✅ Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Monday 18 March 2024.
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Monday 18 March 2024
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Corriere dello Sport, Front Page, Monday 18 March 2024
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Tutto Sport, Front Page, Monday 18 March 2024
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🇮🇹👉 The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) announced that Inter defender Francesco Acerbi left the Italian National Team Camp. Acerbi met with Head Coach Luciano Spalletti and teammates to explain his version of what happened during last night’s game against Napoli on Sunday 17 March 2024 (Serie A Week 29).
Acerbi who arrived at the camp in Rome this morning (Monday 18 March), explained to Coach Spalletti and his teammates his version of the alleged racist expression reported by Juan Jesus during Inter vs. Napoli last night, as required by the internal policy of Club Italia. Consequently, Roma defender Gianluca Mancini, who was already part of a reserved squad list, has been called up.
From the Nerazzurri defender’s report, in waiting for what happened to be reconstructed in compliance with the autonomy of sporting justice, it emerged that there was no defamatory, denigrating or racist intent on his part. However, it was agreed that Acerbi should be left out of the squad for the next two friendlies scheduled in the United States to let things settle for the national team and the player will return to his club today.
At 16:00 CET (entry for accredited media from 15:30 CET), the national team will have their first training session at the CPO Giulio Onesti in Acqua Acetosa, where coach Luciano Spalletti will also hold a press conference at 17:45 CET.
Departure for the United States is set for tomorrow at 10:20 CET, with arrival in Miami scheduled for 17:05 local time.
Italy has called up 28 players for the international friendly games against Venezuela and Ecuador.
On Thursday 21 March, Italy will play against Venezuela (22:00 CET Italian time, 5:00 PM local time – live on Rai 1) at the DRV PNK Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, home of Inter Miami.
On Sunday 24 March, Italy will play against Ecuador (21:00 CET Italian time, 4:00 PM local time – live on Rai 1) at the Red Bull Arena, in the New York area, in Harrison, New Jersey.
🏆👉 Italy SQUAD LIST
Goalkeepers: Marco Carnesecchi (Atalanta), Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint Germain), Alex Meret (Napoli), Guglielmo Vicario (Tottenham);
Defenders: Gianluca Mancia (Roma), Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), Raoul Bellanova (Torino), Alessandro Buongiorno (Torino), Andrea Cambiaso (Juventus), Matteo Darmian (Inter), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), Federico Dimarco (Inter), Giorgio Scalvini (Atalanta), Destiny Udogie (Tottenham);
Midfielders: Nicolò Barella (Inter), Giacomo Bonaventura (Fiorentina), Michael Folorunsho (Verona), Davide Frattesi (Inter), Jorginho (Arsenal), Manuel Locatelli (Juventus), Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma);
Forwards: Federico Chiesa (Juventus), Lorenzo Lucca (Udinese), Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli), Mateo Retegui (Genoa), Mattia Zaccagni (Lazio), Nicolò Zaniolo (Aston Villa).
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✅ Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Tuesday 19 March 2024.
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Tuesday 19 March 2024
Front Page, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Tuesday 19 March 2024
👉Azzurri player sent home
Acerbi-Juan Jesus
Nazionale controversy
👉 Hello, my friends. Here are the 2023-2024 Italian Serie A Week 29 RESULTS / Twenty-ninth Round on Friday 15, Saturday 16, and Sunday 17 March 2024. Inter is the sole leader with 76 points followed by AC Milan in the 2nd position with 62 points. Inter have a +14 lead and are closer to the 20th Scudetto in their history. Inter will concentrate in the league after their elimination in Champions League.
The game Atalanta vs Fiorentina was postponed after Fiorentina general manager Joe Barone was rushed to hospital following a suspected heart attack. Barone was taken to hospital in Milan by helicopter after falling ill at the team hotel in Bergamo just a few hours before kickoff.
The Club issued a statement, “Fiorentina can confirm that Joe Barone is currently hospitalized at the cardiac intensive care unit at San Raffaele Hospital in Milan directed by Professor Alberto Zangrillo,”
👉 Top Serie A teams standing AFTER Serie A Week 29 game. The first 4 qualify for the Champions League, 5 and 6 for Europa League. (Sunday 17 March 2024)
– INTER, 1st position with 76 points and a positive goal difference of +57
– AC MILAN, 2nd position with 62 points and a positive goal difference of +22
– JUVENTUS, 3rd position with 59 points and a positive goal difference of +21
– BOLOGNA, 4th position with 54 points and a goal difference of +17
– AS ROMA, 5th position with 51 points and a positive goal difference of +20
– ATALANTA, 6th position with 47 points and a positive goal difference of +19
Relegation Zone:
– FROSINONE, 18th position with 24 points and a negative goal difference of -23
– SASSUOLO, 19th position with 23 points and a negative goal difference of -23
– SALERNITANA, 20th position with 14 points and a negative goal difference of -36
👉 2023 – 2024 Italy Serie A Standing – Serie A Table up to Sunday 17 March 2024
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Inter, 2nd position with 75 points and a positive goal difference of +57
Napoli, 7th position with 44 points and a positive goal difference of +11
Inter and Napoli ended the Serie A Week 29 game with a draw on Sunday 17 March 2024 at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium in Milan, Italy. Inter and Napoli with a blow after their elimination in the UEFA Champions League. Darmian broke the deadlock in the 43rd minute with an assist from Bastoni. The equalizer came in the 81st minute following a corner, with former player Juan Jesus.
In the next round, Inter will play at home against Empoli, Napoli will face Atalanta at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium.
Inter took the lead in the 43rd minute. Matteo Darmian defeated Napoli goalkeeper with a left-footed shot to the center. The assist is by Alessandro Bastoni.
👉Inter 1 – 0 Napoli, 43rd minute, ⚽️ goal by Matteo Darmian for @Inter_en with a left footed shot to the center. The assist is by Alessandro Bastoni. https://t.co/84GJfGwUg5
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) March 17, 2024
Napoli equalized in the 81st minute. Juan Jesus defeated Inter goalkeeper from very close range with a headed shot to the bottom left corner following a corner conceded by Alessandro Bastoni.
👉Inter 1 – 1 Napoli, 81st minute, ⚽️ goal by Juan Jesus equalized for @en_sscnapoli from very close range with a headed shot to the bottom left corner following a corner conceded by Alessandro Bastoni. https://t.co/pOYUBk1wnF
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) March 17, 2024
✅ Stats before the game: Starting from the 2018/19 season, Inter have won seven of the 11 matches played against Napoli in Serie A (2D, 2L), keeping five clean sheets in the half, including the first leg (3-0, 3 December 2023). In the last six seasons (since 2018/19), Napoli have lost seven games against Inter in Serie A (2W, 2D), more than against any other team in the period; Furthermore, in each of the last three matches against the Nerazzurri, the Neapolitans did not score in the first half and since their return to Serie A (2007/08) they have never gone four games in a row without scoring in the first 45 minutes against Inter. Inter have won all of their last five home games against Napoli in Serie A, with an aggregate score of 8-2; the Nerazzurri have already recorded a longer home win streak against the Campania region twice in the league, the most recent between 1996 and 2011 (eight in a row). Inter have won 10 consecutive victories in Serie A and only twice in their history have they won 11 consecutive matches in the top flight: between October 2006 and February 2007 (when they recorded the competition’s record streak of 17 victories) and between January and April 2021 (11, with Antonio Conte at the helm). Napoli have scored 10 goals in four games under the guidance of Francesco Calzona in Serie A (average of 2.5 per match), one more than the 12 games played in the league under Walter Mazzarri (nine).