✅ Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Monday 22 January 2024.
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Monday 22 January 2024
Front Page La Gazzetta dello Sport, Monday 22 January 2024
👉Maignan: “All accomplices”
World of football stands with Milan goalkeeper and Cardinale calls
👉Vlahovic show, Juve overtake
Another brace from the Serbian
👉 Hello, my friends. Here are the 2023-2024 Italian Serie A Week 21 RESULTS / Twenty-first Round on Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 January 2024. This round will be completed in February because Lazio, Napoli, Inter, and Fiorentina are in Saudi Arabia playing the Supercoppa Italiana. With a game to recover, Inter (51 points) stepped down to the 2nd position because Juventus defeated Lecce and jumped to the 1st position with 52 points.
A winning debut for bew AS Roma Coach Daniele De Rossi who replaced Jose Mourinho. Roma reached 32 points, catching Bologna in the standings. Verona remained third from last at 17 points.
Milan conquered the 3 points with a suffered victory but finally defeated Udinese. Milan are in third place with 45 points in total. A different situation for Udinese, who occupy the 16th place in the general classification remaining with 18 points.
👉 Top Serie A teams standing AFTER Serie A Week 21 game. The first 4 qualify for the Champions League, 5 and 6 for Europa League. (Sunday 21 January 2024)
– JUVENTUS, 1st position with 52 points and a positive goal difference of +23
– INTER, 2nd position with 51 points and a positive goal difference of +39
– AC MILAN, 3rd position with 45 points and a positive goal difference of +18
– FIORENTINA, 4th position with 34 points and a goal difference of +8
– ATALANTA, 5th position with 33 points and a positive goal difference of +14
– LAZIO, 6th position with 33 points and a positive goal difference of +4
Relegation Zone:
– HELLAS VERONA, 18th position with 17 points and a negative goal difference of -10
– EMPOLI, 19th position with 16 points and a negative goal difference of -21
– SALERNITANA, 20th position with 12 points and a negative goal difference of -24
👉 2023 – 2024 Italy Serie A Standing – Serie A Table up to Sunday 21 January 2024
👉 Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Empoli, 19th position with 13 points and a negative goal difference of -24
Monza, 11th position with 25 points and a negative goal difference of -5
Empoli won in grand style the A Week 21 game on Sunday 21 January 2024 at the Carlo Castellani Stadium in Empoli, Italy. Debut to remember for Davide Nicola on the Empoli bench. The Tuscans prevailed with a clear 3-0 over Monza and once again began to glimpse more than one possibility of survival thanks to what, for the Tuscans, was only the second home victory of this championship, the fourth overall. A day to remember also for Simon Zurwkoski, author of the hat-trick that characterized the match. Monza, however, failed to react and returned home after conceding 10 goals in the last three championship matches. Palladino will have his work cut out for him to reverse the trend.
Empoli rises to 16 points in the standings, one less than third from last Hellas Verona and two less than the duo formed by Cagliari and Udinese. Monza, on the other hand, remains anchored at 25 points, the margin on the relegation zone remains large but the only four points scored in the last six matches cannot leave the team from Brianza calm.
1 – Szymon Zurkowski has become today:
▶️The 1st Polish player 🇵🇱 to score a hat-trick in Serie A.
▶️The 1st player to score at least three goals in a Serie A match for Empoli since Nicola Pozzi against Cagliari in 2007 (four goals).
Two teams eager to get a result compete, the hosts, after the change on the bench which led Nicola to replace Andreazzoli, are looking for a victory that has been missing since November 12th at Napoli, while the guests have instead scored only four points in the last five championship races and must try to reverse course to remain in calm waters.
Empoli opened the score in the 13th minute. Szymon Zurkowski defeated Monza goalkeeper Alessandro Sorrentino with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner.
👉Empoli 1 – 0 Monza, 13th minute, ⚽️ goal by Szymon Zurkowski for @EmpoliFC with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner. https://t.co/Q2fubU7nTa
A brilliant game for Zurkowski collecting a hattrick. In the 73rd minute, Zurkowski scored with a left-footed to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Stiven Shpendi.
👉Empoli 3 – 0 Monza, 73rd minute, ⚽️ goal by Szymon Zurkowski for @EmpoliFC with a left footed to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Stiven Shpendi. https://t.co/xg9IcLKn9k
Stats before the game: Monza won two of the three matches against Empoli in Serie A (1P), the Tuscans could in fact become the first team against which the Brianza team achieve three successes in the top division. In the three matches between Empoli and Monza in Serie A, the host team has always won: 1-0 for the Tuscans on 15 October 2022 at Castellani, 2-1 on 4 March 2023 and 2-0 last 26 August at U-Power Stadium in favor of the Brianza. Empoli have never lost in the last six games played at home against Monza between Serie A, Serie B and Serie C: five victories for the Tuscans and a draw, with four ‘clean sheets’ in the partial, including the two most recent. Only Clermont (four) have scored fewer goals than Empoli (five in 10 games) in home games this season in Europe’s top five leagues. Empoli have only collected 13 points in this championship, the result of three wins and four draws (13P): this is the worst performance recorded by the Tuscan team after the first 20 seasonal matches of a major tournament.
