Hello, my friends. Here are the 2019-2020 Serie A Week 8 RESULTS / Eighth Round on Saturday 19, Sunday 20, and Monday 21 October 2019.
➡️Up to Serie A Week 8: There is a three-way race between Juventus (22), Inter (21), and Atalanta (17)
Juventus keeping the first position after defeating Bologna with a 2-1 at the Allianz Stadium. The Scudetto race continues and all three teams Juventus, Inter, and Atalanta pursuing their objective to win the Scudetto.
👉 Curiosity…. too much in common: Two debuts and two birthdays. Claudio Ranieri was born on 20 October 1951 in Rome, Italy. Stefano Pioli was born on 20 October 1965 in Parma, Italy. Ranieri is the new Sampdoria coach and Pioli is the new AC Milan coach. AC Milan is playing against Lecce at the San Siro Stadium and Sampdoria playing AS Roma at the Luigi Ferraris Stadium. Ranieri celebrating his debut and birthday with a goalless draw. Pioli celebrating his birthday also with a draw, but with a 2-2.
A roller coaster at the Olimpico Stadium! Atalanta dominating the first half scoring 3 goals while Lazio could not awake. In the second half, another story, Lazio woke up and in less than 3 minutes scored 2 goals for the 2-3. Lazio managed to draw 3-3 causing a headache to Atalanta who thought they had the victory….. A superb performance by Lazio forward Ciro Immobile scoring two goals keeping the top scorer position with 9 goals.
Napoli gaining momentum and points to climb the Serie A Standing. Napoli defeating Hellas Verona at the San Paolo Stadium with a 2-0. Napoli reaching 16 points and this is still a long way to catch up with Juventus. Napoli is -6 points below Juventus having 22 points. Pressure is for Coach Carlo Ancelotti to keep morale of the team and not slowing down.
Great news for Cagliari! Yep, Cagliari climbing to the 5th position reaching 14 points after defeating SPAL at the Sardegna Arena with a 2-0 goals by Radja Nainggolan and Paolo Farago. The victory helping Cagliari climbing the Serie A Standing from the 7th to the 5th position. SPAL suffering their third lost goes down from the 17th to the 18th position in the relegation zone.
The bad news is for AS Roma because they stepped down from the 5th to the 6th position after their goalless draw with Sampdoria at the Luigi Ferraris Stadium.
Udinese also celebrating after defeating Torino with the goal by Stefano Okaka ending with a 1-0. Udinese climbing from the 14th to the 11th position reaching 10 points while Torino went down from the 9th to the 10th position.
⚽️ Serie A Top Scorer up to Week 8: Lazio forward Ciro Immobile with 9 goals
Top Serie A teams standing AFTER Serie A Week 1 game. First 4 qualifying for Champions League, 5 and 6 for Europa League. (Up to Sunday 20 October 2019)
– JUVENTUS, 1st position with 22 points and a positive goal difference of +8
– INTER, 2nd position with 21 points and a positive goal difference of +11
– ATALANTA, 3rd positions with 17 points and a positive goal difference of +8
– NAPOLI, 4th position with 16 points and a positive goal difference of +7
– CAGLIARI, 5th position with 14 points and a positive goal difference of +5
– AS ROMA, 6th position with 13 points and a positive goal difference of +2
Relegation Zone:
– SPAL, 18th position with 6 points and a negative goal difference of -9
– GENOA, 19th position with 5 points and a negative goal difference of -7
– SAMPDORIA, 20th position with 4 points and a negative goal difference of -12
2019 – 2020 Italy Serie A Standing – Serie A Table
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Lazio, 6th position with 11 points and a positive goal difference of +7
Atalanta, 3rd position with 16 points and a positive goal difference of +16
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
Goals
DIFF
Points
3
Atalanta
7
5
1
1
18:10
8
16
6
Lazio
7
3
2
2
13:6
7
11
Atalanta failing to win the Serie A Week 8 game on Saturday 19 October 2019 at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium in Rome, Italy. It’s a major disappointment for Atalanta because they were pursuing the victory to keep up the race along Juventus and Inter. Atalanta were leading 0-3 and ended up with a 3-3 draw.
