Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Tuesday 6 September 2022
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Tuesday 6 September 2022.
Front Page, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Tuesday 6 September 2022
👉Milan, music!
Pioli prepares another symphony in Mozart’s city
👉Champions League in Paris
Juventus to the martians
We need a special test against Neymar-Mbappe-Messi’s PSG
Allegri: “They are the strongest of all” pic.twitter.com/ZcDqwcFChS
Hello, my friends. Here are the 2022-2023 Italian Serie A Week 5 Results / Fifth Round on Saturday 3, Sunday 4, and Monday 5 September 2022. The awaited Milan Derby is won by AC Milan claiming the full bragging rights to rule in Milan beating Inter 3-2. The biggest upset is Roma not only losing against Udinese, but also losing the 1st position going down to the 5th position. The sole leader is Atalanta with 13 points.
✅ 10 Serie A Games Completed
⚽️ Serie A Top Scorer up to Week 5 (Updated on Monday 5 September 2022)
We have new leaders! ⚫️🔵 Atalanta takes the first place alone in the standings with 13 points after defeating Monza at the U-Power Stadium. Rasmus Höjlund’s first Italian goal and Monza defender Marlon’s own goal caused by Lookman’s tap-in, to take home the three points. A total flop for Monza remaining with 0 points.
The Milan Derby is all Red and Black 🔴⚫️. Milan defeated Inter in San Siro Stadium. Rightfully, AC Milan claimed the bragging rights to rule in Milan. It’s a tough defeat for Inter because they also lost the 3rd position. It was just a spectacular Derby di Milano, full of emotions. Inter took the lead with Marcelo Brozovic. Rafael Leão scores an equalizer in the 28th minute. In the second half, Olivier Giroud goal in the 54th minute, Leão scored twice with a personal action, Edin Džeko shortened the gap. A brilliant goalkeeper Mike Maignan saves the result, miraculous on the ex-Milan player Calhanoglu. In the next round, AC Milan will play the away game against Sampdoria, Inter will play at home against Torino.
Torino defeated Lecce at the Olimpico di Torino Stadium. Third consecutive goal for the former West Ham player Nikola Vlašić scoring the only goal. Torino reached 10 points and climbed from the 9th to the 4th position being -3 from the leaders Atalanta with 13. Lecce remains at 2, still lacking in victories in the Serie A since their promotion from Serie B.
Udinese crushed AS Roma at the Dacia Arena. Udinese with a poker while Roma seemed to just wave the goals. Udogie breaks the deadlock in the 5th minute. In the second half, Lazar Samardzic doubles in the 56th minute, Roberto Pereyra’s trio in the 75th minute, Lovric also scored for the final smack. Udinese reached 10 points in the standings. José Mourinho’s Giallorossi are returning from a 3-0 home match against Monza, a match in which Paulo Dybala scored his first goals with Lupa in official matches and reached 100 in Serie A. This defeat is a slap for Roma ahead of their debut in the Europa League scheduled for Thursday in Razgrad, Bulgaria, against Ludogorets. In the next round, Udinese will play the away game against Sassuolo while Roma will play at home against Empoli.
Fiorentina, despite dominating, failed to win against Juventus at the Artemio Franchi Stadium. The match was decided by the goals scored in the first half by Arkadiusz Milik and Christian Kouamé. In the second half, it is Fiorentina with the chance to win the game, despite Luka Jovic’s missed penalty at the end of the first half. In the next round, Juventus will play at home against Salernitana while Fiorentina will play away against Bologna.
Napoli defeated Lazio at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium in Rome. Lazio took an early lead with Mattia Zaccagni in the 4th minute while Napoli overturned the result claiming the victory. For the moment, Napoli and AC Milan share 11 points each waiting for the games of Atalanta and Roma. A slap for Lazio and not a good feeling ahead of the UEFA Europa League game on Thursday 8 September against Feyenoord. On the contrary, Napoli with a boost to the morale ahead of the Champions League game on Wednesday 7 September against Liverpool.
Cremonese and Sassuolo ended with a goalless draw at the Giovanni Zini Stadium. Cremonese wins the first point in Serie A, while Sassuolo reaches six points in the standings. Dessers and teammates, despite some good performances, finally move the ranking after taking four defeats in as many rounds: Fiorentina (3-2), Rome (1-0), Turin (2-1) and Inter (3-1) ). Sassuolo, on the other hand, after the debut defeat against Juve (3-0) beat Lecce before the draws against Spezia (2-2) and Milan (0-0). Cremonese and Sassuolo facing for their first time in their history in the Serie A championship, as have their coaches Alvini and Dionisi.
