Italian Soccer Serie A blog by Anna Italia congratulates Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon celebrating his 43rd birthday. Buffon was born on January 28, 1978 in Carrara, Italy. Surely, Buffon is one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time. I am happy with Buffon celebrating with his top performance during the Coppa Italia Quarterfinal against SPAL keeping a clean sheet Juve 4-0. Blessings Gigi.!
📣 Shouting a big Happy Birthday to @juventusfcen goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon celebrating his 43rd birthday. I’m a super Gigi fan! 🎉🙌😍🥳
Here are Napoli official called up players by Coach Gennaro Gattuso for the Coppa Italia Quarterfinals game Napoli vs Spezia on Thursday 28 January 2021 at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Napoli, Italy at 21:00.
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Referee Fourneau from the section of Roma 1 will be assisted by Mauro Galetto from the section of Rovigo and Luigi Rossi from the section of Rovigo. The fourth official will be Juan Luca Sacchi from the section of Macerata. The VAR will be Luigi Nasca from the section of Bari and the AVAR will be Salvatore Longo from the section of Paola.
📊 | Coppa Italia, #NapoliSpezia: previous encounters
Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Thursday 28 January 2021.
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Thursday 28 January 2021.
Front Page, La Gazzetta dello Sport, 28 January
👉 The brawl sparked a worldwide debate The match of the century
👉 Pirlo, here’s Inter again Juve fire in four with SPAL On February 2 and 9 revenge against Conte
Juventus win the Coppa Italia Quarterfinal game defeating SPAL on Wednesday 27 January 2021 at the Allianz Stadium in Turin, Italy. Juventus crushed SPAL eliminating them and qualifying to the Coppa Italia Semifinals against Inter. A superb victory and a good start for goalkeeper Gigi Buffon on the eve of his 43rd Birthday!
Stats before the game: Juventus have scored twice as many @spalferrara goals in 3 games in the Coppa Italia: 10 v 5. Juventus and SPAL have already met in the quarter-finals of the Italian Cup: Juve won 4-1 in January 1966, with Heriberto Herrera at the helm.
🏆🇮🇹 Coppa Italia: @juventusfcen have won 21 of their last 29 matches against @spalferrara in all competitions (6N, 2P), scoring 64 goals in the period, an average of 2.2.
It is Juventus to open the score in the 16th minute. Referee Ivano Pezzuto giving a penalty to Juventus conceded by Francesco Vicari following a foul on Adrien Rabiot. It is forward Álvaro Morata to convert the penalty defeating SPAL goalkeeper Berisha with a right footed shot.
🏆Coppa Italia Quarterfinals:👉Juventus 1 – 0 SPAL, 16th minute, goal by ⚽️ Álvaro Morata for @juventusfcen converting a penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner. The penalty is conceded by Francesco Vicari after a foul on Rabiot.@socios@AlvaroMoratahttps://t.co/VlR9Nii1Pw
Chaos for SPAL conceding another goal in the 33rd minute. Gianluca Frabotta scoring for the 2-0 with a left footed shot. The joy is double for Frabotta because this is also his first goal for Juventus.
SPAL falling at the Allianz conceding a third goal in the 78th minute. It is Dejan Kulusevski to smack a right footed shot in the bottom left corner. SPAL goalkeeper unable to save the shot despite his efforts remaining on the ground.
🏆Coppa Italia Quarterfinals. 👉Juventus 3 – 0 SPAL, 78th minute, goal by ⚽️ Dejan Kulusevski for @Juventus with a right footed shot in the bottom left corner. The assist is by Federico Chiesa.
The final dagger, the cherry on top of the ice cream…. Juventus sealing the victory with a 4-0 in the 94th minute with the goal by Federico Chiesa.
🏆Coppa Italia Quarterfinals 👉Juventus 4 – 0 SPAL, 94th minute goal by ⚽️ Federico Chiesa from very close range for @juventusfcen with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Cosimo Marco Da Graca.
Click the video to watch Juventus 4 – 0 SPAL highlights including all goals on Wednesday 27 January 2021.
Referee Ivano Pezzuto from the section of Lecce will be assisted by Domenico Rocca from the section of Catanzaro and Manuel Robilotta from the section of Sala Consilina. The fourth official will be Marco Piccinini from the section of Forlì. The VAR will be Paolo Mazzoleni from the section of Bergamo and the AVAR will be Stefano Alassio from the section of Imperia.
