Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Saturday 3 December 2022
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Saturday 3 December 2022.
Front Page, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Saturday 3 December
👉World Cup changes Lukaku’s destiny
Lukaku all about Inter
👉Round of 16 Argentina-Australia
A thousand of these
Messi, for Leo’s 1,000th game a country from the other side of the world
🏆👉 Argentina win the FIFA World Cup Round of 16 against Australia on Saturday 3 December 2022 at the Ahmed bin Ali Stadium (Al-Rayyan) in Al Rayyan, Qatar. For Argentina, now, the Quarter-final against the Netherlands. Argentina delighted millions of fans worldwide. The victory thanks to the goals by Lionel Messi and Julián Álvarez. Argentina continue their adventure. Australia salute this World Cup playing with determination but not enough to win. The honor goal for Australia was scored by Craig Goodwin.
Argentina-Australia is also a very special match for Lionel Messi. Messi crosses the finish line of 1,000 matches as a professional footballer. For him, it is match number 169 with the Seleccion shirt – of which he has long held the absolute record – to which are added the 778 matches played with Barcelona and 53 with Paris Saint-Germain. The matches played with Barça B and those with Argentina’s national youth teams, including the Olimpica team, are excluded from the count.
Italian Serie A players called up in this game
🇦🇷 Argentina: Leandro Paredes (Juventus) listed as a substitute
Angel Di Maria (Juventus) listed as a substitute
Lautaro Martinez (Inter) played from the 71st minute after replacing Julián Álvarez.
Paulo Dybala (Roma) listed as a substitute
🇦🇺 Australia: Fran Karacic (Brescia) played from the 72nd minute after replacing Milos Degenek
Ajdin Hrustic (Hellas Verona) played from the 58th minute after replacing Keanu Baccus
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Argentina opened the score in the 35th minute. Forward Lionel Messi defeated Australia goalkeeper Mathew Ryan with a left-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Nicolás Otamendi.
🏆👉 🇦🇷 Argentina 1 – 0 Australia 🇦🇺, 35th minute, ⚽️ goal by Lionel Messi for @Argentina with a left-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Nicolás Otamendi. https://t.co/t1AEiA0wMB
Argentina scored again. Julián Álvarez scored in the 57th minute with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
🏆👉 🇦🇷 Argentina 2 – 0 Australia 🇦🇺, 57th minute, ⚽️ goal by Julián Álvarez for @Argentina with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner. https://t.co/Nl01XsXnEd
Australia shortened the distance in the 77th minute. Craig Goodwin defeated Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
🏆👉 🇦🇷 Argentina 2 – 1 Australia 🇦🇺, 77th minute, ⚽️ goal by Craig Goodwin for @Socceroos with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner. https://t.co/gyFyFGpHMX
✅ Stats before the game. This is Argentina’s first meeting with Australia since September 2007 friendly, which Argentina won 1-0 thanks to a goal from Martin Demichelis. It is also the first-ever World Cup crossing between these two national teams. Australia’s only win against Argentina in seven games (D1 L5) came in July 1988 in the Australia Bicentenary Gold Cup: 4-1 with goals from Paul Wade, Charlie Yankos (2), and Vlado Bozinoski. Current manager Graham Arnold also played in that game for the Socceroos. This will be Australia’s fifth World Cup match against South American opponents – the Socceroos have never won in the previous four (D1 L3). Argentina’s only precedents with a team from Oceania concern the seven matches against Australia, none of which was as said at the World Cup. Argentina was eliminated in the round of 16 at the 2018 World Cup, losing to eventual winners France. The South American national team has never gone out before the quarter-finals in two consecutive World Cups since the round of 16 was introduced in 1986; the last time Seleccion went out before the quarter-finals in two consecutive World Cups was in 1958-1962 (eliminated in the first round of the groups both times).
🏆👉 Lineup ARGENTINA (4-3-3): Dibu Martinez; Molina, Romero, Otamendi, Acuna; De Paul, Enzo Fernandez, Mac Allister; Messi, Julian Alvarez, Papu Gomez.
🏆👉 Here are Argentina vs Australia official starting lineups for the FIFA World Cup Round of 16 on Saturday 3 December 2022 at the Ahmed bin Ali Stadium (Al-Rayyan) in Al Rayyan, Qatar at 22:00.
Italian Serie A players called up in this game
🇦🇷 Argentina: Leandro Paredes (Juventus), Angel Di Maria (Juventus), Lautaro Martinez (Inter), Paulo Dybala (Roma)
🇦🇺 Australia: Fran Karacic (Brescia), Ajdin Hrustic (Hellas Verona)
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🏆👉 Lineup ARGENTINA (4-3-3): Dibu Martinez; Molina, Romero, Otamendi, Acuna; De Paul, Enzo Fernandez, Mac Allister; Messi, Julian Alvarez, Papu Gomez.
