Well, finally got home. So, I decided to share this with you.
Honestly, it's only one direction to go to. Look, I won't blame you if you see it either way, but to me, it's clear. It remind me of Ino's last development: happiness. She once thought true happiness is romantic love, but now, she learned that it's friends like Sakura and her team will bring that happiness and shouldn't let go. Now, for Sakura, she is reviewed by Kakashi and said that she's a changed (matured) woman now and has a kind heart. When you think about it, the words he used has past tense, so this actually make the ambiguous level much lowered. If he didn't say "liked", honest to God, I would be with those group of "it could be either way." But that word worth a million.
SS is in dead zone or in the final red zone. It also doesn't help that these two hardly interact in this chapter. Naruto and Sakura did in a friendly fashion. Sakura have to point out his last words since Kakashi didn't know at the time. Now that he heard it, he and the rest wants to know the real reason behind it or rather, if it's more than what he said. Not even his team knows. Either way, the follow-up for SS won't be good. The last thing the fandom needs now is Karin. God knows where they are. Why are we hearing this now from Kakashi? Probably because this could be the last time they will work together. Let's not forget, Kishi already acknowledge Naruto's love for Sakura, yet that's not being resolved or mentioned. The chance is that it's being saved for a later event. After all, we just got back from the obvious the redemption and the "lover" watching for their heroes to wake up. Anyway, we can only wait and see the possible continuous downfall of SS or continuous rise of the one they wished didn't exist.