✅ Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Friday 2 February 2024.
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Friday 2 February 2024
Front Page, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Friday 2 February 2024
👉Zielinski after Taremi
Inter warn Napoli: he will be yours in July
👉Who will stop Thuram?
Rabiot is the balance, the Scudetto will be decided here
✅ Here are the match officials and fixtures for the Serie A Week 23 / Twenty-third Round on Friday 2, Saturday 3, Sunday 4, and Monday 5 February 2024 as designated by the Italian Referee Association (AIA).
🇮🇹 The Italian Referee Association (AIA) has designated the match officials for the Serie A Week 23 game Inter vs Juventus on Saturday 4 February 2024 at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium in Milan, Italy at 20:45.
Referee Fabio Maresca from the section of Napoli will be assisted by Ciro Carbone from the section of Napoli and Alessandro Giallatini from the section of Roma 2. The Fourth Official will be Daniele Doveri from the section of Roma 1. The VAR will be Massimiliano Irrati from the section of Pistoia. The AVAR will be Aleandro Di Paolo from the section of Avezzano.
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Friday 2 February 2024
LECCE – FIORENTINA
Via del Mare Stadium
Referee: GIUA
Assistants: DEL GIOVANE – DI MONTE
Fourth Official:CAMPLONE
VAR: MAZZOLENI
AVAR: SOZZA
20:45
Saturday 3 February 2024
EMPOLI – GENOA
Carlo Castellani Stadium
Referee: FELICIANI
Assistants: PRENNA – SCATRAGLI
Fourth Official: BARONI
VAR: DI PAOLO
AVAR: SERRA
15:00
UDINESE – MONZA
Dacia Arena
Referee: PRONTERA
Assistants: DI GIOIA – CIPRESSA
Fourth Official: FABBRI
VAR: VALERI
AVAR: DI BELLO
15:00
FROSINONE – AC MILAN
Benito Stirpe Stadium
Referee: PAIRETTO
Assistants: TOLFO – LO CICERO
Fourth Official: COSSO
VAR: MARIANI
AVAR: SOZZA
18:00
👉 Here is the list of suspensions by the Sporting Judge Gerardo Mastrandrea assisted by Stefania Ginesio and the A.I.A Representative Carlo Moretti on Tuesday 30 January 2024 after the Serie A Round 22 concluded on Monday 29 January 2024
✅ One game suspension
MILIK Arkadiusz (Juventus): for being responsible for a serious foul.
BUONGIORNO Alessandro (Torino): for incorrect behavior towards an opponent; already warned (Fifth sanction).
CATALDI Danilo (Lazio): for incorrect behavior towards an opponent; already warned (Fifth sanction).
DE SOUZA Matheus Henrique (Sassuolo): for incorrect behavior towards an opponent; already warned (Fifth sanction).
IKONE’ Nanitamo Jonath (Fiorentina): for incorrect behavior towards an opponent; already warned (Fifth sanction).
RAMADANI Ylber (Lecce): for incorrect behavior towards an opponent; already warned (Tenth sanction).
✅ Club Fines
Fine of €7,000.00: LAZIO for having its supporters, during the match, chant an insulting chorus towards the supporters of the opposing team and for having thrown a smoke bomb and two plastic bottles into the playing area; attenuated sanction pursuant to art. 29, paragraph 1 letter. b) CGS.
Fine of €2,000.00: INTER for having its supporters, in the 31st minute of the second half, throw a firecracker into the playing area; attenuated sanction pursuant to art. 29, paragraph 1 letter. b) CGS.
Fine of €2,000.00: SALERNITANA for having its supporters, before the start of the match, throw a fireball onto the playing field; attenuated sanction pursuant to art. 29, paragraph 1 letter. b) CGS.
👉 Hello, my friends. Here are the 2023-2024 Italian Serie A Week 22 RESULTS / Twenty-second round on Friday 26, Saturday 27, Sunday 28, and Monday 29 January 2024.
Inter regained the top spot after defeating Fiorentina with 54 points. It is the “iconic Toro Bull” Argentinean Lautaro Martinez to score the only goal of the match to claim the full 3 points.
Juventus stepped down to the second place with 53 points after their 1-1 draw against Empoli. The first half saw the direct expulsion of Milik for a harsh challenge on Cerri. In the second half, Vlahovic finds the goal in front of goal, but Baldanzi freezes the Stadium with a shot from the edge of the area. Coach Davide Nicola continues his treatment, 4 points in two games, and Empoli is just one point behind Cagliari, now fourth from last.
