✅ Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Tuesday 29 August 2023.
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Tuesday 29 August 2023
Front Page La Gazzetta dello Sport Tuesday 29 August 2023
👉Done deal, Romelu to Roma
I will bring you Lukaku
On the flight with Friedkin as pilot
👉Great response to Milan and Napoli
Dumfries and Lautaro on target
Inter you are there
Corriere dello Sport, Front Page, Tuesday 29 August 2023
Front Page Corriere dello Sport Tuesday 29 August 2023
👉Roma have got Lukaku: extraordinary Friedkin coup
Gigantic
Giallorossi fans celebrate: today the Belgian lands at Ciampino on a plane piloted by President Dan
👉 Hello, my friends. Here are the 2023-2024 Italian Serie A Serie A Week 2 RESULTS / Second Round on Saturday 26, Sunday 27, and Monday 28 August 2023. There are only 4 teams with full points having 6 points each: AC Milan, Napoli, Inter, and Hellas Verona. Three teams without points are Lazio, Empoli, and Sassuolo.
✅ 10 Serie A Games Completed
⚽️ Serie A Top Scorer up to Week 2 (Updated on Monday 28 August 2023)
AC Milan forward Olivier Giroud, Inter forward Lautaro Martínez, and Napoli forward Victor Osimhen with 3 goals each
Here are some stats (by Opta) Colombian forward Duvan Zapata scored 5 goals in 3 appearances against Frosinone in Serie A, averaging one goal every 39 minutes.
Abdoul Harroui is only the second Frosinone player capable of scoring in back-to-back Serie A home games after Federico Dionisi in September-October 2015.
Empoli have lost both of their first two Serie A games of the season for the first time since 2016/17.
Andrea Colpani is the second Monza player capable of making a multiple goal in Serie A TIM, after Gianluca Caprari against Cremonese on 14 January (brace).
Roma had not conceded at least two goals in each of their first two matches in a single Serie A season since the 2009/10 campaign, with Luciano Spalletti on the bench.
Verona won their first two league matches for the third time in their Serie A history; she had also succeeded in 1984/85 and 2020/21 – in the latter case the first victory came against Roma (3-0 at the table).
Christian Pulisic became the 5th player to score in both of his first two Serie A appearances for Milan in the three points for a win era (since 1994/95), after Oliver Bierhoff, Andriy Shevchenko, Mario Balotelli and Jérémy Ménez .
Since his debut in Serie A TIM (August 2021), Olivier Giroud is the AC Milan player who has scored the most goals in the competition (27 goals for the Frenchman).
Dusan Vlahovic has scored six goals against Bologna in Serie A TIM, more than against any other team in the competition.
Bologna have scored in each of their last eight Serie A TIM away matches, their best run in the competition since 2002.
Alfred Duncan’s goal is Fiorentina’s 4,000th goal in Serie A (if we also consider the two from the Tuscans’ table win against Napoli on 22 May 1977).
Hamza Rafia is the second Tunisian player to score a goal in Serie A after Yohan Benalouane (two goals in six seasons in the top flight between 2010 and 2015).
For the second time in the last 10 seasons, Lazio have lost their first two Serie A TIM matches (previously also in 2018/19 against Napoli and Juventus).
Mateo Retegui scored his first goal in Serie A TIM, with his third goal in the league.
For the first time in their history, Napoli have won their home debut in Serie A for eight consecutive seasons.
Sassuolo have lost each of their first two games of the season in Serie A TIM for the first time since their debut in the competition (2013/14).
Salernitana remained undefeated in the first two games of the season for the first time in their history in Serie A.
Lazar Samardzic is the only midfielder born in the 2000s who has been involved in at least 10 goals in Serie A since the start of last season (six goals and four assists).
Inter have won each of the first two games of a Serie A championship for five seasons in a row for the first time in their history.
Marcus Thuram served his first assist in Serie A, exactly 17 years and 282 days after his father’s last winning pass in the competition (19 November 2005 for David Trezeguet against Roma).
