Viola boss Vincenzo Montella has included the following players in the squad for tonight’s Europa League quarter-final return leg against Dynamo Kyiv: Alonso, Aquilani, Badelj, Bardini, Basanta, Borja Valero, Fernandez, Gomez, Gonzalo, Ilicic, Joaquin, Neto, Pasqual, Pizarro, Richards, Salah, Savic, Tatarusanu, Tomovic, Vargas. ]]>
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Front Pages, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport from Thursday 23 April 2015
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Good morning my friends and allow me to embrace each Juventus fan and Italian soccer fan. It’s just a spectacular morning waking up to the confirmation that Juventus qualified to the Champions League Semifinal after 12 years!!!!!! Here are the front pages from Italy main Sports newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport from Thursday 23 April 2015. How are you?
Wow, my friends, am I happy or what! I love having my Coffee while checking up the well deserved headlines for Juventus as La Gazzetta dello Sport stats “Juventus among the stars” Oh yeah… Monaco – Juventus ended with a 0-0 draw in Monaco, but the overall 1-0 put Juventus in the Semifinal. The other 3 fantastic teams in Semifinal are Bayern Munich, Barcelona, and Real Madrid … wohooo beloved coach Carlo Ancelotti made it too!!!
The main headline of Corriere dello Sport also highlighting Juventus “Giant among the giants”
Sure, I agree it was a suffered 0-0 in Monaco, but Juve can celebrate their return to the big show… Juventus waited 12 years to be in the Semifinal.
Party time continue for Juventus seeing the headline of Tutto Sport… There is Juve!!! …. and the buildup for the upcoming Derby della Mole Toro – Juventus now gaining momentum….
Oops… not a very good headline reporting the possible good bye of Napoli coach Rafael Benitez… Napoli playing today the Europa League Quarterfinal Second Leg against Wolfsburg.. the first leg ended in favor of Napoli with a 4-1. Headline on Fiorentina seeing coach Vincenzo Montella asking help to the fans. Fiorentina playing today against Dynamo Kiev.
La Gazzetta dello Sport
Front Page, Prima Pagina
Thursday 23 April 2015
Corriere dello Sport
Front Page, Prima Pagina
Thursday 23 April 2015
Tutto Sport
Front Page, Prima Pagina
Thursday 23 April 2015
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Europa League: Fiorentina – Dynamo Kiev Probable Formations, Thursday 23 April 2015
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Fiorentina – Dynamo Kiev
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Here are the probable formations – lineups for the UEFA Europa League Quarterfinal Second Leg match, Fiorentina vs Dynamo Kiev on Thursday 23 April 2015 at the Artemio Franchi Stadium in Florence, Italy at 21:05.
Fiorentina (4-3-3): Neto; Richards, Gonzalo Rodriguez, Savic, Alonso; Mati Fernandez, Pizarro, Badelj; Joaquin, Gomez, Salah.
Dinamo Kiev (4-2-3-1): Shovkovskiy; Danilo Silva, Khacheridi, Vida, Antunes; Rybalka, Belhanda; Sydorchuk, Yarmolenko, Lens; Kravets.
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2014 – 2015 UEFA Europa League
Quarterfinal, Second Leg
Fiorentina – Dynamo Kiev
Thursday 23 April 2015
Artemio Franchi Stadium
Florence, Italy
21:05
| Referee | Jonas Eriksson (SWE) |
| Assistant referee | Mathias Klasenius (SWE) , Daniel Wärnmark (SWE) |
| Additional assistant referee | Stefan Johannesson (SWE) , Markus Strömbergsson (SWE) |
| Fourth official | Mehmet Culum (SWE) |
| UEFA Delegate | Jim Stjerne Hansen (DEN) |
| UEFA Referee observer | Manuel Mejuto González (ESP) |
Montella: "Kiev draw means little." Gonzalo: "We want to reach the semis"
Vincenzo Montella and Gonzalo Rodriguez met with the gathered media at the Stadio Franchi’s Viola Lounge this evening to discuss tomorrow’s UEFA Europa League quarter-final return leg against Dynamo Kiev. Here is a selection of their comments: Gonzalo Rodriguez “We don’t feel under pressure following recent results. We have some highly experienced players at the club. “Tomorrow is a Europa League game and anyone would like to be here in our place. We played superbly in Kiev, now we want to win tomorrow and go through to the semis. “Dynamo play some excellent football and have some very good players. As always, it will all depend on how we approach the game.” Vincenzo Montella “The draw in Kiev doesn’t mean much. It will be a physical contest tomorrow and we must be ready for it both physically and mentally. “It’s a pity we’ve lost Babacar to injury, he gave us an extra option. “Gomez always does his bit for the team. We expect lots of goals from him. “I’m not sure how fit Pizarro is. I need to work out whether he’s got 90 minutes in him. “Who’s our penalty-taker? It’s never easy to take a penalty. Gonzalo, sitting next to me here, is one of our penalty-takers. “As for the boos at the end of the game against Verona, I think physically and possession-wise we did very well on Monday. My players didn’t deserve to be booed. I’ll always defend my team when they deserve to be defended.” ]]>
12 Players Suspended after Serie A Week 31 by Sporting Authorities on 21 April 2015
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Here is the list of suspensions by the Sporting Judge Gianpaolo Tosel assisted by Stefania Ginesio and the A.I.A Representative Eugenio Tenneriello on Tuesday 21 April after the Serie A Round 31 completed on Monday 20 April 2015.
One Match Suspension for 12 players:
- Danilo Cataldi (Lazio)
- Christian Maggio (Napoli)
- Davide Astori (Roma)
- Valter Birsa (Chievo Verona)
- Riccardo Meggiorini (Chievo Verona)
- Bruno Fernandes (Udinese),
- Mato Jajalo (Palermo)
- Samuele Longo (Cagliari)
- Luca Rossettini (Cagliari)
- Claudio Marchisio (Juventus)
- Gary Medel (Inter)
- Gaby Mudingayi (Cesena).
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