South Korea 2 – 1 Portugal
27′ Kim Young-Gwon 5′ Ricardo Horta
91′ Hwang Hee-Chan
🏆👉 South Korea won the FIFA World Cup Group H turning over the result after being down by a goal on Friday 2 December 2022 at the Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar. It’s just an incredible achievement by South Korea which at the last gasp found the right action to obtain a historic qualification. After the immediate disadvantage thanks to Horta, South Korea overturned Portugal with an all in all deserved 2-1 and arrived only in added time with Son’s first real play of his World Cup. South Korea is in the round of 16! The 2-1 against Portugal qualifies the Asians and eliminates South American giants Uruguay for the highest number of goals scored.
Portugal failed to win all three group stage matches in their history, after 1966 and 2006.
Italian Serie A players called up in this game
🇵🇹 Portugal: Rui Patricio (Roma), Rafael Leão (Milan)
🇰🇷 South Korea: Kim Min-jae (Napoli)
Portugal opened the score in the 5th minute. Ricardo Horta defeated South Korea goalkeeper Kim Seung-Gyu with a right-footed shot to the top left corner. The assist is by Diogo Dalot.
🇰🇷 South Korea 0 – 1 Portugal 🇵🇹, 5th minute, ⚽️
goal by Ricardo Horta for @selecaoportugal with a right-footed shot to the top left corner. The assist is by Diogo Dalot. https://t.co/uZeFf1sQHw
South Korea equalized for the 1-1 in the 27th minute. Kim Young-Gwon defeated Portugal goalkeeper from very close range with a left-footed shot to the center following a corner conceded by Pepe.
🇰🇷 South Korea 1 – 1 Portugal 🇵🇹, 27th minute, ⚽️
goal by Kim Young-Gwon equalized for @theKFA from very close range with a left-footed shot to the center following a corner conceded by Pepe. https://t.co/DKyweM08Kp
Stats before the game. The only precedent between South Korea and Portugal dates back to the 2002 World Cup, with Korea winning 1-0 in a group stage match. That result allowed the Asians to win their group, knocking Portugal out of the competition. Portugal’s only defeat in five previous matches against Asian sides at the World Cup came in 2002 against Korea: three wins and a draw for the Portuguese in the other four ties. Korea have won just five of their 23 World Cup matches against European teams (D6 L12): each success has come against a different national team (Poland, Portugal, Italy, Greece and Germany).
South Korea have lost five of their last seven World Cup matches (W1 D1), as many defeats as they had in their previous 16 matches in the competition (W5 D6). Previously, the Asian national team only won their third group match in 2002 (against Portugal) and 2018 (against Germany).
🏆👉 SOUTH KOREA(4-3-3): S. Kim; M.H. Kim, M.J. Kim, Y. Kim, K. Kwon; I. Hwang, Jung, K. Lee; J. Lee, H. Son; Cho.
Head Coach: Bento.
🏆👉 Lineup PORTUGAL (4-3-3): Costa; Cancelo, Pepe, Dalot, Antonio Silva; Ruben Neves, Joao Mario, Matheus Nunes; Vitinha, Cristiano Ronaldo, Horta.
🏆👉 Here are South Korea vs Portugal official starting lineups for the FIFA World Cup Group H on Friday 2 December 2022 at the Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar at 18:00.
Italian Serie A players called up in this game
🇵🇹 Portugal: Rui Patricio (Roma), Rafael Leão (Milan)
🇰🇷 South Korea: Kim Min-jae (Napoli)
🏆👉 SOUTH KOREA(4-3-3): S. Kim; M.H. Kim, M.J. Kim, Y. Kim, K. Kwon; I. Hwang, Jung, K. Lee; J. Lee, H. Son; Cho.
Head Coach: Bento.
🏆👉 Lineup PORTUGAL (4-3-3): Costa; Cancelo, Pepe, Dalot, Antonio Silva; Ruben Neves, Joao Mario, Matheus Nunes; Vitinha, Cristiano Ronaldo, Horta.
Head Coach: Fernando Santos.
Photo via twitter.com/theKFA
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Photo via twitter.com/selecaoportugal
Photo via twitter.com/selecaoportugal
Photo via twitter.com/selecaoportugal
Photo via twitter.com/fifaworldcup
FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022
Group H
🇰🇷 South Korea vs Portugal 🇵🇹
Friday 2 December 2022
Education City Stadium
Al Rayyan, Qatar
18:00 (local time in Qatar)
Referee: Facundo Tello (ARG)
Assistant Referee 1: Ezequiel Braislovsky (ARG)
Assistant Referee 2: Gabriel Chade (ARG)
Fourth Official: Maguette N’Diaye (SEN)
Reserve Assistant Referee: Djibril Camara (SEN)
Video Assistant Referee: Nicolas Gallo (COL)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Juan Soto (VEN)
Offside Video Assistant Referee: Bruno Boschilia (BRA)
Support Video Assistant Referee: Armando Villarreal (USA)
Standby Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Bruno Pires (BRA)
By Anna Italia
