Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Tuesday 3 May 2022
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Tuesday 3 May 2022.
Front Page, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Tuesday 3 May
👉Milan’s treasure is ready for the renewal
Leao Sheikh
👉Keep Lautaro
Inter have a plan
Make cash selling Pinamonti and Satriano
👉Mihajlovic leaves the hospital
“Finally we start again”
Corriere dello Sport, Front Page, Tuesday 3 May 2022 .
Front Page, Corriere dello Sport, Tuesday 3 May
👉The sprint of Milan and Inter has two protagonists
Leao and Perisic show
the Scudetto race
👉The case of Acerbi’s goal in offside not sanctioned in Spezia-Lazio
Referees and VAR another disaster
Pairetto and Nasca suspended … pic.twitter.com/FCN9wgd283
Hello, my friends. Here are the 2021-2022 Italian Serie A Week 35 / Thirty-Fifth Round on Saturday 30 April, Sunday 1, and Monday 2 May 2022. There are 3 more games (meaning 9 points) to end the season. Milan have only +2 points lead with 77 points ahead of Inter with 75. The mission for salvation is for Cagliari, Venezia, Genoa, and Salernitana.
Up to Week 35 the Race for the Scudetto
🥇 @acmilan 77 points
🥈 @Inter_en 75 points
🥉 @en_sscnapoli 70 points
@juventusfcen 69 points
✅ 10 Serie A Games Completed
⚽️ Serie A Top Scorer up to Week 35 (Updated on Monday 2 May 2022)
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Following the outbreak of war in Ukraine, both the league itself and the twenty Serie A clubs within it have acted to help the Ukrainian people. Starting from the Serie A Week 31 of the Serie A 2021/2022, all the captains will be wearing the armband with the words “Peace”. The children are also back on the field, thanks to the new protocols of the FIGC
Photo via twitter.com/sampdoria_en/
AC Milan keeping up the race for the Scudetto defeated Fiorentina at the San Siro Stadium. The victory secures AC Milan in the first position while Fiorentina slowed down their race for a spot in Europa League next season. Third consecutive defeat for Fiorentina. Goalkeeper Mike Maignan saves Milan on a header from Cabral just before the gift from goalkeeper Terracciano who decides the game. Terracciano sends back directly on Rafael Leão’s feet, the Portuguese not wasting the chance enters the area and scores with his right foot on the near post to continue the dream for the Scudetto. In the next round, Milan will play against Hellas Verona at the Marc’Antonio Bentegodi Stadium while Fiorentina will host AS Roma at the Artemio Franchi Stadium.
Inter keeping up the race for the Scudetto after defeating Udinese at the Dacia Arena. The victory finds Inter in a neck-to-neck race alongside AC Milan. In the standings, Inter keep pace with Milan with 77 points, climbing to 75 points with -2 points. Udinese remain with 43. Inter redeems itself after the knockout in Bologna after an 11-game unbeaten run by bending Udinese thanks to goals from Perisic and Lautaro Martinez (error from the spot) in the first portion of the game; Pussetto’s goal in the second half was useless for the Friulians. Injuries for Success and Barella. In the next round, Inter-Empoli and Sassuolo-Udinese.
Napoli with a mega victory crushing Sassuolo at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium. Napoli reached 70 points remaining in the 3rd position within the Champions League zone for next season. This victory finds Napoli winning 9 of their 18 Serie A matches against Sassuolo (D7 L2). Napoli transformed into a convincing Terminator and humiliated Sassuolo with a 6-1. Koulibaly opened the score with a headed shot, Victor Osimhen doubles always with the head, Hirving Lozano “El Chucky,” a brace by Dries Mertens and Amir Rrahmani sealed the win in the 80th minute. The honor goal for Sassuolo scored by Maxime López in the 87th minute. In the next round, Napoli will face Torino at the Olimpico and Sassuolo will play at home against Udinese.
Sampdoria win the 78th Derby della Lanterna. Sampdoria defeated Genoa and claimed the bragging rights to rule at the Luigi Ferraris Stadium. It’s a party for Sampdoria that conquers salvation and Genoa in great difficulty still in the relegation zone. Genoa had a very good opportunity to equalize. yet, it failed. Forward Domenico Criscito failed to convert a penalty in the 96th minute saved by goalkeeper Emil Audero.
Cagliari lost against Hellas Verona at the Unipol Domus. Cagliari remains at 28 with three points ahead of Salernitana and Genoa but the Campania players have two fewer games, Genoa one. Verona at 52, four points from Europe, awaiting the matches of Lazio, Fiorentina and Atalanta. Verona won thanks to goals scored in the first half by Barak and Caprari. Joao Pedro rekindles the Rossoblu hopes by scoring from a free-kick in the 57th minute.
Empoli was defeated by Torino at the Carlo Castellani Stadium. Empoli surrender in nine, everything happens in the second half with many episodes evaluated by the VAR: Szymon Zurkowski signs the advantage then Verre gets expelled for a bad intervention, Andrea Belotti enters from the bench and decides the match with a hat-trick (two of which on penalties granted by Referee Cosso for handballs by Stojanovic, who was also sent off).
AS Roma ended the game against Bologna with a goalless draw at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium. Roma, after the draw in Naples and the defeat against Inter, slows down again and remains fifth, but hooked by Maurizio Sarri’s Lazio, with the race for the next Europa League starting to get complicated. Bologna, on the other hand, after the draws against Milan and Juventus and the victory against Inter, obtained yet another prestigious result. Roma will prepare for the UEFA Europa Conference League Semifinal Second Leg on Thursday 5 May against Leicester City at the Olimpico. In the next round of the championship, Roma will visit Fiorentina at the Artemio Franchi Stadium, while Bologna will face Venezia at the Pier Luigi Penzo Stadium.