It is Atalanta to open the score in the 23rd minute. Colombian forward Luis Muriel defeating Lazio goalkeeper Thomas Strakosha with a right footed shot in the bottom right corner. The assist is by Robin Gosens.
⚽ GOOOLLL!!! LUUUIIISSS MURIEEELLL!!!
Strepitosa azione dell’Atalanta: #Gosens converge e offre a #Muriel, che controlla e infila nell’angolino! Siamo in vantaggio!
Gosens offers Muriel an assist and he scores! WE LEAD!#SerieATIM#GoAtalantaGo ⚫🔵 pic.twitter.com/JB8cZf4F6I
Lazio increasing the score in the 28th minute. It is again Luis Muriel to upset Lazio fans with his right footed free kick shot in the bottom right corner.
It is chaos for Lazio! In the 37th minute, Atalanta crushing Lazio with the left footed shot goal by Alejandro Gómez to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Rafael Tolói.
⚽ GOOOLLL!!! PAPUUU GOMEEEZZZ!!!
Recupero palla letale e #PapuGomez non sbaglia davanti a Strakosha! E’ 0-3!!
Papu Gomez recovers the ball and finds the back of the net right in front of Strakosha. It’s 0-3!! #SerieATIM#GoAtalantaGo ⚫🔵 pic.twitter.com/S0Jl5FkyNj
Referee Gianluca Rocchi giving a penalty to Lazio in the 68th minute. The penalty conceded by José Luis Palomino after a foul on forward Ciro Immobile inside the penalty area. It is Immobile to take the spot and giving hope to Lazio converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner. This is the 8th goal by Immobile this season.
What a fast reaction! Lazio surprising Atalanta and scored the second goal in the 70th minute. It is Joaquín Correa to smack a right footed shot in the top left corner. The headed assist is by Ciro Immobile.
Say no more…. Lazio really woke up. In the 92nd minute, Ciro Immobile converts another penalty to level the score for the final 3-3! What a way to react to save at least 1 point. Total disappointment for Atalanta goalkeeper Gollini failing to stop the two penalties.
Click the video to watch Lazio 3 – 3 Atalanta highlights including all goals.
Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer of LAZIO: Ciro Immobile with 7 goals
Top scorer of ATALANTA: Duvan Zapata with 6 goals
Lazio
Goals
Goals
Player
Immobile, Ciro
7
6
Zapata, Duvan
Caicedo, Felipe
1
3
Gomez, Papu
Radu, Stefan
1
3
Muriel, Luis
Correa, Joaquin
1
3
Gosens, Robin
Milinkovic-Savic, Sergej
1
1
Ilicic, Josip
Stats. Here are the last 3 games of LAZIO: 2 wins, 1 draw
DAte
TO
Match
FT
ROund
06/10/19
SA
Bologna – Lazio
2:2
7
03/10/19
UELG
Lazio – Rennes
2:1
2
29/09/19
SA
Lazio – Genoa
4:0
6
Stats. Here are the last 3 games of ATALANTA: 2 wins, 1 lost
DAte
TO
Match
FT
ROund
06/10/19
SA
Atalanta – Lecce
3:1
7
01/10/19
UCLG
Atalanta – Shakhtar
1:2
2
28/09/19
SA
Sassuolo – Atalanta
1:4
6
Referee Gianluca Rocchi from the section of Firenze will be assisted by Alberto Tegoni from the section of Milano and Alessio Tolfo from the section of Pordenone. The fourth official will be Gianluca Manganiello from the section of Pinerolo. The VAR will be Marco Guida from the section of Torre Annunziata and the AVAR will be Ciro Carbone from the section of Napoli.
By Anna Italia
