Legendary forward Zlatan Ibrahimović confirmed his retirement from football at 41-years old on Sunday 4 June 2023. The emotional moment in San Siro Stadium with the Rossoneri fans saluting the iconic legend. Ibrahimović played for Malmö FF, Ajax, Juventus, Inter Milan, Barcelona, AC Milan, Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester United and LA Galaxy during his 22-year career. Ibra won league titles in the Netherlands, Spain, France and Italy.
Ibrahimović addressed the San Siro crowed after Milan final match in Serie A. (AC Milan 3 – 1 Hellas Verona ) Ibrahimovic was in tears in front of the fans who showed him their gratitute too.
👉 Hello, my friends. Here are the 2022-2023 Italian Serie A Week 38 RESULTS / Thirty-eighth Round on Friday 2, Saturday 3, and Sunday 4 June 2023. This is the end of the season.
✅ Here is the situation: 👉🏆🇮🇹 Napoli won the 2022-23 Serie A Scudetto on Thursday 4 May 2023 after the 1-1 draw with Udinese.
Champions League zone: Napoli, Inter, Lazio, and AC Milan
Europa League zone: Atalanta and AS Roma
Europa Conference League: Juventus (following a 10-point penalty in Serie A ) So far, UEFA has not banned Juventus from European competitions.
Verdict – Relegation. Spezia, Cremonese, and Sampdoria. (Spezia was relegated after losing the playoffs against Hellas Verona on 11 June).
Verdict – Promotion: Three Serie B teams are already promoted to the Serie A 2023-24: Frosinone and Genoa. Cagliari won their promotion on June 11 after winning the playoffs against Bari.
✅ 10 Serie A Games Completed
⚽️ Serie A Top Scorer up to Week 38 (Updated on Sunday 4 June 2023)
Napoli not only won the Scudetto with 90 points but also have the top scorer of the Serie A forward Victor Osimhen with 26 goals. Osimhen is the fourth player in the entire history of Napoli scoring at least 25 goals in a Serie A season, after Edinson Cavani (26 in 2010/11 and 29 in 2012/13), Gonzalo Higuaín (36 in 2015/16) and Dries Mertens (28 in 2016/17).
Lazio got their second place with 74 points which is the best result of the Lotito era. Lazio defeated Empoli thanks to the goals by Alessio Romagnoli and Luis Alberto. The merit of Sarri, of the whole team, of the staff. Lazio fans must be happy with the team qualifying to the Champions League two years after the last time (2020/2021 edition). Lazio have kept clean sheets in 21 matches this season; only two teams have recorded more clean sheets in a single season in Serie A history: Juventus (3 times – 2013/14, 2015/16 and 2017/18) and AC Milan (1993/94) – all with 22 points.
Inter finished the season in the 3rd position with 72 points and also winning the Coppa Italia. Inter had a great season playing the UEFA Champions League Final against Manchester City on Saturday 10 Jun 2023 at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey. Inter win their seventh game in their last eight games in the league. Lautaro Martínez is one of four players capable of scoring more than 20 goals in each of the last two seasons in Europe’s big five leagues, alongside Erling Haaland, Robert Lewandowski and Kylian Mbappé.
AC Milan finished in the 4th position with 70 points qualifying for the UEFA Champions League next season. Forward Rafael Leão set his record for active appearances in a single Serie A TIM championship: 23 (15 goals, 8 assists). This Serie A TIM season Leão is the AC Milan player who has played the most matches (35), scored the most goals (15), provided the most assists (8), made the most total shots (92) and completed the most dribbles (79) .
Juventus ended in the 7th position with 62 points failing to qualify for the Europa League and will play the Conference League. Juventus will archive this as one of their worst after their -10 points penalization.
As far as individual records, Opta stas showing Bryan Cristante is the player who has made the most tackles in this Serie A TIM season: 113, at least 21 more than any other.
Boulaye Dia is the player who has scored the most goals in a single Serie A season for Salernitana: 16, an absolute record for a player with this team in the competition.
Fabio Quagliarella scored for 18th different season in Serie A only Francesco Totti (23), Silvio Piola (20) and Gianni Rivera (20) have done better, he also became the fifth 40-year-old to score in the history of the competition, after Zlatan Ibrahimovic , Alessandro Costacurta, Silvio Piola and Pietro Vierchowod.
Cremonese saluted the Serie A winning their last game against Salernitana. Daniel Ciofani is Cremonese’s top scorer (eight goals) in this championship; the last Grigiorossi player to score more goals in a single Serie A season was Andrea Tentoni (nine, in 1995/96).
Atalanta are the team that has scored the most goals from outside the box this season (13) – in the last 15 Serie A seasons, the Nerazzurri have only done better in 2019/20 (20).
Stefan Posch is the first defender to score more than five goals in a single Serie A season for Bologna since Salvatore Fresi (eight in 2001/02).
Empoli finished a Serie A TIM season with at least 43 points for the first time since 2015/16 (46 on that occasion).
Fiorentina finished the second consecutive Serie A TIM season as the team that has conceded the fewest shots (346 in 2022/23), after never having previously done so since Opta collects this data (since 2004/05). Sassuolo greeted the championship with a defeat, instead, Fiorentina wins and now heads straight for Prague where they are expected to play the Conference League final against West Ham on Wednesday. Sassuolo ended up with nine players due to the expulsions of Ruan (double yellow) and Rogerio.
Adrien Rabiot has scored eight goals in this league, the last Juventus midfielder to score more goals in a Serie A TIM season was Sami Khedira in 2017/18 (nine).
Lorenzo Colombo has scored five goals in this league, reaching the milestone aged 21 years and 81 days; only three Lecce players have scored their fifth Serie A goal of the season younger: Bojinov (18 years, 255 days), Muriel (20 years, 323 days) and Vucinic (21 years, 37 days).
