Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Monday 20 December 2021
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Monday 20 December 2021.
Front Page, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Monday 20 December
👉Milan fury: Kessie equalizer disallowed at the 90th, Napoli win
The VAR doesn’t work this way
👉It’s at +4 and Wednesday the first half of the season ends
Inter Winter Champions
Corriere dello Sport, Front Page, Monday 20 December 2021 .
Front Page Corriere dello Sport, Monday 20 December
👉Elmas decides the big match: Inter remain at +4, it’s Winter Champions
Napoli coup
They beat Milan at San Siro [0-1], catch them and leapfrog Atalanta
👉Fiorentina 2-2 with Sassuolo
Dusan record
33 like CR7
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
Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Saturday 18 December 2021
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Saturday 18 December 2021.
Front Page, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Saturday 18 December 2021
👉Manita from the leaders in Salerno: 103 goals in this calendar year, 0-5
Inter are running
👉Milan-Napoli
Running shots
Pioli and Spalletti: the showdown first, then reinforcements Botman and Mina in defence pic.twitter.com/0PjSkox3ka
Corriere dello Sport, Front Page, Saturday 18 December 2021 .
Front Page, Corriere dello Sport, Saturday 18 December 2021
👉Nerazzurri at +4 over Milan challenging tomorrow Napoli at San Siro
Simone sails away
Inter crush Salernitana [5-0], Inzaghi: “We’re on top to stay there”
Mou fired up: “In Bergamo to win.”
Sinisa challenges Juve pic.twitter.com/W49gxVLXQW
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Lazio, 9th position with 25 points and a positive goal difference of +1
Genoa, 18th position with 10 points and a negative goal difference of -16
Lazio win the Serie A Week 18 game defeating Genoa on Friday 17 December 2021 at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium in Rome, Italy. 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.
Lazio opening the score in the 37th minute. It is Pedro to defeat Genoa goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Felipe Anderson.
👉Lazio 1 – 0 Genoa, 37th minute, ⚽️ goal by Pedro for @OfficialSSLazio with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Felipe Anderson. https://t.co/rEVR1tO65e
Lazio with another goal for the 2-0 in the 75th minute. It is Francesco Acerbi to score from very close range with a headed shot to the top right corner. The assist is by Luis Alberto with a cross following a corner conceded by Stefano Sabelli.
👉Lazio 2 – 0 Genoa, 75th minute, ⚽️ goal by Francesco Acerbi for @OfficialSSLazio from very close range with a headed shot to the top right corner. The assist is by Luis Alberto with a cross following a corner conceded by Stefano Sabelli. https://t.co/DlQgBTCmBE
Problems for Salernitana conceding another goal in the 81st minute. Mattia Zaccagni with a right footed shot to the center. The assist is by Luis Alberto.
👉Lazio 3 – 0 Genoa, 81st minute, ⚽️ goal by Mattia Zaccagni for @OfficialSSLazio with a right footed shot to the center. The assist is by Luis Alberto. https://t.co/HTp2mjsUN7
Finally, Salernitana reacting and scoring the honor goal in the 85th minute. It is Filippo Melegoni to defeat Lazio goalkeeper Strakosha with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Andrea Cambiaso.
👉Lazio 3 – 1 Genoa, 85th minute, ⚽️ goal by Filippo Melegoni for @GenoaCFC with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Andrea Cambiaso. https://t.co/REqzxv6HpK
✅ Stats before the game. Lazio have remained unbeaten in 10 of the last 12 Serie A matches against Genoa (7W, 3D): the only two KOs of the Biancocelesti in the period came in February 2018 and February 2019. Lazio have won five of their last six home matches against Genoa in the league (1P) and have scored exactly four goals in the three most recent. Throughout their history in Serie A, the biancocelesti have scored more than three goals in consecutive home matches against a single opponent against Verona alone (four), between 1997 and 2002. Lazio have lost three of their last five league games (1W, 1D) and have conceded 13 goals in this set, an average of 2.6 per game. Genoa are the only team that hasn’t won a single Serie A game since the beginning of October: five draws and six defeats for the rossoblù during the period.
📺 Click the video to watch Lazio – Genoa highlights on Friday 17 December 2021
✅ Referee Luca Pairetto from the section of Nichelino will be assisted by Luigi Rossi from the section of Rovigo and Damiano Margani from the section of Latina. The Fourth Official will be Alberto Santoro from the section of Messina. The VAR will be Lorenzo Maggioni from the section of Lecco and the AVAR will be Giovanni Baccini from the section of Conegliano.
By Anna Italia
