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Serie A Week 4: Result JUVENTUS 1 – 1 AC MILAN, Sunday 19 September 2021

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44% Ball Possession JUVENTUS and 56% Ball Possession AC MILAN
Juventus 1 – 1 AC Milan
4′  Álvaro Morata                             76′ Ante Rebić
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Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AC Milan, 3rd position with 9 points and a positive goal difference of +6
Juventus, 16th position with 1 point and a negative goal difference of -2

The big duel famous Derby between Juventus and AC Milan ending the Serie A Week 4 game with a draw on Sunday 19 September 2021 at the Allianz Stadium in Turin, Italy.  The pressure was for both, more for Juventus who are now “unbelievable” down in the relegation zone in the 18th position with just 2 points.  AC Milan failed to win their 4th consecutive game.  We might say it is a fair result.   Juventus Coach Massimiliano Allegri facing his ex-team AC Milan….

It is Juventus to open the score arguably a bad move by AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan coming out of the post. Álvaro Morata with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Paulo Dybala. Morata has scored the fastest goal for Juventus against AC Milan in Serie A, after 4 minutes, since February 1996 scored by Antonio Conte in the 3rd minute.

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AC Milan equalizing for the 1-1 in the 76th minute. It is Ante Rebić to defeat Juventus goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny with a headed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Sandro Tonali with a cross following a corner conceded by Adrien Rabiot. The ball was so fast that Szczesny barely had time to move.

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  • ✅ Stats before the game,  overall 172 previous matches between AC Milan and Juventus in Serie A:  Juventus 67 wins, 54 draws, and AC Milan 51 wins.  86 games have been played in Turin with 43 victories for Juventus, 21 draws, and AC Milan with 22 wins. In Serie A history no Serie A games  have won more games (51) against Juventus than AC Milan,  Only one of the last 24 matches between the two teams has ended in a draw, in February 2012.  It is the first time in the history of the Italian championship that AC Milan take on Juventus with at least 8 points of an advantage in the standings before Matchday 16.  AC Milan could win two away matches against the Bianconeri in the same calendar year for the first time since 1968.  AC Milan are fresh off the back of four consecutive away wins in Serie A, keeping a clean sheet in each of those matches: A series that began with Juventus 0-3 AC Milan on 9 May. Throughout their history, the Rossoneri have never recorded five straight league wins without conceding a goal.

👉  JUVENTUS (4-4-2): Szczęsny; Danilo, Bonucci, Chiellini, Alex Sandro; Cuadrado, Bentancur, Locatelli, Rabiot; Dybala, Morata.

👉  AC MILAN (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Tomori, Kjær, Romagnoli, Hernández; Kessie, Tonali; Saelemaekers, Díaz, Leão; Rebić.

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Referee Daniele Doveri from the section of Roma 1 will be assisted by Ciro Carbone from the section of Napoli and Mauro Vivenzi from the section of Brescia. The Fourth Official will be Antonio Rapuano from the section of Rimini. The VAR will be Aleandro Di Paolo from the section Avezzano of and the AVAR will be Giorgio Peretti from the section of Verona.

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2021 – 2022 Italian Serie A Week 4

Juventus  1 – 1 AC Milan
Sunday 19 September 2021
Allianz Stadium
Turin, Italy

20:45

Referee: DOVERI
Assistants: CARBONE – VIVENZI
Fourth Official: RAPUANO
VAR: DI PAOLO
AVAR: PERETTI

Goals: 4′ Álvaro Morata  (J), 76′ Ante Rebić  (M)

Official lineups – formations – tabellino:

JUVENTUS (4-4-2): Szczęsny; Danilo, Bonucci, Chiellini, Alex Sandro; Cuadrado, Bentancur, Locatelli, Rabiot; Dybala, Morata.

Subs: Pinsoglio, Perin; de Ligt, De Sciglio, Pellegrini, Rugani; Bernardeschi, Chiesa, Kulusevski, Mc Kennie, Ramsey; Kean.

Coach:  Massimiliano Allegri.

AC MILAN (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Tomori, Kjær, Romagnoli, Hernández; Kessie, Tonali; Saelemaekers, Díaz, Leão; Rebić.

Subs: Jungdal, Tătărușanu; Ballo-Touré, Conti, Florenzi, Gabbia, Kalulu; Bennacer, Castillejo; Maldini, Pellegri.

Coach: Stefano Pioli.

Serie A Week 4: Result HELLAS VERONA 3 – 2 AS ROMA, Sunday 19 September 2021

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52% Ball Possession HELLAS VERONA and 48% Ball Possession AS ROMA
Hellas Verona 3 – 2 AS Roma
49′ Antonin Barak                            36′ Lorenzo Pellegrini
54′ Gianluca Caprari                        58′ Ivan Ilić (og)
63′ Marco Faraoni
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Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AS Roma, 2nd position with 9 points and a positive goal difference of +7
Hellas Verona, 19th position with 0 points and a negative goal difference of -4

AS Roma failing to have  a perfect start losing the Serie A Week 4 game defeated by Hellas Verona on Sunday 19 September 2021 at the Marc’Antonio Bentegodi Stadium in Verona, Italy.   Verona claiming their first win this season beating favorites Roma.   Verona have lost both their first two home league matches, never in their history in Serie A have they recorded three defeats in their first three Serie A home games of the season.   Roma have won the first three games of this championship, in the previous 60 Serie A seasons only twice have they recorded four wins in the first four games: in both cases with Rudi Garcia, in 2013/14 and in 2014/15, closing then always second.  This is Roma first lost of the season.

AS Roma opening the score in the 36th minute. It is Lorenzo Pelllegrini to defeat Hellas Verona goalkeeper Montipò with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Rick Karsdorp

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Hellas Verona equalizing for the 1-1 in the 49th minute. Antonin Barak defeating AS Roma goalkeeper Rui Patriciofrom very close range with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.

In the 54th minute, Hellas Verona breaking the draw for the 2-1 with the goal by Gianluca Caprari.

Inspiration, fans cheering louder for Verona while taking the lead again for the 3-2 in the 63rd minute with the goal by Marco Faraoni.

  • Stats before the game.  In the last 30 matches between Verona and Rome in Serie A they have lost the Giallorossi only twice (19W, 9N): 2-1 in October 1996 and 3-0 at table in September 2020.  Excluding the 3-0 at the table of the last crossing, Verona have not beaten Roma at home in Serie A since October 1996 (2-1 thanks to goals from Giunta and Orlandini, with Luigi Cagni on the bench): the Giallorossi had in fact collected four wins and four draws at Bentegodi before last season.   Verona have not won any of their last 10 games at Bentegodi in the league, only twice in Serie A have they recorded at least 11 home games in a row without success: 12 both in 2016 and 1973.  Roma could win two away matches in a row in the league for the first time since August 2020 (four in that case); in fact, in the last season of Serie A, the Giallorossi never succeeded.
👉Lineup HELLAS VERONA (3-5-2): Montipò; Dawidowicz, Gunter, Ceccherini; Faraoni, Bessa, Ilic, Barak, Lazovic; Caprari, Simeone.

 

👉Lineup AS ROMA (4-2-3-1): Rui Patricio; Karsdorp, Mancini, Ibanez, Calafiori; Veretout, Cristante; Zaniolo, Pellegrini, Shomurodov; Abraham.

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✅  Referee Maresca will be assisted by Pasquale De Meo from the section of Foggia) and Rossi Christian from the section of La Spezia. The Fourth Official will be Daniele Minelli from the section of Varese. The VAR will be Gianluca Aureliano from the section of Bologna and the AVAR will be Matteo Passeri from the section of Gubbio.

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2021 – 2022 Italian Serie A Week 4

Hellas Verona 3  – 2 AS Roma
Sunday 19 September 2021
Marc’Antonio Bentegodi Stadium
Verona, Italy

18:00

Referee: MARESCA
Assistants: DE MEO – ROSSI C.
Fourth Official: MINELLI
VAR: AURELIANO
AVAR: PASSERI

Goals: 36′ Lorenzo Pellegrini (R), 49′ Antonin Barak   (V),   54′ Gianluca Caprari  (V),  58′ Ivan Ilić (og), 63′ Marco Faraoni (V)

Official lineups – formations – tabellino:

👉Lineup HELLAS VERONA (3-5-2): Montipò; Dawidowicz, Gunter, Ceccherini; Faraoni, Bessa, Ilic, Barak, Lazovic; Caprari, Simeone.
 
Subs: Pandur, Kalinic, Lasagna, Cetin, Casale, Cancellieri, Berardi, Magnani, Ragusa, Tameze, Hongla.
 
Coach: Igor Tudor

 

👉Lineup AS ROMA (4-2-3-1): Rui Patricio; Karsdorp, Mancini, Ibanez, Calafiori; Veretout, Cristante; Zaniolo, Pellegrini, Shomurodov; Abraham.

Subs.: Fuzato, Reynolds, Kumbulla, Vina, Smalling, Tripi, Bove, Diawara, Darboe, Villar, El Shaarawy, Perez, Mayoral, Zalewski.

Coach: José Mourinho

Serie A Week 4: Result LAZIO 2 – 2 CAGLIARI, Sunday 19 September 2021

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73% Ball Possession LAZIO and 27% Ball Possession CAGLIARI
Lazio 2 – 2 Cagliari
45′ Ciro Immobile                                    46′ João Pedro
82′ Danilo Cataldi                                     62′ Keita Baldé
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Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Lazio, 9th position with 6 points and a positive goal difference of +5
Cagliari, 17th position with 1 point and a negative goal difference of -4

 Lazio ending the Serie A Week 4 game against Cagliari with a draw on Sunday 19 September 2021 at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium in Cagliari, Italy.  Cagliari needed at least a draw to grab 1 point having only 1 at this time reaching now 2 points.  Good debut for Cagliari Coach Walter Mazzarri.  Lazio are unbeaten in their last 14 Serie A matches against Cagliari (12V, 2N) and have averaged 2.3 goals per match, winning all their last six games in order of time.

Lazio opening the score in the 45th minute just before ending the first half. It is forward Ciro Immobile to defeat Cagliari goalkeeper Cragno with a headed shot to the center. The assist is by Sergej Milinkovic-Savic

Cagliari equalizing for the 1-1 in the 46th minute. It is João Pedro to defeat Lazio goalkeeper Pepe Reina with a headed shot to the high center. The assist is by Razvan Marin.

Cagliari taking the lead in the 62nd minute. It is Keita Baldé to break the draw with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by João Pedro.

Lazio equalizing for the 2-2 in the 82nd minute with the goal by Danilo Cataldi.

  • Lazio have won all of their last 10 home games against Cagliari in Serie A, only against Triestina between 1935 and 1954 have they streaked a longer streak (16) against a single opponent in the tournament.  Lazio have won 13 of their last 14 home league games (1N), scoring 35 goals (2.5 per average) and recording seven clean sheets. Cagliari may not win any of the first four Serie A matches of the season for the first time since 2014/15 (year of relegation); that was also the last time he recorded three defeats in the first four. Cagliari have never won in the last 15 games played in the first round in Serie A (5N, 10P): their last win in the first leg was against Sampdoria in November 2020.

👉Lineup Lazio (4-3-3): Reina; Lazzari, Luiz Felipe, Acerbi, Hysaj; S. Milinkovic-Savic, Leiva, Luis Alberto; Pedro, Immobile, Felipe Anderson.

👉Lineup Cagliari (3-5-2): Cragno; Caceres, Ceppitelli, Carboni; Lykogiannis, Nandez, Marin, Deiola, Dalbert; Joao Pedro, Keita.

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Referee Davide Ghersini from the section of Genova will be assisted by Marco Bresmes from the section of Bergamo and Alessandro Lo Cicero from the section of Brescia. The Fourth Official will be Francesco Meraviglia from the section of Pistoia. The VAR will be Luca Banti from the section of Livorno and the AVAR will be Alessandro Costanzo from the section of Orvieto.

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2021 – 2022 Italian Serie A Week 4

Lazio 2 – 2 Cagliari
Sunday 19 September 2021
Olimpico di Roma Stadium
Rome, Italy

18:00

Referee: GHERSINI
Assistants: BRESMES – LO CICERO
Fourth Official: MERAVIGLIA
VAR: BANTI
AVAR: COSTANZO

Goals: 45′ Ciro Immobile (L), 46′ João Pedro (C), 62′ Keita Baldé (C), 82′ Danilo Cataldi (L)

Official lineups – formations – tabellino:

👉Lineup LAZIO (4-3-3): Reina; Lazzari (74’Marusic), Ramos, Acerbi, Hysaj; Milinkovic, Leiva (65’Cataldi), Luis Alberto (88′ Akpa Akpro); Pedro (65′ Zaccagni), Immobile, Felipe Anderson (88′ Moro).

Subs: Strakosha; Adamonis, Patric, Radu, Marusic, Escalante, Akpa Akpro, Cataldi, Basic, Raul Moro, Zaccagni, Muriqi.

Coach: Martusciello

👉Lineup CAGLIARI (4-4-2): Cragno; Caceres (56′ Zappa), Ceppitelli, Carboni, Dalbert (56′ Walukiewicz); Lykogiannis (74′ Bellanova), Deiola, Marin, Nandez; Joao Pedro (87′ Pavoletti), Keita Balde (74′ Pereiro).

Coach: Aresti, Radunovic, Altare, Bellanova, Walukiewicz, Zappa, Grassi, Oliva, Farias, Pavoletti, Pereiro.

Coach:  Walter Mazzarri

Booked:  6′ Caceres (C), 42′ Luiz Felipe (L),  60′ Zappa (C), 82′ Mazzarri (C)

Serie A Week 4: Result VENEZIA 1 – 2 SPEZIA, Sunday 19 September 2021

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44% Ball Possession VENEZIA and 56% Ball Possession SPEZIA
Venezia 1 – 2 Spezia
59′ Pietro Ceccaroni                13′ Simone Bastoni
.                                                        93′ Mehdi Bourabia
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👉 Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Spezia, 18th position with 1 point and a negative goal difference of -6
Venezia, 13th position with 3 points and a negative goal difference of -4

 The moment for Spezia to claim this away victory or Venezia to win the Serie A Week 4 game on Sunday 19 September 2021 at the Penzo Stadium in Venice, Italy.   Venezia could win two consecutive Serie A games for the first time since April 1999, with Walter Novellino at the helm (wins over Cagliari and Piacenza in that case). Spezia have won two of the four matches played against newly promoted teams in Serie A (1N, 1P): 3-0 away against Benevento in November 2020 and 3-2 at home against Crotone last April.

Spezia opening the score in the 13th minute.  It is Simone Bastoni to defeat Venezia goalkeeper Maenpaa with a left footed shot to the top right corner.  The assist is by Giulio Maggiore.

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Venezia equalizing for the 1-1 in the 59th minute. It is Pietro Ceccaroni to defeat Spezia goalkeeper Zoet with a headed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Gianluca Busio.

Spezia scoring the winner goal in the 93rd minute. The hero is Mehdi Bourabia to seal the victory with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.

  • Stats before the game.  There are 26 precedents between Venice and Spezia between Serie B and the Italian Cup (the last one dated July 2020 in B, 1-0 for the Venetians): the lagunari lead 13 wins to four, nine draws complete the picture. Venezia have remained unbeaten in 18 of the last 19 Serie B and Coppa Italia matches against Spezia (9W, 9N), the Ligurians’ last success dates back to 1950: 5-0 in the cadet championship. Between Serie B and Coppa Italia, Venezia have never lost in home games against Spezia (10W, 3N), keeping a clean sheet in all their last three.  Spezia have lost their last two league matches, only once in Serie A have they recorded three defeats in a row: in January 2021, losing to Inter, Genoa and Verona. Venezia are the team with the most yellow cards in this league (15), in the last season of Serie A none counted more than 10 after the first three days (Lazio, 10 in that case).
👉Lineup VENEZIA (4-3-3): Maenpaa; Mazzocchi, Caldara, Ceccaroni, Molinaro; Crnigoj, Vacca, Busio; Okereke, Henry, Johnsen.
👉 Lineup Spezia (4-3-3): Zoet; Amian, Erlic, Nikolaou, Ferrer; S. Bastoni, Bourabia, Maggiore; Verde, Antiste, Gyasi.

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Referee Rosario Abisso from the section of Palermo will be assisted by Domenico Roccasa from the section of Catanzaro and Andrea Zingarelli from the section of Siena. The Fourth Official will be Luca Massimi from the section of Termoli. The VAR will be Marco Di Bello from the section of Brindisi and the AVAR will be Mauro Galetto from the section of Rovigo.

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2021 – 2021 Italian Serie A Week 4

Venezia 1 – 2 Spezia
Sunday 19 September 2021
Penzo Stadium
Venezia, Italy

15:00

Referee: ABISSO
Assistants: ROCCA – ZINGARELLI
Fourth Official: MASSIMI
VAR: AURELIANO
AVAR: PASSERI

Goals: 13′ Simone Bastoni (S), 59′ Pietro Ceccaroni  (V), Mehdi Bourabia (S)

Official lineups – formations – tabellino:

👉Lineup VENEZIA (4-3-3): Maenpaa; Mazzocchi, Caldara, Ceccaroni, Molinaro; Crnigoj, Vacca, Busio; Okereke, Henry, Johnsen.
 
Subs: Neri, Ebuehi, Svoboda, Modolo, Schnegg, Tessmann, Peretz, Heymans, Bjarkason, Kiyine, Aramu, Forte.
Coach: Paolo Zanetti
👉 Lineup Spezia (4-3-3): Zoet; Amian, Erlic, Nikolaou, Ferrer; S. Bastoni, Bourabia, Maggiore; Verde, Antiste, Gyasi.
 
Subs: Provedel, Zovko, Sala, Hristov, Reca, Kovalenko, Manaj, Nzola, Salcedo.
 
Coach: Thiago Motta

Serie A Week 4: Result EMPOLI 0 – 3 SAMPDORIA, Sunday 19 September 2021

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53% Ball Possession EMPOLI and 47% Ball Possession SAMPDORIA
Empoli 0 – 3 Sampdoria
.                                                       31′ Francesco Caputo
.                                                       52′ Francesco Caputo
.                                                       70′ Antonio Candreva
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👉 Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Empoli, 12th position with 3 points and a negative goal difference of -2
Sampdoria, 15th position with 2 points and a negative goal difference of -1

 Empoli failing to win the Serie A Week 4 game against Sampdoria on Sunday 19 September 2021 at the Carlo Castellani Stadium in Empoli, Italy.  The last time Empoli won against Sampdoria in Serie A was in May 2019 in Genoa with a 2-1.    Sampdoria grabbing this important away victory to reach 5 points while Empoli remain with 3 points.   Empoli have not beaten Sampdoria at home in a Serie A match since January 2007 (2-0 thanks to goals from Saudati and Matteini, with Luigi Cagni on the bench): two draws and three defeats for Empoli in the last five against Sampdoria to Castellani.

  • Stats before the game.  Empoli have lost two of their first three games of this Serie A: only once did the Tuscan team start the top flight by collecting three defeats in the first four, in 2005/06, when they still closed the tournament in tenth place. Sampdoria has not yet won in this Serie A (2N, 1P): it has not started a top championship since 2013/14 without finding success in any of the first four rounds (2N, 2P in that case). Roberto D’Aversa has only won one of his last 25 matches as a manager in Serie A (against Roma in March): seven draws and 17 defeats for him in this set; his current 14-game winless streak (3N, 11P) is his longest in the top flight.
    Sampdoria is one of only three teams (with Milan and Udinese) to have not yet conceded a goal in the second half of this championship.

Sampdoria opening the score in the 31st minute. Francesco Caputo defeating Empoli goalkeeper Vicario with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Antonio Candreva.

Empoli increasing the score for the 2-0 and it is again Francesco Caputo to score!

Empoli unable to find their way out. Antonio Candreva delivering a right footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by forward Fabio Quagliarella.

👉  Lineup EMPOLI (4-3-1-2): Vicario; Stojanovic, Ismajli, Luperto, Marchizza; Haas, Ricci, Henderson; Bajrami; Mancuso, