✅ 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 May 2023.
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Monday 22 May 2023
Front Page, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Monday 22 May 2023
👉He beats even Inter and leaves Napoli
Spalletti a goodbye gift
👉Inzaghi: “A mistake to think about City”
Squad rotation doesn’t pay off
👉Allegri sees Elkann
Between tension and penalties
👉 Hello, my friends. Here are the 2022-2023 Italian Serie A Week 36 RESULTS / Thirty-fifth Round on Friday 19, Saturday 20, Sunday 21, and Monday 22 May 2023
A sour news for Juventus after the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) court issued Juventus a new ruling on Monday 22 May were docked 10 points for the current Serie A season in a case centered on the club’s transfer dealings. After a 4-1 defeat at Empoli on Monday, leaving Juve with two matches to play this season, the deduction sees Juventus going down from second to seventh place in the top-flight standings on 59 points. On the other hand, non-guilty verdicts for seven ex-Juventus executives, including Czech former vice-chairman and midfield player Pavel Nedved.
✅ Here is the situation: 👉🏆🇮🇹 Napoli won the 2022-23 Serie A Scudetto on Thursday 4 May 2023 after the 1-1 draw with Udinese.
Verdict – Relegation. After 11 seasons in Serie A, Sampdoria is arithmetically relegated to Serie B 2023-24 after losing the Serie A Week 34 against Udinese.
Cremonese will return to Serie B next season after 17th-placed Spezia drew at Lecce on Sunday, sealing their relegation with two games remaining in the season. Spezia reached 31 points. Mathematically speaking, Cremonese in the 19th place with 24 points, can no longer leapfrog them for safety.
Verdict – Promotion: Two Serie B teams are already promoted to the Serie A 2023-24: Frosinone and Genoa.
✅ 10 Serie A Games Completed
⚽️ Serie A Top Scorer up to Week 36 (Updated on Monday 22 May 2023)
✅ Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Sunday 21 May 2023.
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Sunday 21 May 2023
Front Page, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Sunday 21 May 2023
👉The Champions League race resumes with five goals
Milan are alive
Samp sunk
👉Spalletti snaps
Moving away from Naples, he is thinking of taking time out
“De Laurentiis, I need boots, not wings”
Corriere dello Sport, Front Page, Sunday 21 May 2023
Front Page Corriere dello Sport, Sunday 21 May 2023
👉Awaiting for the Court of Appeal: the second strand of the investigation also frightening
Juve feels like -12
Tomorrow the verdict: the objective is to take away Champions League
62% Ball Possession AC MILAN and 38% Ball Possession SAMPDORIA AC Milan 5 – 1 Sampdoria
8′ Rafael Leão 21′ Fabio Quagliarella
24′ Olivier Giroud
28′ Olivier Giroud (pen)
63′ Brahim Díaz
68′ Olivier Giroud Buy Serie A tickets for every Italian League football match
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AC Milan, 5th position with 61 points and a positive goal difference of +14
Sampdoria, 20th position with 18 points and a negative goal difference of -41
AC Milan won the Serie A Week 36 game crushing Sampdoria on Saturday 20 May 2023 at the San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy. Sampdoria already relegated to the Serie B. The curtain falls at the San Siro Stadium with a convincing victory for the Rossoneri humiliating Sampdoria. The victory is an added boost for the moral redemption to leave behind the elimination from the Champions League and does so by winning 5-1. Leao started the party in the 9th minute, a goal which is answered in the 20th minute by the signature of a timeless Fabio Quagliarella who, at the time of his substitution in the second half, will be able to enjoy a general ovation from the entire Meazza audience. However, a draw that was short-lived, and from the 23rd minute Milan would dominate. Olivier Giroud put the Rossoneri back in front, to then sign a brace in the 29th minute converting the penalty. In the 63rd minute with Diaz, who opens the plate and beats Ravaglia. In the 68th minute, a hat-trick by Giroud who realizes an inviting tip from Leao after a physical dispute with Nuytinck. A record for Milan scoring 5+ goals in San Siro only for the second time in a Serie A match under Coach Stefano Pioli: on 18/7/2020, against Bologna (also 5-1 in that case).
Pioli and Stankovic’s men who will be engaged on the 37th day respectively away, guests of Allegri’s Juventus for an electrifying Champions League clash, and at home against Mister Dionisi’s Sassuolo.
AC Milan opened the score in the 8th minute. Forward Rafael Leão defeated Sampdoria goalkeeper with a right-footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Brahim Díaz.
👉AC Milan 1 – 0 Sampdoria, 8th minute, ⚽️ goal by Rafael Leão for @acmilan with a right-footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Brahim Díaz. https://t.co/XVqw5uWSu6
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) May 20, 2023
21 – Rafael Leão has been directly involved in 21 goals (13 goals, 8 assists): his best tally in a single Serie A season; before him, the last Milan player to have had a hand in 20+ goals in a single top-flight season was Ibrahimovic: 34, in 2011/12. Power.#MilanSamppic.twitter.com/Szw2Y3JqDh
Sampdoria equalized in the 21st minute with the goal by Fabio Quagliarella with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Alessandro Zanoli.
👉AC Milan 1 – 1 Sampdoria, 21st minute, ⚽️ goal by Fabio Quagliarella equalized for @sampdoria_en with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Alessandro Zanoli. https://t.co/eFDQM7RWXJ
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) May 20, 2023
AC Milan broke the draw. Olivier Giroud gave Milan the lead again in the 24th minute from very close range with a headed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Brahim Díaz following a corner conceded by Alessandro Zanoli.
👉AC Milan 2 – 1 Sampdoria, 24th minute, ⚽️ goal by Olivier Giroud for @acmilan from very close range with a headed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Brahim Díaz following a corner conceded by Alessandro Zanoli. https://t.co/66RWcOzbTv
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) May 20, 2023
Olivier Giroud with a brace! In the 28th minute, Giroud converted a penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner. The penalty is conceded by Koray Günter after a foul on Rafael Leão.
👉 AC Milan 3 – 1 Sampdoria, 28th minute, ⚽️ goal by Olivier Giroud converted a penalty for @acmilan with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner. The penalty is conceded by Koray Günter. https://t.co/3OhEAGJQRI
AC Milan with a poker! In the 63rd minute, Brahim Díaz scored with a right-footed shot to the center. The assist is by Sandro Tonali.
👉 AC Milan 4 – 1 Sampdoria, 63rd minute, ⚽️ goal by Brahim Díaz for @acmilan with a right-footed shot to the center. The assist is by Sandro Tonali. https://t.co/zkr7SygajU
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) May 20, 2023
A perfect match for Olivier Giroud scoring a hat-trick! In the 68th minute, Giroud scored from very close range with a left-footed shot to the center. The assist is by Rafael Leão.
👉 AC Milan 5 – 1 Sampdoria, 68th minute, ⚽️ goal by Olivier Giroud for @acmilan from very close range with a left footed shot to the center. The assist is by Rafael Leão. https://t.co/ECurfIPjGI
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) May 20, 2023
✅ Stats before the game: Milan have won their last three matches against Sampdoria in the league, the Rossoneri haven’t achieved more consecutive wins against the Blucerchiati in Serie A since the period between 1999 and 2005 (five in that case). AC Milan have not won any of their last three matches against teams that occupied the bottom three positions of the Serie A table at the start of the day (D2, L1), after instead having achieved eight wins in the previous nine matches of this type (D1). After a three-game winning streak last February, Milan have won just three of their next 11 Serie A matches (D5 L3); from the beginning of March, in fact, the Rossoneri would occupy 12th position in the championship standings (14 points, equal to Salernitana). Sampdoria have obtained 18 points so far in this championship and for the first time in their history they will end a Serie A season with less than 28 points (considering always three points for a win). Sampdoria are the team that has earned the least away points this season in Serie A (nine in 17 matches); moreover, no team has conceded more goals than the Blucerchiati away from home (36, equal to Sassuolo).
👉 Lineup AC MILAN (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Calabria, Thiaw, Tomori, Hernández; Tonali, Krunić; Messias, Díaz, Leão; Giroud.
📺 Click the video to watch AC Milan 5 – 1 Sampdoria on Saturday 20 May 2023
🇮🇹 Referee Francesco Fourneau from the section of Roma 1 will be assisted by Alessio Berti from the section of Prato and Marco Scatragli from the section of Arezzo. The Fourth Official will be Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi from the section of Livorno. The VAR will be Antonio Di Martino from the section of Teramo. The AVAR will be Longo from the section of Paola.
The San Siro Stadium ready for AC Milan vs Sampdoria
Photo via twitter.com/acmilan
Photo via twitter.com/acmilan
Photo via twitter.com/acmilan
Photo via twitter.com/sampdoria
Photo via twitter.com/sampdoria
Photo via twitter.com/sampdoria
👉 AC Milan vs Sampdoria, Match Officials
Serie A Week 36
🗓️ Saturday 20 May 2023
🏟️ San Siro Stadium
⏲️ 20:45
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AC Milan, 5th position with 61 points and a positive goal difference of +14
Sampdoria, 20th position with 18 points and a negative goal difference of -41
✅ Here are AC Milan vs Sampdoria official starting lineups for the Serie A Week 36 game on Saturday 20 May 2023 at the San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy at 20:45.
👉 Lineup AC MILAN (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Calabria, Thiaw, Tomori, Hernández; Tonali, Krunić; Messias, Díaz, Leão; Giroud.
🇮🇹 Referee Francesco Fourneau from the section of Roma 1 will be assisted by Alessio Berti from the section of Prato and Marco Scatragli from the section of Arezzo. The Fourth Official will be Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi from the section of Livorno. The VAR will be Antonio Di Martino from the section of Teramo. The AVAR will be Longo from the section of Paola.
By Anna Italia
