down? Playoffs interpreted as Inter Milan and Napoli fighting for the Italian crown

The Serie A championship game has caused an unexpected twist in recent weeks, with Inter Milan and Naples snatching towards the finish line level.

Unlike most other European top leagues, the goal difference does not work to determine the winner, and neither side will split after 38 games.

Instead, determine who will be Italy’s champions will play the playoffs.

But how does it work, and the possibility of happening in 2024-25?

101. Greatgoals removes the last five fixtures before it.

What if the team end level?

Serie A brings back a very important rule in 2022: If both sides compete for a title or face a relegation-on-the-skin level on the scoring, use the playoffs to determine their destiny.

Although the goal difference is not used to separate the team in the final standings, it does determine who will have a home advantage in a one-time game.

If the playoffs end in a draw after 90 years, the game will skip the extra time and go straight to the fine.

Whether one team beats another during the regular season is a demanding but exciting single game.

Who won Scudetto? 🏆 pic.twitter.com/wcii8nnj5v

– lega serie A (@seriea_en) April 22, 2025

A rare situation

The idea of solving a TGE championship with a penalty shootout after the season may feel unfair to some. Perhaps that’s why the rule was initially abandoned in 2005.

Still, others may consider the playoffs between two indivisible teams to be the fairest conclusion.

The league reintroduces rules from the 2022-23 season. However, in the past two years, this does not need to be: Naples and Inter Milan won the championship with a double-digit lead in their previous campaigns.

There is only one playoff decision in Serie A history that has decided on the championship. It was in 1964, when Inter Milan and Bologna scored 54 points respectively after 34 games. Bologna won 2-0 in the Olympic deciders of the Rome Stadium.

Instead, the playoffs have been used to address relegation recently. In 2022-23, Hellas Verona beat Spezia 3-1 to maintain his Serie A form.

Who are Inter Milan and Naples facing?

Inter and Naples both posted the same records through 33 games – 21 wins, 8 draws and 4 losses.

Run-in will be key and it will still be the game for anyone to enter the last five games.

Serie A decided to win the postseason title if both teams scored on top.

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– B/R Football (@brfootball) April 22, 2025