34% Ball Possession ATALANTA and 66% Ball Possession LAZIO Atalanta 3 – 2 Lazio
7′ Berat Djimsiti 17′ Vedat Muriqi
7′ Rusian Malinovskyi 35′ Francesco Acerbi
57′ Aleksei Miranchuk (A)
Atalanta win the Coppa Italia Quarterfinals defeating Lazio on Wednesday 27 January 2021 at the Gewiss Stadium in Bergamo, Italy. Atalanta qualifying to the Semifinals playing with 10 players since the 53rd minute after Referee Pairreto sent off José Palomino. A tough lesson for Lazio and now they will face again on Sunday in the Serie A Week 20 game Atalanta vs Lazio at the Gewiss Stadium…. a deja’ vu.
Atalanta opening the score in the 7th minute. Berat Djimsiti defeating Lazio goalkeeper from very close range with a right footed shot in the center following a corner conceded by Francesco Acerbi.
Lazio equalizing for the 1-1 in the 17th minute with the goal by Vedat Muriqi defeating Atalanta goalkeeper with a headed shot in the bottom left corner. The assist is by Francesco Acerbi.
Click the video to watch Atalanta vs Lazio highlights on Wednesday 27 January 2021.
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Referee Pairetto will be assisted by Alberto Tegoni from the section of Milano and Valentino Fiorito from the section of Salerno. The fourth official will be Gianluca Manganiello from the section of Pinerolo. The VAR will be Aleandro Di Paolo from the section of Avezzano and the AVAR will be Alessandro Lo Cicero from the section of Brescia.
🏆Coppa Italia Quarterfinals Match Officials
Atalanta vs Lazio
Wednesday 27 January 2021
Gewiss Stadium
17:45
Here is the list of suspensions by the Sporting Judge Gerardo Mastrandrea assisted by Stefania Ginesio and the A.I.A Representative Eugenio Tenneriello on Tuesday 26 January 2021 after the Serie A Round 19 concluded on Sunday 24 January 2021.
Note: The decision of the Sports Judge also suspends for two games Inter Coach Antonio Conte with a fine of 20,000 euros. The coach was disqualified after being sent off against Udinese for protests against referee Fabio Maresca.
66% Ball Possession INTER and 44% Ball Possession AC MILAN Inter 2 – 1 AC Milan
71′ Romelu Lukaku (pen) 31′ Zlatan Ibrahimović
97′ Christian Eriksen
Inter win the Milan Derby not only claiming the bragging rights to rule the City of Milan, but also win the Coppa Italia Quarterfinals defeating AC Milan on Tuesday 26 January 2021 at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium in Milan, Italy. It is Christian Eriksen to score the winner goal in the 97th minute. Inter eliminated ACMilan and qualified for the Coppa Italia Semifinals.
Before the game: Inter and AC Milan will be meeting in the Coppa Italia for the 25th time. Stats showing: AC Milan 10 wins, 7 draws, and Inter 7 wins. The last five games between the two teams in the Coppa Italia all took place at the quarter-final stage: AC Milan progressed in 1998 (a 5-1 aggregate win) and 2017, while Inter emerged victorious in the two-legged tie in 2000.
Fikayo Tomori making his debut as as AC Milan player in the 20th minute after the forced substitution replacing Simon Kjaer for injury.
It is AC Milan to open the score in the 31st minute. Forward Zlatan Ibrahimović with a brilliant goal defeats Inter goalkeeper Samir Handanović controlling the ball to deliver a right footed shot all the way to the bottom left corner. A superb goal!
🏆Coppa Italia Quarterfinals: Inter 0 – 1 AC Milan, 31st minute 👉goal by ⚽️ Zlatan Ibrahimovic for @acmilan takes time to control the ball and then slamming a right footed shot to the bottom left corner. The headed assist is by Soualiho Meité@socios@milanmania@MilanClubPhillyhttps://t.co/mfvlH63WEJ
👉Inter 1 – 1 AC Milan, 71st minute, goal by ⚽️ Romelu Lukaku equalizing for @Inter_en converting a penalty with a left footed shot. Penalty is conceded by Rafael Leão after a foul on Nicolò Barella
Inter overturned the result and scored the winner goal in the 97th minute with Christian Eriksen delivering a right footed free kick shot.