Spezia and Bologna ended with a 2-2 draw at the Alberto Picco Stadium. Bologna are unbeaten in four Serie A previous matches against Spezia, thanks to a draw followed by three wins – considering the 2020/21 and 2021/22 seasons, the Ligurian one is one of the three teams against which the Emilians have played four games without never lose (like Udinese and Sampdoria).
Hellas Verona win their first game this season winning the Serie A Week 5 against Sampdoria at the Marc’Antonio Bentegodi Stadium. It’s a moment to celebrate for Verona because they also moved away from the relegation zone climbing from the 18th to the 13th position. The match is decided in the last five minutes of the first half: to the splendid goal scored by Caputo in the 40th minute, the hosts responded with a deadly one-two signed by the innocent Audero scoring an own goal and by the seal of Doig almost at the end. In the next round, Sampdoria will play at home against AC Milan while Verona will be playing the away game against Lazio.
Hello, my friends. Here are the 2022-2023 Italian Serie A Week 4 Results / Fourth Round on Tuesday 30, Wednesday 31 August and Thursday 1 September 2022. AS Roma and Atalanta share the leadership with 10 points each.
✅ 10 Serie A Games Completed
⚽️ Serie A Top Scorer up to Week 4 (Updated on Thursday 1 September 2022)
Juventus forward Dušan Vlahović and Atalanta Teun Koopmeiners with 4 goals each
Atalanta win the Serie A Week 4 game defeating Torino at the Gewiss Stadium. Atalanta hook AS Roma with 10 points each at the top of the standings. The hero for Atalanta is Teun Koopmeiners scoring a hat-trick taking the ball “as a souvenir.” The honor goal for Torino is scored by Nikola Vlašić. In the next round, Atalanta will play the away game against Monza while Torinoteam will host Lecce.
Napoli failed big time ending the Serie A Week 2 game against Lecce with a draw at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium. Lecce caused an upset claiming at least 1 point to climb the Standing while stopping Napoli. The draw sees Napoli dropping from the 1st position to the third position. Ouch! In the next round, Napoli will play the away game against Lazio at the Olimpico Lecce will play at home against Torino.
Monza having a tough time since their promotion from Serie B not winning a single game yet. Roma crushing Monza at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium. Three precious points for Roma reaching 10 points thanks to a brace from Paulo Dybala and a goal from Ibañez. In the two previous league matches between Rome and Monza, both in Serie B in the 1951/52 season, the Giallorossi team has always obtained the clean sheet. Monza recorded three defeats in their first three Serie A games, the last team to lose all of their first four games in the top flight was Benevento in 2017/18. In the next round, Roma will play the away game in Udine, while Monza will host Atalanta.
AC Milan returning to Sassuolo after 100 days of winning the Scudetto last season. Milan and Sassuolo ended the Serie A Week 4 game with a goalless draw . Sassuolo stops Milan at 0-0: Rossoneri started very strong, they risked a lot on 22nd minute when goalkeeper Mike Maignan rejected Domenico Berardi’s penalty. Milan reached 8 points and will play the Derby against Inter in the next round.
Juventus defeated Spezia the Allianz Stadium. Juventus took home their second victory of the season thanks to the goals scored by Dušan Vlahović in the first half and Arkadiusz Milik at the end of the second half. Juventus return to victory after two consecutive draws against Sampdoria and Roma. Sadly, Spezia leaves the Allianz without points. In the next round, Spezia will play at home against Bologna while Juventus will be playing away against Fiorentina at the Franchi Stadium. Spezia became the fifth opponent against whom Juventus has won all the first five games in Serie A after Chievo, Pescara, Sampdoria and Siena.
Udinese with an important home win defeating Fiorentina at the Dacia Arena. The Viola wasted too many chances, lost many balls. Fiorentina’s abstinence from scoring continues (four games without scoring). The hero for Udinese is Beto scoring the only and winner goal to claim all 3 points. Udinese reached 7 points while Fiorentina remain with 5 points. In the next round, Udinese will play the home game against Roma and Fiorentina will host Juventus at the Franchi Stadium.
Bologna failed to win ending with a draw against Salernitana at the Renato Dall’Ara Stadium. Salernitana got their third consecutive useful result finding the second draw in four games and climb to tenth place in the standings with 5 points. Bologna still unable to win their first game collecting only 2 points in the first four games this season. On a positive note, the draw helped Bologna to leave the relegation zone.
