Hello, my friends. Here are the 2021-2022 Italian Serie A Week 17 RESULTS / Seventeenth Round on Friday 10, Saturday 11, Sunday 12, and Monday 13 December 2021.
✅ 10 Serie A Game completed
-⚽️ Serie A Top Scorer up to Week 17 (Updated on Monday 13 December 2021)
Inter with a leapfrog taking the 1st position after winning the Serie A Week 17 game against Cagliari at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium. Inter reaching 40 points being now +1 point above AC Milan in the 2nd position with 39 points. The sole leader now is Inter and we are set for a thriller round next week.
AC Milan succumbing to the pressure ending the Serie A Week 17 game against Udinese with an agonizing draw at the Dacia Arena. AC Milan stepping down to the 2nd position reaching 39 points. After the elimination in the Champions League, the Rossoneri now risk being overtaken by Inter. Expelled in the 95th minute Isaac Success for Udinese.
The Lantern Derby won by Sampdoria. The challenge is for Genoa to start earning points to dream with salvation while Sampdoria win the Serie A Week 17 game at the Luigi Ferraris Stadium. Sampdoria dragged by a super Manolo Gabbiadini returns to victory and does so on the most heartfelt occasion, the derby of the Lanterna arrived after difficult days and marked by the judicial events of the resigning President Massimo Ferrero as part of an investigation into corporate crimes and bankruptcy. Genoa sees 14 unsuccessful games, the last five with Andriy Shevchenko on the bench. Three heavy points also in terms of classification for the Sampdoria, who move away from the hottest area, reaching +8 on their city rivals.
Fiorentina winning in grand style the Serie A Week 17 game crushing Salernitana with a poker at the Artemio Franchi Stadium. Fiorentina have won all their last four home league games, always scoring at least three goals: the Viola have only three times achieved at least five domestic successes with 3+ goals scored in Serie A, in 1949 (five), in 1959 (nine) and in 1960 (five). Fiorentina reaching 30 points while Salernitana remain in the last position with just 8 points.
Venezia with a half mission accomplished with a draw against Juventus on Saturday 11 December 2021 at the Penzo Stadium in Venice, Italy. Juventus, on paper, favorites to win and needed the victory to climb the Standings. Yet, they failed. This draw is more like a victory for Venezia after being down. Paulo Dybala forced out due to injury after 12 minutes. Now for Juve – currently sixth in the standings – the race for the Champions League is again complicating considerably.
Surprise, surprise, Napoli losing the home game at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium. Empoli grabbing this important away victory. The defeat seeing Napoli stepping down from the 3rd to the 4th position.
Good news is for Atalanta climbing from the 4th to the 3rd position after winning the away game against Hellas Verona. Atalanta with 37 points are -2 points below AC Milan with 39 in the 2nd position and +1 point above Natalanta.
Torino with an important victory delighting their fans at the Olimpico defeating Bologna. Torino resists and wastes a clear opportunity in the 90th minute with Zaza pulling on Skorupski.
AS Roma win the Serie A Week 17 game defeating Spezia at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium. Roma needed the victory to climb towards the top 6 positions, and they made it! Spezia, with 12 points, remain in the 17th position risking to go down to the relegation zone. Roma climb above Juventus into sixth place in the Serie A standings both with 28 points but Roma with a better goal difference.
👉 Top Serie A teams standing AFTER Serie A Week 17 game. First 4 qualifying for Champions League, 5 and 6 for Europa League. (Monday 13 Sunday 12 December 2021)
– INTER, 1st position with 40 points and a positive goal difference of +28
– AC MILAN, 2nd position with 39 points and a positive goal difference of +17
– ATALANTA, 3rd position with 37 points and a positive goal difference of +17
– NAPOLI, 4th positions with 36 points and a positive goal difference of +21
– FIORENTINA, 5th position with 30 points and a positive goal difference of +9
– AS ROMA, 6th position with 28 points and a positive goal difference of +7
Relegation Zone:
– GENOA, 18th position with 10 points and a negative goal difference of -16
– CAGLIARI, 19th position with 10 points and a negative goal difference of -17
– SALERNITANA, 20th position with 8 points and a negative goal difference of -26
👉 2021 – 2022 Italy Serie A Standing – Serie A Table up to Monday 13 December 2021
2021-22 serie a standing
MP
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
PoinTS
1
Inter
17
12
4
1
43
15
28
40
2
AC Milan
17
12
3
2
36
19
17
39
3
Atalanta
17
11
4
2
37
20
17
37
4
Napoli
17
11
3
3
34
13
21
36
5
Fiorentina
17
10
0
7
31
22
9
30
6
AS Roma
17
9
1
7
26
19
7
28
7
Juventus
17
8
4
5
23
17
6
28
8
Empoli
17
8
2
7
27
29
-2
26
9
Lazio
17
7
4
6
33
32
1
25
10
Bologna
17
7
3
7
24
29
-5
24
11
Sassuolo
17
6
5
6
28
26
2
23
12
Hellas Verona
17
6
5
6
33
30
3
23
13
Torino
17
6
4
7
22
18
4
22
14
Sampdoria
17
5
3
9
25
33
-8
18
15
Udinese
17
3
8
6
22
28
-6
17
16
Venezia
17
4
4
9
16
30
-14
16
17
Spezia
17
3
3
11
17
38
-21
12
18
Genoa
17
1
7
9
18
34
-16
10
19
Cagliari
17
1
7
9
17
34
-17
10
20
Salernitana
17
2
2
13
11
37
-26
8
Uefa Champions League: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
Europa League: 5th, 6th
Relegation: 18th, 19th, 20th
Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Monday 13 December 2021
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Monday 13 December 2021.
