Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Wednesday 22 December 2021
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Wednesday 22 December 2021.
Front Page, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Wednesday 22 December 2021
👉The climb, Allegri at -4 from the Champions League places
Juve are back
Kean and then Bernardeschi, Cagliari beaten 2-0
Corriere dello Sport, Front Page, Wednesday 22 December 2021 .
Front Page Corriere dello Sport Wednesday 22 December
👉After Juve, investigation for false accounting reaches the Lega too
Plusvalenze
blittz Inter
👉Cagliari beaten (2-0). Atalanta draw with Genoa
Juve, Allegri sees the light again
Kean-Berna: Max is at -4 from the Champions pic.twitter.com/HG4u9PJtF5
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Atalanta, 4th position with 37 points and a positive goal difference of +14
Genoa, 18th position with 10 points and a negative goal difference of -18
Genoa failing to win the Serie A Week 19 against Atalanta ending with a goalless draw at the Luigi Ferraris Stadium on Tuesday 21 December 2021 in Genoa, Italy. Genoa must start earning points to dream with salvation reaching 11 points . Atalanta looking to climb to the top 3 positions reaching 38 points. Basically, this is a point for Genoa that moves the standings and brings Spezia closer to fourth from last place. Atalanta loses the opportunity to move to second place and sees Juventus approaching 2-0 victorious against Cagliari.
Andriy Shevchenko has lost each of his first three home games as a manager at the helm of Genoa in Serie A; in the era of three points per victory (since 1994/95) no coach has reached four KOs in the first four in the Rossoblu; in general, the last coach to find defeat in each of the first four home games ever in Serie A was Roberto De Zerbi, in 2016.
✅ Stats before the game. Atalanta have remained unbeaten in 10 of the last 11 Serie A matches against Genoa (8W, 2D); the rossoblù’s only success in the set was a 3-1, in December 2018, with Cesare Prandelli on the bench (own goal from Tolói, goals from Lazovic and Piatek). Genoa have suffered 37 so far in this league, in a single Serie A first round they have only done worse in 1950/51 (40) and in 2019/20 (38). Atalanta became the fifth team capable of scoring at least 100 goals in a single calendar year, after Milan (105 in 1949 and 120 in 1950), Torino (111 in 1947 and 114 in 1948), Juventus (100 in 1933) and Inter (103 in 2021). Atalanta have won all of their last six Serie A away games; Only on five occasions has a Lombard team done better in the competition (twice Inter and three AC Milan): the most recent in December 2020 (when the Rossoneri reached seven).
✅ Here are the match officials and fixtures for the Serie A Week 19 / Nineteenth Round on Tuesday 21 and Wednesday 22 December 2021 as designated by the Italian Referee Association (AIA).
🇮🇹 The Italian Referee Association (AIA) has designated the match officials for the Serie A Week 19 game Napoli vs Spezia on Wednesday 22 December 2021 at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Napoli, Italy at 20:45
Referee Luca Massimi from the section of Termoli will be assisted by Matteo Bottegoni from the section of Terni and Fabrizio Lombardo from the section of Cinisello Balsamo. The Fourth Official will be Matteo Marchetti from the section of Ostia Lido. The VAR will be Luca Pairetto from the section of Nichelino and the AVAR will be Sergio Ranghetti from the section of Chiari.
=============== Italian Serie A Tickets for next 10 games
VENEZIA – LAZIO
Penzo Stadium
Referee: MARESCA
Assistants: BRESMES – VALERIANI
Fourth Official: BARONI
VAR: DI PAOLO
AVAR: COSTANZO
16:30
HELLAS VERONA – FIORENTINA
Referee: DOVERI
Assistants: DI IORIO – LANOTTE
Fourth Official: MIELE G.