Monza have earned 52 points this season; among the teams that made their debut in Serie A in the era of three points for a win (from 1994/95) only Chievo in 2001/02 (54) did better in their first-ever season in the tournament.
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AC Milan, 4th position with 67 points and a positive goal difference of +19
Hellas Verona, 18th position with 31 points and a negative goal difference of -26
AC Milan closing the season with their qualification to the Champions League next season. The perfect celebration following the victory in the Serie A Week 38 game on Sunday 4 June 2023 at the San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy. Rafael Leão scored a spectacular double that decides the match. Milan finished the season with 70 points in the 4th place. The emotional moment with forward Zlatan Ibrahimović announcing his retirement.
AC Milan opened the score before ending the first half. In the 45+2′ forward Olivier Giroud converted a penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner. The penalty is conceded by Cyril Ngonge after a foul on Brahim Díaz.
👉AC Milan 1 – 0 Hellas Verona, 45+2′ minute, ⚽️ goal by Olivier Giroud converted a penalty for @acmilan with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner. The penalty is conceded by Cyril Ngonge. https://t.co/yA1FjDoiRz
Hellas Verona equalized in the 72nd minute. The goal by Marco Faraoni from very close range with a headed shot to the top right corner. The assist is by Darko Lazovic.
👉AC Milan 1 – 1 Hellas Verona, 72nd minute, ⚽️ goal by Marco Faraoni equalized for @HellasVeronaFC from very close range with a headed shot to the top right corner. The assist is by Darko Lazovic. https://t.co/8HCcHkUVHK
AC Milan took the lead again in the 85th minute. Forward Rafael Leão with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Fikayo Tomori.
👉AC Milan 2 – 1 Hellas Verona, 85th minute, ⚽️ goal by Rafael Leão for @acmilan with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Fikayo Tomori. https://t.co/V8lSW5kLTC
Rafael Leão puts an exclamation point on the season and runs to Zlatan Ibrahimović to celebrate. ♥️ pic.twitter.com/vV1OBinCmW
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) June 4, 2023
Great moment for Rafael Leão to score a brace in the 92nd minute from very close range with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Alexis Saelemaekers.
👉AC Milan 3 – 1 Hellas Verona, 92nd minute, ⚽️ goal by Rafael Leão for @acmilan from very close range with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Alexis Saelemaekers. https://t.co/2Ac3QPYfPa
Rafael Leão has a brace and gets it in style, putting the defender and goalkeeper on the floor. 🌊 pic.twitter.com/xg5TwXetlM
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) June 4, 2023
✅ Stats before the game: Milan have won all of their last four league matches against Verona and have never achieved five consecutive wins against the Scala in Serie A. Verona have drawn 13 away games against Milan in the top division, only against Turin have they had more away draws (15) – moreover, the Rossoneri are one of the three teams, with Inter and Juventus, against which the Gialloblù have zero away wins in Serie A (min.15 away games). With 67 points, Milan qualified for the next Champions League; the last time the Rossoneri reached this milestone with so few points at the end of the season was in 2002/03 (61). Milan have scored 40 points at home this season; should they win this match, they would be the team with the greatest difference (16) between points won at home (43) and away (27), currently Juventus and Inter have a wider difference (15) – at 13 at the moment we also find Empoli.
👉 AC MILAN (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Calabria, Thiaw, Tomori, Hernández; Tonali, Krunić; Messias, Díaz, Leão; Giroud.
📺 Click the video to watch AC Milan 3 – 1 Hellas Verona on Sunday 4 June 2023
🇮🇹 Referee Paolo Valeri from the section of Roma 2 will be assisted by Alessandro Giallatini from the section of Roma 2 and Fabiano Preti from the section of Mantova. The Fourth Official will be Manuel Volpi from the section of Arezzo. The VAR will be Maurizio Mariani from the section of Aprilia. The AVAR will be Oreste Muto from the section of Torre Annunziata.
👉 AC Milan vs Hellas Verona Match Officials
Serie A Week 38
🗓️ Sunday 4 June 2023
🏟️ San Siro Stadium
⏲️ 21:00
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AC Milan, 4th position with 67 points and a positive goal difference of +19
Hellas Verona, 18th position with 31 points and a negative goal difference of -26
Here are AC Milan vs Hellas Verona official starting lineups for the Serie A Week 38 game on Sunday 4 June 2023 at the San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy at 21:00.
👉 AC MILAN (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Calabria, Thiaw, Tomori, Hernández; Tonali, Krunić; Messias, Díaz, Leão; Giroud.
🇮🇹 Referee Paolo Valeri from the section of Roma 2 will be assisted by Alessandro Giallatini from the section of Roma 2 and Fabiano Preti from the section of Mantova. The Fourth Official will be Manuel Volpi from the section of Arezzo. The VAR will be Maurizio Mariani from the section of Aprilia. The AVAR will be Oreste Muto from the section of Torre Annunziata.
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AC Milan, 4th position with 67 points and a positive goal difference of +19
Hellas Verona, 18th position with 31 points and a negative goal difference of -26
🇮🇹 The Italian Referee Association (AIA) has designated the match officials for the Serie A Week 38 game AC Milan vs Hellas Veron on Sunday 4 June 2023 at the San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy at 21:00.
Referee Paolo Valeri from the section of Roma 2 will be assisted by Alessandro Giallatini from the section of Roma 2 and Fabiano Preti from the section of Mantova. The Fourth Official will be Manuel Volpi from the section of Arezzo. The VAR will be Maurizio Mariani from the section of Aprilia. The AVAR will be Oreste Muto from the section of Torre Annunziata.
By Anna Italia
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