Front Page, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Monday 13 December 2021
👉Overtaken
Inter
What a show with 4 goals commands alone
Lautaro’s brace
👉Ibra
Ciao first place but warns “The adrenaline is the Scudetto”
Corriere dello Sport, Front Page, Monday 13 December 2021 .
Front Page, Corriere dello Sport, Monday 13 December 2021
👉Scudetto: Italy’s Champions in command, only Atalanta keeping up the rhythm
Inter going stronger
Inzaghi beat Cagliari [4-0] and put Milan behind
Napoli crumble: defeated by Empoli [0-1], losing even Elmas pic.twitter.com/aBLlLzQbds
75% Ball Possession INTER and 25% Ball Possession CAGLIARI Inter 4 – 0 Cagliari
29′ Lautaro Martínez
50′ Alexis Sánchez
66′ Hakan Çalhanoğlu
68′ Lautaro Martínez
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Cagliari, 19th position with 10 points and a negative goal difference of -13
Inter, 2nd position with 37 points and a positive goal difference of +24
Inter with a leapfrog taking the 1st position after winning the Serie A Week 17 game against Cagliari on Sunday 12 December 2021 at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium in Milan, Italy. Inter reaching 40 points being now +1 point above AC Milan in the 2nd position with 39 points. Cagliari come from four consecutive draws in Serie A: the Sardinians have not recorded five draws in a row in the competition since October 2006, under the guidance of Marco Giampaolo (six in that case).
Inter opening the score in the 29th minute. Forward Lautaro Martínez defeating Cagliari goalkeeper Alessio Cragno with a headed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Hakan Calhanoglu with a cross following a corner conceded by Diego Godín.
👉Inter 1 – 0 Cagliari, 29th minute, ⚽️ goal by Lautaro Martínez for @Inter_en with a headed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Hakan Calhanoglu with a cross following a corner conceded by Diego Godín. https://t.co/TkitYmiqzt
Inter increasing the score in the 50th minute. Alexis Sánchez with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Nicolò Barella.
👉Inter 2 – 0 Cagliari, 50th minute, ⚽️ goal by Alexis Sánchez for @Inter_en with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Nicolò Barella. https://t.co/gsh8URURlJ
Cagliari conceding another goal. In the 66th minute, forward Hakan Çalhanoğlu scoring with a right footed shot to the top right corner. The assist is by Alexis Sánchez.
👉Inter 3 – 0 Cagliari, 66th minute, ⚽️ goal by Hakan Çalhanoğlu for @Inter_en with a right footed shot to the top right corner. The assist is by Alexis Sánchez. https://t.co/VxmaP7ZG1Q
Inter with a poker giving a tough lesson to Cagliari. In the 68th minute, Lautaro Martínez with a brace delivering a right footed shot to the center. The assist is by Nicolò Barella.
👉Inter 4 – 0 Cagliari, 68th minute, ⚽️ goal by Lautaro Martínez for @Inter_en with a right footed shot to the center. The assist is by Nicolò Barella. https://t.co/5R8vW1X9g4
Stats before the game. Cagliari have drawn 28 games against Inter in Serie A (14V, 40P), the Sardinians have the most draws only against Sampdoria (31) in the top flight.
Inter have won seven of their last nine Serie A matches against Cagliari (1N, 1P), averaging 2.4 goals in the period (22 goals overall).Among the opponents against which Inter have always scored at home in the era of three points to win, the Sardinian is the team that the Nerazzurri have faced several times in the period (21): the last external clean sheet of Cagliari against the Nerazzurri dates back to March 1992. In 2021, Inter are the team that have won the most home games in the top 5 European leagues: 17 out of 19 (2N). In his history in Serie A only in 1989 did he record more domestic successes (18) in a single calendar year.Challenge between the team that has earned the most points on average in home games in this league (Inter, 2.4) and the one that has collected the least away (Cagliari, 0.4 on average). Inter scored 94 goals in Serie A in 2021, only in 1950 did the Nerazzurri score more goals (99) in a single calendar year in the tournament.
👉Lineup Inter (3-5-2): Handanovic; Skriniar, de Vrij, A. Bastoni; Dumfries, Barella, Brozovic, Calhanoglu, Perisic; Lautaro, Sanchez.
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Cagliari, 19th position with 10 points and a negative goal difference of -13
Inter, 2nd position with 37 points and a positive goal difference of +24
Here are INTER vs CAGLIARI official starting lineups for the Serie A Week 17 game Inter vs Cagliari on Sunday 12 December 2021 at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium in Milan, Italy at 20:45.
👉Lineup Inter (3-5-2): Handanovic; Skriniar, de Vrij, A. Bastoni; Dumfries, Barella, Brozovic, Calhanoglu, Perisic; Lautaro, Sanchez.
By Anna Italia