👉 Top Serie A teams standing AFTER Serie A Week 2 game. The first 4 qualify for the Champions League, 5 and 6 for Europa League. (Monday 28 August 2023)
– AC MILAN, 1st position with 6 points and a positive goal difference of +5
– NAPOLI, 2nd position with 6 points and a positive goal difference of +4
– INTER, 3rd position with 6 points and a positive goal difference of +4
– HELLAS VERONA, 4th position with 6 points and a positive goal difference of +2
– FIORENTINA, 5th position with 4 points and a positive goal difference of +3
– JUVENTUS, 6th position with 4 points and a positive goal difference of +3
Relegation Zone:
– LAZIO, 18th position with 0 points and a negative goal difference of -2
– EMPOLI, 19th position with 0 points and a negative goal difference of -3
– SASSUOLO, 20th position with 0 points and a negative goal difference of -4
👉 2023 – 2024 Italy Serie A Standing – Serie A Table up to Monday 28 August 2023
34% Ball Possession CAGLIARI and 66% Ball Possession INTER Cagliari 0 – 2 Inter
. 21′ Denzel Dumfries
. 30′ Lautaro Martínez
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Cagliari, 11th position with 1 point and a goal difference of “0”
Inter, 5th position with 3 points and a positive goal difference of +2
Inter won the Serie A Week 2 game defeating Cagliari on Monday 28 August 2023 at the Unipol Domus in Cagliari, Italy. Inter have shown they can have their say in this championship. Nerazzurri lead through Denzel Dumfries, doubling in the first half through Lautaro Martinez. Inter with full 6 points climbed to the 3rd position while Cagliari stepped down to the 15th position.
Cagliari have won only one of their last 11 league games against Inter (D1 L9), 2-1 on 1 March 2019 with Rolando Maran on the bench, thanks to an own goal from Ivan Perisic and a goal from Leonardo Pavoletti.
Inter opened the score in the 21st minute. Denzel Dumfries defeated Cagliari goalkeeper Boris Radunovic with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Marcus Thuram.
👉 Cagliari 0 – 1 Inter, 21st minute, ⚽️ goal by Denzel Dumfries for @Inter_en with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Marcus Thuram. https://t.co/uUZPPV0xsk
Inter doubled in the 30th minute. Forward Lautaro Martínez scored with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Federico Dimarco.
👉 Cagliari 0 – 2 Inter, 30th minute, ⚽️ goal by Lautaro Martínez for @Inter_en with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Federico Dimarco. https://t.co/okzEp2txkp
✅ Stats before the game: Inter have found the net in each of their last 16 matches against Cagliari in Serie A (35 goals scored, an average of 2.2 per match), the last rossoblù goalkeeper to keep a clean sheet against the nerazzurri was Michael Agazzi on 14 April 2013 (2-0 success). Inter have won six of their last seven away games against Cagliari in the league (L1), including the most recent three: in their history they have never recorded more consecutive away wins against this opponent. After a 0-0 draw against Torino, Cagliari can go unbeaten in each of the first two games in a Serie A season for the first time since 2011/12.Inter can win each of the first two games of a Serie A championship for five seasons in a row for the first time in their history (there are currently four, a result they had only achieved between 1952/53 and 1955/56 ).
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Cagliari, 11th position with 1 point and a goal difference of “0”
Inter, 5th position with 3 points and a positive goal difference of +2
✅ Here are Cagliari vs Inter official starting lineups for the Serie A Week 2 game on Monday 28 August 2023 at the Unipol Domus in Cagliari, Italy at 20:45.
✅ Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Monday 28 August 2023.
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Monday 28 August 2023
Front Page, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Monday 28 August 2023
👉The transfer market closes on Friday. Center-forward sprint
Goal arriving
Lukaku-Roma
Taremi-Milan
👉Juve just a draw with Bologna, Allegri’s anger
Max fury
By Anna Italia