VAR: ABISSO
AVAR: VIVENZI
18:30
INTER – TORINO
Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
Referee: GUIDA
Assistants: BACCINI – SACCENTI
Fourth Official: ZUFFERLI
VAR: BANTI
AVAR: PERETTI
18:30
AS ROMA – SAMPDORIA
Olimpico di Roma Stadium
Referee: GIACOMELLI
Assistants: DI GIOIA – RASPOLLINI
Fourth Official: MAGGIONI
VAR: MASSA
AVAR: LO CICERO
18:30
EMPOLI – AC MILAN
Carlo Castellani Stadium
Referee: DI BELLO
Assistants: PAGLIARDINI – AFFATATO
Fourth Official: MARINI
VAR: MAZZOLENI
AVAR: GALETTO
20:45
AC Milan failing big time losing the Serie A Week 18 game defeated by Napoli at the San Siro Stadium. The victory helping Napoli to overtake the 2nd position reaching 39 points and a +22 goal difference. AC Milan stepping down from the 2nd to the 3rd position remaining with 39 points but with a lower goal difference +16. Milan have not beaten Napoli at home in the league since 2-0 in December 2014 with Filippo Inzaghi on the bench (Menez and Bonaventura scored): since then three Campania wins and three draws.
Inter win the Serie A Week 18 game against Salernitana in grand style keeping the sole leadership reaching 43 points at the Arechi Stadium. Alexis scoring the 101 league goal of the year! Salernitana need to start earning points to dream with salvation. Inter are one of the three teams (along with Lazio and Bologna) that Salernitana has faced more than once at home in Serie A, always finding success and never conceding a goal.
A slap for Atalanta losing the Serie A Week 18 game against AS Roma risking to lose the 3rd position at the Gewiss Stadium. Roma conquering the Gewiss with this important away victory grabbing all 3 points reaching 31 points being -6 points below Atalanta. The three-way race for the Scudetto remain among Atalanta, Inter and AC Milan, and we might even see Napoli joining it!
Juventus winning the Serie A Week 18 game defeating Bologna at the Renato Dall’Ara Stadium. Juventus have now won their last 11 Serie A games against Bologna, against no team they have a longer open streak in the competition. Juventus with a sprint race to be among the top 3 positions, so far, reaching 31 points being -12 points below Inter in the 1st position with 43 points while Bologna remaining with only 24 points.
It is a wake up call for Cagliari to end this year, at least, with a victory to dream with salvation. Udinese silencing the Unipol Domus claiming the away victory with a poker. Udinese reaching 20 points having +10 points lead over Cagliari. The six Serie A matches played in December between Cagliari and Udinese ended with five Friulian wins and a 1-1 draw, in the most recent of these (in 2020).
Lazio win the Serie A Week 18 game defeating Genoa at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium. Lazio with a sprint race to climb towards the top 6 positions while Genoa need to climb from the relegation zone. Andriy Shevchenko is the third coach in the era of three points to win who has not found success in any of the first five matches as the Genoa bench in Serie A, after Giuseppe Marchioro in 1995 and Luigi Delneri in 2012 – both have won the sixth game with this team.
Torino returning to smile after winning the Serie A Week 18 game defeating Hellas Verona at the Olimpico Torino Stadium in Turin, Italy. The much needed victory giving the boost to the morale of the team. Torino with a leapfrog reaching 25 points being now +2 points above Hellas Verona remaining with 23 points. Torino have won five of their last six home league games (one draw).
Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Sunday 19 December 2021
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Sunday 19 December 2021.
Front Page, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Sunday 19 December
👉Eyes on me
Ibra leads Milan against Napoli to stay within Inter’s reach
👉The answer from Max and Mou
Who are you calling washed up?
👉Juve anti-fog
Morata and Cuadrado goals: Bologna defeated
Corriere dello Sport, Front Page, Sunday 19 December 2021 .
Front Page, Corriere dello Sport, Sunday 19 December
👉Roma enchant in Bergamo (4-1): Atalanta ko, Juve win in Bologna (2-0)
This is Mou
Brace by Abraham, first Zaniolo goal in Serie A this season, flash of Smalling
By Anna Italia
