Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Monday 18 October 2021
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Monday 18 October 2021.
Front Page, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Monday 18 October 2021
👉Juve 1-0
OKean
Roma defeated
Fourth consecutive and Allegri climbs
👉Spalletti equals Sarri, Pioli sets a new record, and behind them there’s a big gap
Invincible Napoli make it eight
But Toro only yields to Osimhen pic.twitter.com/uhxCaiIosZ
✅ Congratulations to Atalanta forward Duvan Zapata becoming the first Colombian player to score 100 goals in the Italian Serie A. Zapata scored his 100th goal during the Serie A Week 8 game Empoli 1 – 4 Atalanta in the 89th minute on Sunday 17 October 2021.
47% Ball Possession EMPOLI and 53% Ball Possession ATALANTA Empoli 1 – 4 Atalanta
30′ Federico Di Francesco 11′ Josip Ilicic
. 26′ Josip Ilicic
. 49′ Mattia Viti (og)
. 89′ Duván Zapata Buy Serie A tickets for every Italian League football match
👉 Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Empoli, 10th position with 9 points and a negative goal difference of -3
Atalanta, 8th position with 11 points and a positive goal difference of +1
Empoli failing to win the Serie A Week 8 game humiliated by Atalanta on Sunday 17 October 2021 at the Carlo Castellani Stadium in Empoli, Italy. Atalanta causing an upset and they are also celebrating their 114th Birthday with this away victory.
✅ The last match in Serie A between Empoli and Atalanta, in April 2019, was the 0-0 with more shots attempted since the data is available (2004/05): 50 total shots, of which 47 by Atalanta . Balanced in the nine matches between Empoli and Atalanta at the home of the Tuscans in Serie A: three wins on each side and three draws – Empoli have won in the only three matches in which they have scored. Empoli’s last draw in Serie A dates back to April 2019, precisely against Atalanta: since then for the Tuscans six wins and seven defeats – in this championship in particular the Azzurri have achieved three wins and four defeats and have arrived in the eighth Serie A match of the season without draws only in 1986/87.
Atalanta opening the score in the 11th minute. It is Josip Ilicic to defeat Empoli goalkeeper Vicario with a right footed shot to the center. The assist is by Mario Pasalic.
👉Empoli 0 – 1 Atalanta, 11th minute, goal by ⚽️ Josip Ilicic for @Atalanta_BC with a right footed shot to the center. The assist is by Mario Pasalic. https://t.co/u9jKSaIlRv
Atalanta increasing the score and it is again Josip Ilicic with a left footed goal in the 26th minute.
👉Empoli 0 – 2 Atalanta, 26th minute, goal by ⚽️ Josip Ilicic for @Atalanta_BC with a left footed shot to the top left corner. The assist is by Luis Muriel. https://t.co/Wp5fHY2hdu
Empoli shortening the distance in the 30th minute with the goal by Federico Di Francesco defeating Atalanta goalkeeper with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Leo Stulac.
👉Empoli 1 – 2 Atalanta, 30th minute, goal by ⚽️ Federico Di Francesco for @EmpoliCalcio with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Leo Stulac. https://t.co/uaDu6g5Zfk
Atalanta sealing the victory in the 89th minute. It is Colombian forward Duván Zapata to smack a goal from very close range with a right footed shot to the center. The assist is by Mario Pasalic. Zapata becoming the first Colombian player to score 100 goals in the Serie A!
👉 Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Empoli, 10th position with 9 points and a negative goal difference of -3
Atalanta, 8th position with 11 points and a positive goal difference of +1
✅ Here are Empoli vs Atalanta official starting lineups for the Serie A Week 8 game on Sunday 17 October 2021 at the Carlo Castellani Stadium in Empoli, Italy at 15:00.
👉 Lineup Empoli (4-3-1-2): Vicario; Stojanovic, Viti, S. Romagnoli, Marchizza; Zurkowski, Stulac, Haas; Henderson; Pinamonti, Di Francesco.
👉 Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Empoli, 10th position with 9 points and a negative goal difference of -3
Atalanta, 8th position with 11 points and a positive goal difference of +1
✅ Here are Empoli official called up players by Coach Aurelio Andreazzoli for the Serie A Week 8 game Empoli vs Atalanta on Sunday 17 October 2021 at the Carlo Castellani Stadium in Empoli, Italy at 15:00.
Midfielders: de Roon, Freuler, Pasalic, Zuccon, Koopmeiners, Malinovskyi, Miranchuk, Oliveri
Forwards: Ilicic, Muriel, Piccoli, Zapata.
Photo via twitter.com/Atalanta_BC
Atalanta players on their way to Empoli by Train @LeFrecce for the Serie A Week 8 game on Sunday 17 October at the Carlo Castellani Stadium. https://t.co/LYt3jPMZ9v
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