Atalanta and Salernitana ended with a draw at the Gewiss Stadium. Atalanta are winless at home in their last four Serie A games (D2 L2): they last went five in a row in the competition in March 2016 (seven, under Reja). Salernitana takes away a very precious point for the battle for salvation, even if they had cherished the victory on the field of Atalanta until the last moment. Atalanta, on the other hand, after being hit by Ederson’s paw in the first half, constantly hit Salernitana wall, finding the equalizer goal in the final thanks to the usual Pasalic.
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Torino, 11th position with 44 points and a positive goal difference of +6
Empoli, 14th position with 37 points and a negative goal difference of -17
Empoli failed the mission to win the Serie A Week 35 game defeated by Torino on Sunday 1 May 2022 at the Carlo Castellani Stadium in Empoli, Italy. Empoli surrender in nine, everything happens in the second half with many episodes evaluated by the VAR: Szymon Zurkowski signs the advantage then Verre gets expelled for a bad intervention, Andrea Belotti enters from the bench and decides the match with a hat-trick (two of which on penalties granted by Referee Cosso for handballs by Stojanovic, who was also sent off). Empoli were unbeaten in their nine Serie A home games against Torino (W3 D6), most recently a 4-1 win in May 2019 under Andreazzoli.
On the thirty-sixth day, Empoli will visit Inter at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium while Torino will host Napoli at the Olimpico.
Empoli opened the score in the 56th minute. It is Szymon Zurkowski to defeat Torino goalkeeper with a left-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Valerio Verre.
👉Empoli 1 – 0 Torino, 56th minute, goal by ⚽️ Szymon Zurkowski for @EmpoliCalcio with a left-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Valerio Verre. https://t.co/ZWrbrXIKfF
Empoli remained with 10 players after Referee Francesco Cosso gave a red card to Valerio Verre.
Torino equalized for the 1-1 in the 78th minute. Forward Andrea Belotti defeated Empoli goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario converting a penalty with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The penalty is conceded by Petar Stojanovic following a handball inside the penalty area.
👉Empoli 1 – 1 Torino, 78th minute, goal by ⚽️ Andrea Belotti equalized for @TorinoFC1906_En converting a penalty with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner. https://t.co/eWfebjOXe2
Referee Cosso giving another penalty to Torino. Belotti converted the penalty in the 87th minute giving the lead to Torino converting the penalty with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The penalty is conceded by Petar Stojanovic.
👉Empoli 1 – 2 Torino, 87th minute, goal by ⚽️ Andrea Belotti converting a penalty for @TorinoFC1906_En with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The penalty is conceded by Petar Stojanovic. https://t.co/ttlt4P01sZ
Who else????? Andrea Belotti with a hat-trick in the 96th minute sealing the victory in grand style!!!!!
👉Empoli 1 – 3 Torino, 96th minute, goal by ⚽️ Andrea Belotti completing a hat-trick for @TorinoFC1906_En with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Josip Brekalo. https://t.co/sc3bEaCUVU
Thanks to the hat-trick against Empoli, Andrea Belotti overtook Francesco Graziani, becoming the second-best scorer in the history of Torino in Serie A (100 goals), behind only Paolo Pulici (134) https://t.co/Ewlp2d24jL
✅ Stats before the game. Empoli and Torino have faced each other 19 times in Serie A, nine of which have ended level, with Torino winning only three times (L7).
Empoli are unbeaten in their nine Serie A games against Torino to come during the second half of the season (W5 D4), including winning four of the last five games. Empoli won their last league match against Napoli after a 16-match winless run in Serie A (D8 L8), last collecting back to back league wins in December. Torino are unbeaten in their last five Serie A matches (W2 D3), their best run under Juric this season. In fact, in 2022, they have drawn seven league games, only Genoa (eight) have had more within the big-5 European Leagues since the turn of the year.
📺 Click the video to watch Empoli 1 – 3 Torino highlights including all goals on Sunday 1 May 2022
🇮🇹 Referee Francesco Cosso from the section of Reggio Calabria will be assisted by Domenico Palermo from the section of Bari and Marco D’Ascanio from the section of Ancona. The Fourth Official will be Matteo Marchetti from the section of Ostia Lido. The VAR will be Ivano Pezzuto from the section of Lecce and the AVAR will be Luigi Nasca from the section of Bari.
Photo via twitter.com/Empolicalcio
Photo via twitter.com/Empolicalcio
Photo via twitter.com/Empolicalcio
Photo via twitter.com/torinofc1906_en
👉 Empoli vs Torino, Match Officials
Serie A Week 35
🗓️ Sunday 1 May 2022
🏟️ Carlo Castellani Stadium
⏲️ 15:00
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Torino, 11th position with 44 points and a positive goal difference of +6
Empoli, 14th position with 37 points and a negative goal difference of -17
✅ Here are Empoli v Torino official starting lineups for the Serie A Week 35 game on Sunday 1 May 2022 at the Carlo Castellani Stadium in Empoli, Italy at 15:00.
🇮🇹 Referee Francesco Cosso from the section of Reggio Calabria will be assisted by Domenico Palermo from the section of Bari and Marco D’Ascanio from the section of Ancona. The Fourth Official will be Matteo Marchetti from the section of Ostia Lido. The VAR will be Ivano Pezzuto from the section of Lecce and the AVAR will be Luigi Nasca from the section of Bari.
By Anna Italia
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