AC Milan failed to claim the home victory ending with a draw. A brace from Ruben Loftus-Cheek and two penalties conceded by Referee Davide Massa and missed by Olivier Giroud and Theo Hernandez were not enough. Bologna snatched a point thanks to Zirkzee and a penalty from Orsolini in full injury time – awarded by VAR for a hold by the debutant Terracciano on Kristansen.
Atalanta’s overtaking mission is done after defeating Udinese. Temporarily, Atalanta are within the European zone after having achieved the fourth victory in the five matches played in 2024. Third defeat in the last four matches, however, for Udinese who thus remain just one point ahead of the relegation zone, in which they risk ending up.
The favorable moment continues for Genoa with their second consecutive victory, after the one in Salerno. Lecce, on the other hand, is suffering its third consecutive defeat and is unable to emerge from this negative period. Lecce first missed a penalty with Nikola Krstovic saved by goalkeeper Joseph Martinez. The redemption moment arrived for Krstovic scoring later the opening goal.
The pressure increased for Napoli who are out of the European zone. Lazio and Napoli ended with a goalless draw. One point for each team failed to get closer to the fourth place occupied by Atalanta. Lazio interrupted their streak of four consecutive victories in the league and moved within two points of the Champions League zone, while Mazzarri’s team catches up with Roma on 32 points, but remains in ninth place in the standings.
👉 Top Serie A teams standing AFTER Serie A Week 22 game. The first 4 qualify for the Champions League, 5 and 6 for Europa League. (Sunday 28 January 2024)
– INTER, 1st position with 54 points and a positive goal difference of +40
– JUVENTUS, 2nd position with 53 points and a positive goal difference of +23
– AC MILAN, 3rd position with 46 points and a positive goal difference of +18
– ATALANTA, 4th position with 36 points and a goal difference of +16
– AS ROMA, 5th position with 35 points and a positive goal difference of +10
– FIORENTINA, 6th position with 34 points and a positive goal difference of +7
Relegation Zone:
– CAGLIARI, 18th position with 18 points and a negative goal difference of -17
– EMPOLI, 19th position with 17 points and a negative goal difference of -21
– SALERNITANA, 20th position with 12 points and a negative goal difference of -25
👉 2023 – 2024 Italy Serie A Standing – Serie A Table up to Monday 29 January 2024
39% Ball Possession LAZIO and 61% Ball Possession NAPOLI Lazio 0 – 0 Napoli
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Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Lazio, 6th position with 33 points and a positive goal difference of +4
Napoli, 9th position with 31 points and a positive goal difference of +5
The pressure increased for Napoli who are out of the European zone. Lazio and Napoli ended the Serie A Week 22 game with a goalless draw on Sunday 28 January 2024 at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium in Rome, Italy. One point for each team who fail to get closer to the fourth place occupied by Atalanta. Lazio interrupt their streak of four consecutive victories in the league and move within two points of the Champions League zone, while Mazzarri’s team catches up with Roma on 32 points, but remains in ninth place in the standings.
Both teams have to overcome the defeats in the Italian Super Cup and diving back into the race to qualify for the Champions League. Lazio have won their last four league matches, the Biancocelesti have never achieved five successes in a row in Serie A with Maurizio Sarri as coach – the last time they won five consecutive matches in the tournament dates back to the period between March and April 2021, with Simone Inzaghi at the helm.
✅ Stats before the game: Lazio is the team against which Napoli has won the highest number of matches in its history in Serie A: 54 out of 135 matches, complete with 41 draws and 40 victories for the Biancocelesti. \Lazio have won both of the last two matches against Napoli in the league, the last time the Biancocelesti achieved consecutive successes against the Neapolitans in Serie A dates back to the period between May 1993 and October 1994 (four in that case). Not even a draw in the last 14 matches between Lazio and Napoli in Serie A: four Lazio victories and 10 Neapolitan victories – the last “X” sign between these two teams in the tournament dates back to 5 November 2016 (1-1 in that case with goals from Hamsík and Keita Baldé). Napoli have won eight of their last 10 away matches against Lazio in Serie A (2P), scoring 20 goals in the period (exactly two on average per match) – against no other team have the Neapolitans won more away matches in the period (since 2013/14 ).
👉 Lineup LAZIO (4-3-3): Provedel, Lazzari, Gila, Romagnoli, Marusic; Guendouzi, Cataldi, Luis Alberto; Isaksen, Castellanos, Felipe Anderson.
👉 Lineup NAPOLI (3-5-1-1): Gollini; Ostigard, Rrahmani, Juan Jesus; Di Lorenzo, Demme, Lobotka, Zielinski, Mario Rui; Politano; Raspadori.
By Anna Italia
