Igor Tudor remained cheerful about the opportunities of Juventus to end in the Champions League places, even though she was held to a 1-1 draw against Bologna on Sunday.
Tudor watched while the early strike of Khephren Thuram was canceled by Remo Freuler's goal nine minutes after the restart in the Renato Dall'ara stadio.
Juventus has now signed 15 league games this season. Only in 1955-56 (17) and 1965-66 (16) did they succeed more in the competition.
The result keeps Juventus in fourth place in the Serie A, level on points with both Roma and Lazio, while seventh bologna placed is only a point of the pace.
And with three more games of their season, Tudor acknowledged that the race to compete in Europe Elite competition next year was not nearly over.
“There are three more games left and we are still fourth, albeit the level at points. We are going to Lazio with confidence, then there are Udinese and Venezia,” Tudor told Dazn.
“I said that the kick -off, whatever the result is, nothing will be decided tonight. I say the same to Lazio.
“One game cannot decide if there are so many teams related to a few points.”
Juventus gets a chance of 42.3%to finish in the top four according to the OPTA Supercomputer, for Lazio (20.5%), Roma (16.8%) and Bologna (13.8%).
Although the hosts dominated the property, it was Juventus who looked more likely to win the game.
The Tudor team had excluded goals for offside in both half by Nicolas Gonzalez and Andrea Cambiaso, but Tudor insisted that the result was fair.
“The players gave everything … We have created opportunities, but we are satisfied with the point, all taken together,” Tudor added.
Bologna and Juventus have now signed five consecutive games in the Serie A. for the first time since the period between 1978 and 1980
But after the competition, Bologna -Baas Vincenzo Italiano shared the same prospects on the meeting as Tudor.
“There are still nine points for grabbing and that is a huge amount at that level of the table,” he said.
“It will be a real battle. There are still a lot of head-to-head collisions to play, so anyone who has the most consistent mentality and intensity will achieve their objective.”
Bologna returns this Friday to the League promotion against AC Milan in what an audition will be for their Coppa Italia Final Clash against the same opponents on 14 May.
They end their season with games against Fiorentina and Genoa in the Serie A.
“It is clear that the first meeting with Milan in the Serie A is, we have to go there to pick up points,” said Italiano.
“I think we will be very concentrated, and it will not distract us for the Coppa Italia.”