🏆Coppa Italia Quarterfinal👉Inter 2 – 1 ACMilan, 97th minute goal by ⚽️ Christian Eriksen giving the lead to @Inter_en with a right footed free kick shot to the top left corner.
Referee Valeri will be assisted by Stefano Del Giovane from the section of Albano Laziale and Valerio Colarossi from the section of Roma 2. The fourth official will be Daniele Chiffi from the section of Padova. The VAR will be Luca Banti from the section of Livorno and the AVAR will be Giacomo Paganessi from the section of Bergamo.
The leadership remain the same and AC Milan ending as Winter Champions. AC Milan despite losing the home game against Atalanta in San Siro with a 0-3 is the sole leader of the Serie A with 43 points . Fact is that Atalanta gave a tough lesson to AC Milan clearly saying the league is not over and the Scudetto available for other teams. It is now up to AC Milan to archive this defeat and resume to win. A sour debut for new AC Milan forward Mario Mandzukic failing to help the team unable to score a goal and for Zlatan Ibrahimovic celebrating his 600th professional games.
We could say the big flop if for Inter because they had the chance to be neck-to-neck with AC Milan. Inter with 40 points could have reached Milan with 43 points, and, yet, wasted the chance to defeat Udinese at the Dacia Arena. The game ending with a 0-0 goalless draw reaching now 41 points being -2 below AC Milan. This was the golden moment for Inter.
AS Roma living their redemption moment. Roma defeated Spezia at the Olimpico Stadium after Spezia eliminated Roma in the Coppa Italia Round of 16. Roma climbing to the 3rd position reaching 37 points. The winner goal scored by Captain Lorenzo Pellegrini in the 92nd minute. Pellegrini celebrating his 100th start with Roma with this precious goal sealing the victory.
Fiorentina win the home game against Crotone on Saturday 23 January 2021 at the Artemio Franchi Stadium in Florence. Crotone with an uphill battle being in the last position to climb the Serie A Standing. The relegation seems a crude reality for Crotone who were promoted from Serie B this season. However, miracles happen and still half tournament to play. Fiorentina reaching 21 points.
Benevento failing to win the home game against Torino on Friday 22 January 2021 at the Ciro Vigorito Stadium in Benevento. Torino Coach Davide Nicola making his debut with a draw after replacing Coach Marco Giampaolo. Torino with a cry for help to save themselves being down in the relegation zone. The draw is almost like a win for Torino who were down 2-0 to equalize for the 2-2 claiming a valuable one point. A ray of hope for Torino.
Juventus defeating Bologna with a 2-0 at the Allianz Stadium. The victory is a boost for Juventus climbing from the 6th to the 4th position reaching 36 points and -7 points below AC Milan.
Lazio defeating Sassuolo at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium in Rome. Sassuolo failing to surpass Lazio despite having taking the lead to lose the match. Lazio reaching 34 points remaining in the 7th position while Sassuolo stepped down to the 9th position with 30 points.
A moment for joy is for Hellas Verona defeating Napoli at the Marc’Antonio Bentegodi Stadium. The defeat caused Napoli to step down to the 6th position.
Parma with a desperate call for help to leave the relegation zone. Sampdoria defeating Parma at the Ennio Tardini Stadium in Parma. Sampdoria causing the upset reaching 26 points. Second consecutive wins and tenth place in the standings for Sampdoria while Parma penultimate and fourth knockout in the last five outings continues. Next round will be a tough test for both because Parma will face Napoli at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium and Sampdoria vs Juventus at the Allianz Stadium.
Parting ways with Napoli, after two seasons and a half, 29-year old French right-back Kevin Malcuit has officially joined Fiorentina, on a half-season loan spell, bearing no options.
Still pursued by Barcelona FC, as well as by Arsenal, Spanish international centre-back Eric Garcia (20), according to Mundo Deportivo, is growing into more and more of a major PSG target.
Recently approached by Cagliari, as well as having been linked once more to Fiorentina, as to a move back to either Sampdoria or Inter Milan, Brazilian-Italian forward Eder Citadin Martins (34), according to La Gazzetta dello Sport, has been targeted …
Playing for Italian third-tier side Arezzo, 18-year old striker Diego Zuppel, according to latest TMW rumours, has been targeted by Cagliari, Genoa, and Torino.
By Anna Italia
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