✅ Here are the match officials and fixtures for the Serie A Week 21 / Twenty-first Round on Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 January 2024 as designated by the Italian Referee Association (AIA). This round will be completed in February because Lazio, Napoli, Inter, and Fiorentina are in Saudi Arabia playing the Supercoppa Italiana. Their respective match officials will be announced later.
🇮🇹 The Italian Referee Association (AIA) has designated the match officials for the Serie A Week 21 game AS Roma vs Hellas Verona on Saturday 20 January 2024 at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium in Rome, Italy at 18:00.
Referee Juan Luca Sacchi from the section of Macerata will be assisted by Pasquale Capaldo from the section of Napoli and Salvatore Affatato from the section of VCO. The Fourth Official will be Luca Massimi from the section of Termoli. The VAR will be Luca Pairetto from the section of Nichelino. The AVAR will be Paolo Valeri from the section of Roma 2.
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Saturday 20 January 2024
AS ROMA – HELLAS VERONA
Olimpico di Roma Stadium
Referee: SACCHI
Assistants: CAPALDO – AFFATATO
Fourth Official: MASSIMI
VAR: PAIRETTO
AVAR: VALERI
18:00
UDINESE – AC MILAN
Dacia Arena
Referee: MARESCA
Assistants: DI IORIO – SCATRAGLI
Fourth Official: BARONI
VAR: ABISSO
AVAR: IRRATI
20:45
👉 Hello, my friends. Here are the 2023-2024 Italian Serie A Week 20 RESULTS / Twentieth Round on Saturday 13, Sunday 14, and Monday 15 January 2024. Inter are the absolute leaders with 51 points followed by Juventus with 49 points in the second position.
Inter crushed Monza with a 1-5 at the U-Power Stadium. Inter are just ruling big time. It seems Inter are unstoppable commanding the league. Juventus keeping up the race for the Scudetto after defeating Sassuolo with a 3-0. The gap is just -2 points below. Everything can happen.
Milan beat Roma and are at 42 in the standings, nine points behind leaders Inter but nine points behind fifth-placed Lazio. Roma instead wasted a chance to get closer to fourth place, slipping five points behind Fiorentina. Surely, a week to forget for Mourinho’s men, eliminated in the Italian Cup by Lazio and defeated this evening.
The bad news is for Napoli struggling to defend their title. Napoli, despite their victory against Salernitana, stepped down to the 7th position with 31 points. Bologna lost the game against Cagliari, though, are in the 6th position with 32 points. Cagliari gained momentum because the victory helped them to abandon the relegation zone.
The relegation zone is hot and the situation can change next week. Frosinone and Sassuolo have 19 points each. Udinese and Cagliari have 18 points each. Hellas Verona are in the 18th position with 17 points.
Atalanta with a brilliant performance crushed Frosinone with a mega goleada 5-0 at the Gewiss Stadium. Koopmeiners opened the score from eleven meters in the 8th minute, then in the 13th minute, it was Ederson who converted Ruggeri’s precise cross, followed by De Ketelaere’s powerful conclusion in the 14th minute which he sent the ball under the crossbar, making the most of Marten De Roon’s through ball. In the 83rd minute, the poker, an effective change of play by Pasalic who catches Zappacosta, then perfect control from the substitute winger who beats Turati with an effective shot. In the 90th minute, it is Holm who signs the 5-0.
👉 Top Serie A teams standing AFTER Serie A Week 20 game. The first 4 qualify for the Champions League, 5 and 6 for Europa League. (Tuesday 16 January 2024)
– INTER, 1st position with 51 points and a positive goal difference of +39
– JUVENTUS, 2nd position with 49 points and a positive goal difference of +20
– AC MILAN, 3rd position with 42 points and a positive goal difference of +17
– FIORENTINA, 4th position with 34 points and a goal difference of +8
– ATALANTA, 5th position with 33 points and a positive goal difference of +14
– LAZIO, 6th position with 33 points and a positive goal difference of +4
Relegation Zone:
– HELLAS VERONA, 18th position with 17 points and a negative goal difference of -9
– EMPOLI, 19th position with 13 points and a negative goal difference of -24
– SALERNITANA, 20th position with 12 points and a negative goal difference of -23
👉 2023 – 2024 Italy Serie A Standing – Serie A Table up to Tuesday 16 January 2024
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