Revealed: What needs to happen for Serie A to secure a fifth Champions League spot

Italian football’s hopes of securing a fifth Champions League place next season remain alive, just, but the path to achieving it is narrow and dependent on a sequence of results that is far from straightforward.

The basis for qualification is UEFA’s in-season coefficient ranking, which determines whether a fifth club from a given nation earns an additional Champions League spot, as noted by the Gazzetta dello Sport.

ROME, ITALY – FEBRUARY 22: AS Roma head coach Gian Piero Gasperini looks...