Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Monday 11 October 2021
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Monday 11 October 2021.
Front Page, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Monday 11 October 2021
👉Scudetto race, everyone chasing Osimhen
Try to catch him!
The return of Giroud and Dybala, Dzeko goals: Saturday and Sunday a super restart
All the moves for Napoli, Milan, Inter and Juve
Corriere dello Sport, Front Page, Monday 11 October 2021 .
Front Page, Corriere dello Sport, Monday 11 October 2021
👉Nations League, Belgium beaten 2-1 and in a month the play-off for Qatar
World Cup style redemption
Italy restart with its talents. Mancini: Now let’s beat Switzerland
Satisfied with performance and third place pic.twitter.com/1OskYBbePx
👉All behind Chiesa (with Gigio)
Italy beat Belgium 2-1 and take third place in the Nations League. Scoring Barella and Berardi (penalty), great performance from Chiesa applauded by the crowd. Chants and ovation also for Donnarumma pic.twitter.com/x2Zy8bMalD
Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Saturday 9 October 2021
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Saturday 9 October 2021.
Front Page, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Saturday 9 October 2021
👉Ballon d’Or, a lot of Italy among the top 30 nominees
Blue Wave
Mancini, “Call back Balottelli? I don’t forget anyone, but it will depend on him”
Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Thursday 7 October 2021
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Thursday 7 October 2021.
Front Page La Gazzetta dello Sport, Thursday 7 October
👉We remain the champions
Italy, the run is over, after 3 years and 37 games unbeaten
Spain win 2-1 in Milan and go the Nations League Final
Corriere dello Sport, Front Page, Thursday 7 October 2021 .
Front Page, Corriere dello Sport, Thursday 7 October 2021
👉Nations League, Spain win 2-1 in San Siro: We lost after 37 games
Thanks Italy
Decisive Bonucci’s red in the 42nd minute and the second goal of Ferran Torres. In the last minutes, Pellegrini’s goal is not enough. pic.twitter.com/tVIPoImM4u
Napoli rocking time being the only team winning the first 7 games of the season having a perfect score of 21 points keeping the first position. Fiorentina failing to win the Serie A Week 7 game on Sunday 3 October 2021 at the Artemio Franchi Stadium in Florence, Italy. An upset for Fiorentina because they were leading and then the home victory “puff” just collapsed with Napoli making a comeback.
AC Milan passing a tough test in Bergamo. Atalanta almost win the Serie A Week 7 scaring AC Milan in the last 10 minutes at the Gewiss Stadium. AC Milan with a wide lead of 3-0 then Atalanta waking up in the 86th minute and 94th minute to score 2 goals and almost grabbing a draw. The sign of relief for AC Milan who were pursuing the victory to keep up the neck to neck race with Napoli in the 1st position with 21 points and Milan with 19 points. The victory seeing AC Milan equaling their best start in the era of three points per win in their first seven Serie A games: 19 in 2003/04.
Mission accomplished! Salernitana winning the Serie A Week 7 game defeating Genoa at the Arechi Stadium. This is a historical victory for Salernitana because it is their first victory in Serie A after their promotion from Serie B this season. Salernitana delighting their fans claiming full 3 points to climb from the last position of the Standing to the 19th position reaching 4 points.
Torino collapsing in the end losing the Derby della Mole. Juventus claiming the victory winning the Serie A Week 7 at the Olimpico di Torino Stadium. This is a precious win for Juventus who have lost only one of their last 30 Serie A matches against Torino (1-2 in April 2015, with Allegri on the bench): 22 wins and seven draws complete the set.
AS Roma win the Serie A Week 7 game against Empoli at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium. Roma have not lost against Empoli in Serie A since February 2007 (0-1 at Castellani): since then seven Giallorossi successes and three draws in 10 total matches. Roma have won their last five Serie A home games and have not achieved six consecutive domestic league successes since February 2017, with Luciano Spalletti on the bench (15 in that case). The home victory giving Mourinho another record for most unbeaten 42 consecutive home Serie A games: establishing the record for a manager in the three points per win era (since 1994/95) in the Serie A.
Sassuolo failing to win the Serie A Week 7 game defeated by Inter at the Mapei Stadium. This is a precious victory for Inter keeping up the race for the Scudetto reaching 17 points. There have only been two draws in the 16 Serie A matches between Sassuolo and Inter (0-0 in 2019 and 3-3 in 2020) – seven wins on each side rounding off the record.
Cagliari celebrating the 60th Birthday of Coach Walter Mazzarri with a bitter note. Cagliari after leading the game, ended up the Serie A Week 7 game against Venezia with a late draw at the Unipol Domus. Cagliari scored in the 16th minute and the victory was almost a reality until the 91st minute when Venezia changed the script grabbing a golden point with the goal by Italian-American footballer Gianluca Busio. This the second consecutive draw for Venezia staying at +2 above Cagliari.
What a perfect way for Bologna to celebrate their 112th Birthday than by winning the Serie A Week 7 game against Lazio at the Renato Dall’Ara Stadium. The victory helps Bologna reach 11 points same as Lazio. On the other hand, the defeat is a step back for Lazio to be among the top 5 positions. Bologna FC, founded on 3 October in 1909 having 7 titles, “I Rossoblu” are the joint 5th most successful club in Serie A history.
Hellas Verona win in grand style the Serie A Week 7 game crushing Spezia on Sunday 3 October 2021 at the Marc’Antonio Bentegodi Stadium. For Spezia, this is a painful defeat because they remain in the relegation zone. Verona have won now six of the last eight games played against Spezia between Serie A and Serie B (1d, 1 lost), including the first leg of last season.
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Napoli, 1st position with 18 points and a positive goal difference of +14
Fiorentina, 5th position with 12 points and a goal difference of “0”
Napoli rocking time being the only team winning the first 7 games of the season having a perfect score of 21 points keeping the first position. Fiorentina failing to win the Serie A Week 7 game on Sunday 3 October 2021 at the Artemio Franchi Stadium in Florence, Italy. An upset for Fiorentina because they were leading and then the home victory “puff” just collapsed with Napoli making a comeback.
Fiorentina opening the score in the 28th minute. It is Lucas Martínez Quarta to defeat Napoli goalkeeper David Ospina with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Dusan Vlahovic following a corner conceded by Hirving Lozano.
👉Fiorentina 1 – 0 Napoli, 28th minute, goal by ⚽️ Lucas Martínez Quarta for @ACFFiorentinaEN with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Dusan Vlahovic following a corner conceded by Hirving Lozano.
Ooops! Imagine, Napoli forward Lorenzo Insigne failing to convert a penalty in the 38th minute saved by goalkeeper Dragowski in the top left corner!…
Napoli overturning the result and take the lead in the 50th minute with the goal by Amir Rrahmani.
👉Fiorentina 1 – 2 Napoli, 50th minute, goal by ⚽️ Amir Rrahmani giving the lead to @en_sscnapoli with a headed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Piotr Zielinski
👉Lineup Napoli (4-2-3-1): Ospina; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Koulibaly, Mario Rui; Anguissa, Fabian; Lozano, Zielinski, Insigne; Osimhen.
✅ Stats before the game. Napoli, victorious in all their first six games of this championship, are pursuing their record set in the 2017/18 season with Maurizio Sarri on the bench, when they won all the first eight Serie A games, only to stop in the ninth against Inter by Luciano Spalletti (0-0). Challenge between the two teams that have conceded fewer goals in the first half of this championship: only one goal collected in the first half for both Fiorentina and Napoli. Fiorentina have lost four of their last six Serie A matches against Napoli (1W, 1N), including both games from last season; in this set four times the purple team did not find the goal. In the last 12 Serie A matches at the Franchi between Fiorentina and Napoli, the Tuscan team has found only one success (3-0 in April 2018 thanks to Simeone’s hat-trick): six blue wins and five draws complete the set.
By Anna Italia
