Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Monday 3 January 2022
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Monday 3 January 2022.
Front Page, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Monday 3 January 2021
👉Off to the market, Juventus want to make the first goal
Icardi and Lady
👉Inter
Double deal: pushing for Villar and for Digne, the Vecino card
Corriere dello Sport, Front Page, Monday 3 January 2022 .
Front Page, Corriere dello Sport, Monday 3 January
👉The Supercoppa with Inter confirmed on January 12. And they resume with Napoli and Roma
Juve, everything against
Three consecutive big matches, the Covid cases and Morata: terrible start for Allegri
👉”Juve, take Icardi”
Toni, World Cup champion’s words, ‘Mauro will bring 15 goals. Dybala will be against Napoli. Supercoppa: Inter-Juve to be played on January 12
Inter crowning as Winter Champions being the sole leader of the Serie A reaching 46 points. Inter ending the 2021 with a home victory winning the Serie A Week 19 defeating Torino at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium. Inter have won all of their last four Serie A matches against Torino, always scoring at least two goals per game; never in its history, the Lombard team has scored more than one goal for five consecutive matches against the grenade, in the top league.
AC Milan climbed from the 3rd to the 2nd position after defeating Empoli t the Carlo Castellani Stadium with a 2-4 in favor of the Rossoneri. AC Milan having 42 points being -4 points below Inter. The victory is an added boost for Milan getting back the 2nd position with 42 points while Napoli stepped down from the 2nd to the 3rd after losing the game against Spezia at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium. Napoli remain with 39 points.
Salernitana did not show up after the ASL stop due to the Covid positive. The referee, as per regulation, waited 45 minutes and then decreed the end.
Genoa failing to win the Serie A Week 19 against Atalanta ending with a goalless draw at the Luigi Ferraris Stadium. Genoa must start earning points to dream with salvation. Atalanta looking to climb to the top 3 positions reaching 38 points. Basically, this is a point for Genoa reaching 11 points that moves the standings and brings Spezia closer to fourth from last place. Atalanta loses the opportunity to move to second place.
Juventus with a sprint race to climb towards the top 3 positions win the Serie A Week 19 game against Cagliari at the Allianz Stadium in Turin, Italy. This is a boost for the morale of the team seeing Juventus reaching 34 points while Cagliari remain penultimate in the standings with 10 points, despite a good performance.
👉 Results from Serie A Week 19
Udinese – Salernitana (not played The ASL stop due to the Covid positive)
👉 Top Serie A teams standing AFTER Serie A Week 19 game. First 4 qualifying for Champions League, 5 and 6 for Europa League. (Wednesday 22 December 2021)
– INTER, 1st position with 46 points and a positive goal difference of +34
– AC MILAN, 2nd position with 42 points and a positive goal difference of +18
– NAPOLI, 3rd position with 39 points and a positive goal difference of +21
– ATALANTA, 4th positions with 38 points and a positive goal difference of +14
– JUVENTUS, 5th position with 34 points and a positive goal difference of +10
– AS ROMA, 6th position with 32 points and a positive goal difference of +10
Relegation Zone:
– GENOA, 18th position with 11 points and a negative goal difference of -18
– CAGLIARI, 19th position with 10 points and a negative goal difference of -23
– SALERNITANA, 20th position with 8 points and a negative goal difference of -31
👉 2021 – 2022 Italy Serie A Standing – Serie A Table up to Wednesday 22 December 2021
2021-22 serie a standing
MP
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
PoinTS
1
Inter
19
14
4
1
49
15
34
46
2
AC Milan
19
13
3
3
40
22
18
42
3
Napoli
19
12
3
4
35
14
21
39
4
Atalanta
19
11
5
3
38
24
14
38
5
Juventus
19
10
4
5
27
17
10
34
6
AS Roma
19
10
2
7
31
21
10
32
7
Fiorentina
19
10
2
7
34
25
9
32
8
Lazio
19
9
4
6
39
34
5
31
9
Empoli
19
8
3
8
30
34
-4
27
10
Bologna
19
8
3
8
27
31
-4
27
11
Torino
19
7
4
8
23
19
4
25
12
Sassuolo
19
6
6
7
30
31
-1
24
13
Hellas Verona
19
6
6
7
34
32
2
24
14
Udinese
18
4
8
6
26
28
-2
20
15
Sampdoria
19
5
5
9
27
35
-8
20
16
Venezia
19
4
5
10
18
34
-16
17
17
Spezia
19
4
4
11
19
39
-20
16
18
Genoa
19
1
8
10
19
37
-18
11
19
Cagliari
19
1
7
11
17
40
-23
10
20
Salernitana
18
2
2
14
11
42
-31
8
Uefa Champions League: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
Europa League: 5th, 6th
Relegation: 18th, 19th, 20th
✅ Here are the match officials and fixtures for the Serie A Week 19 / Nineteenth Round on Tuesday 21 and Wednesday 22 December 2021 as designated by the Italian Referee Association (AIA).
🇮🇹 The Italian Referee Association (AIA) has designated the match officials for the Serie A Week 19 game Napoli vs Spezia on Wednesday 22 December 2021 at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Napoli, Italy at 20:45
Referee Luca Massimi from the section of Termoli will be assisted by Matteo Bottegoni from the section of Terni and Fabrizio Lombardo from the section of Cinisello Balsamo. The Fourth Official will be Matteo Marchetti from the section of Ostia Lido. The VAR will be Luca Pairetto from the section of Nichelino and the AVAR will be Sergio Ranghetti from the section of Chiari.
=============== Italian Serie A Tickets for next 10 games
VENEZIA – LAZIO
Penzo Stadium
Referee: MARESCA
Assistants: BRESMES – VALERIANI
Fourth Official: BARONI
VAR: DI PAOLO
AVAR: COSTANZO
16:30
HELLAS VERONA – FIORENTINA
Referee: DOVERI
Assistants: DI IORIO – LANOTTE
Fourth Official: MIELE G.
VAR: ABISSO
AVAR: VIVENZI
18:30
INTER – TORINO
Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
Referee: GUIDA
Assistants: BACCINI – SACCENTI
Fourth Official: ZUFFERLI
VAR: BANTI
AVAR: PERETTI
18:30
AS ROMA – SAMPDORIA
Olimpico di Roma Stadium
Referee: GIACOMELLI
Assistants: DI GIOIA – RASPOLLINI
Fourth Official: MAGGIONI
VAR: MASSA
AVAR: LO CICERO
18:30
EMPOLI – AC MILAN
Carlo Castellani Stadium
Referee: DI BELLO
Assistants: PAGLIARDINI – AFFATATO
Fourth Official: MARINI
VAR: MAZZOLENI
AVAR: GALETTO
20:45
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).
By Anna Italia
