✅ 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
✅ 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
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AS Roma, 9th position with 1 point and a positive goal difference of “0”
Hellas Verona, 8th position with 3 points and a positive goal difference of +1
Hellas Verona won the Serie A Week 2 game defeating AS Roma on Saturday 26 August 2023 at the Marc’Antonio Bentegodi Stadium in Verona, Italy. Verona with full 6 points goes together with Milan, Roma remained with just 1 point.
A tough battle ending after 104 minutes sees Verona repeating the victory of the first day. Ondrej Duda opens the scoring at the start, Cyril Ngonge then doubles up on the counterattack, in the second half the new signing Houssem Aouar shortens, but despite the final pressing and the numerical superiority, due to the direct expulsion of Hien, the Giallorossi are unable to find the goal tie.
In the next round, before the break, Hellas Verona will visit Sassuolo, the Giallorossi will host AC Milan.
The party started in the 4th minute for Hellas Verona! Ondrej Duda opened the score defeating AS Roma goalkeeper Rui Patricio from very close range with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
👉 Hellas Verona 1 – 0 AS Roma, 4th minute, ⚽️ goal by Ondrej Duda for @HellasVeronaFC from very close range with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner. https://t.co/irTJXDdGZI
Hellas Verona giving a headache to the Giallorossi. Verona ended the first half with a goal by Cyril Ngonge scoring with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Ondrej Duda.
👉 Hellas Verona 2 – 0 AS Roma, 45+4′ minute, ⚽️ goal by Cyril Ngonge for @HellasVeronaFC with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Ondrej Duda. https://t.co/SP4DDdpG3H
Houssem Aouar making his debut with AS Roma in Serie A scoring his first goal! In the 56th minute, Aouar shortened the distance from very close range with a headed shot to the bottom right corner.
✅ Stats before the game: Verona have lost 33 of their 64 Serie A matches against Roma (W11, D20), only against Inter (39) and Juventus (36) have they suffered more defeats in the competition. Verona have lost three of their last five Serie A home games against Roma (W2), as many defeats as in their previous 10 home games against the Giallorossi in the tournament (W1, D6). Verona have won their first game of this championship, only twice in their history in Serie A have they achieved two successes in the first two games of the season: in 1984/85 and in 2020/21 – in the latter case the first victory came precisely against Roma (3-0 at the table). Verona drew in their last home league game (1-1 against Empoli last May) and have not had two home draws in a row in Serie A since May 2021 (three in that case). Roma drew in their first match of Serie A 2023/24 (2-2 against Salernitana); in the previous two championships with José Mourinho, the Giallorossi had always won in the first two games of the season (W4). Roma have not achieved a single win in their last four Serie A away games (D2, L2) and have done no worse since March-May 2021, i.e. the last seven away games under Paulo Fonseca in the tournament (D2, L5) .
📺 Click the video to watch Hellas Verona 2 – 1 AS Roma highlights on Saturday 26 August 2023
🇮🇹 Referee Daniele Doveri from the section of Roma 1 will be assisted by Marco Bresmes from the section of Bergamo and Dario Garzelli from the section of Livorno. The Fourth Official will be Luca Zufferli from the section of Udine. The VAR will be Luigi Nasca from the section of Bari. The AVAR will be Giacomo Paganessi from the section of Bergamo.
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AS Roma, 9th position with 1 point and a positive goal difference of “0”
Hellas Verona, 8th position with 3 points and a positive goal difference of +1
✅ Here are Hellas Verona vs AS Roma official starting lineups for the Serie A Week 2 game on Saturday 26 August 2023 at the Marc’Antonio Bentegodi Stadium in Verona, Italy at 20:45.
🇮🇹 Referee Daniele Doveri from the section of Roma 1 will be assisted by Marco Bresmes from the section of Bergamo and Dario Garzelli from the section of Livorno. The Fourth Official will be Luca Zufferli from the section of Udine. The VAR will be Luigi Nasca from the section of Bari. The AVAR will be Giacomo Paganessi from the section of Bergamo.
By Anna Italia
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