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game
AS Roma, 6th position with 7 points and a positive goal difference of +2
Monza, 20th position with 0 points and a negative goal difference of -6
Monza having a tough time since their promotion from Serie B not winning a single game yet. Roma win the Serie A Week 4 game crushing Monza on Tuesday 30 August 2022 at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium in Rome, Italy. Three precious points for Roma reaching 10 points thanks to a brace from Paulo Dybala and a goal from Ibañez. In the two previous league matches between Rome and Monza, both in Serie B in the 1951/52 season, the Giallorossi team has always obtained the clean sheet. Monza recorded three defeats in their first three Serie A games, the last team to lose all of their first four games in the top flight was Benevento in 2017/18.
In the next round, Roma will play the away game in Udine, while Monza will host Atalanta.
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Roma opened the score in the 18th minute. The goal by Argentinean forward Paulo Dybala defeating Monza goalkeeper Michele Di Gregorio with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner. The headed assist is by Tammy Abraham.
👉 AS Roma 1 – 0 Monza, 18th minute, goal by ⚽️ Paulo Dybala for @ASRomaEN with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner. The headed assist is by Tammy Abraham. https://t.co/VdPi48W4dJ
Paulo Dybala inspired and just “smelling” goals! Yep, Dybala scoring in the 32nd minute after the ball rebound following a save by Di Gregorio denying Tammy Abraham attempt to score.
👉 AS Roma 2 – 0 Monza, 32nd minute, goal by ⚽️ Paulo Dybala for @asRomaEN with a right footed shot to the center. SMELLING GOALS… Dybala scored after Tammy’s shot is saved bam bam bam on the rebound GOOALLLLL https://t.co/FSCtneTmze
Chaos for Monza! Roma increased the score for the 3-0 in the 61st minute. It is Ibañez to score with a headed shot to the center. The assist is by Lorenzo Pellegrini with a cross following a corner conceded by Marlon Santos.
👉 AS Roma 3 – 0 Monza, 61st minute, goal by ⚽️ Ibañez for @ASRomaEN with a headed shot to the center. The assist is by Lorenzo Pellegrini with a cross following a corner conceded by Marlon Santos. https://t.co/5v7YsCn56z
✅ Stats before the game: Roma have won both league precedents against Monza (2-0 away in December 1951 and 1-0 at home in April 1952, both in Serie B). Monza, on the other hand, achieved success in the only previous match between the two teams played in August (2-1 at the home of the red and white in the Italian Cup in 1988). After failing to find success in the first eight top-flight matches played on Tuesday (2N, 6P), Roma have won all four most recent ones (between 2014 and 2017), keeping clean sheets in the last three.Roma have lost only one of their last 43 Serie A matches against newly promoted formations (36W, 6N), a 2-3 against Venezia in November 2021 – the last home defeat against these opponents dates back to 31 May 2015 (1 -2 against Palermo, when Rudi Garcia was at the helm of the club).
Roma could earn 10 points after the first four Serie A matches of the season for the first time since 2014/15 (12 points out of 12 in that case with Rudi Garcia at the helm).Roma have remained undefeated in their last nine league home games (5W, 4N), the last time they struck a longer streak without home defeats in Serie A was in February 2021 (16 in that case).
👉 Lineup AS ROMA (3-4-2-1): Rui Patricio; Mancini, Kumbulla, Ibañez; Celik, Cristante, Matic, Zalewski; Dybala, Pellegrini; Abraham.
👉 Lineup MONZA (3-5-2): Di Gregorio; Marrone, Marlon, Caldirola; Birindelli, Pessina, Sensi, Machin, Carlos Augusto; Caprari, Petagna.
📺 Click the video to watch AS Roma 3 – 0 Monza highlights including all goals on Tuesday 30 August 2022
🇮🇹 Referee Marco Piccinini from the section of Forlì will be assisted by Alberto Tegoni from the section of Milano and Marcello Rossi from the section of Biella. The Fourth Official will be Federico Dionisi from the section of L’Aquila. The VAR will be Paolo Mazzoleni from the section of Bergamo. The AVAR will be Filippo Meli from the section of Parma.
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game
AS Roma, 6th position with 7 points and a positive goal difference of +2
Monza, 20th position with 0 points and a negative goal difference of -6
✅ Here are AS Roma vs Monza official starting lineups for the Serie A Week 4 game on Tuesday 30 August 2022 at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium in Rome, Italy at 20:45.
👉 Lineup AS ROMA (3-4-2-1): Rui Patricio; Mancini, Kumbulla, Ibañez; Celik, Cristante, Matic, Zalewski; Dybala, Pellegrini; Abraham.
🇮🇹 Referee Marco Piccinini from the section of Forlì will be assisted by Alberto Tegoni from the section of Milano and Marcello Rossi from the section of Biella. The Fourth Official will be Federico Dionisi from the section of L’Aquila. The VAR will be Paolo Mazzoleni from the section of Bergamo. The AVAR will be Filippo Meli from the section of Parma.
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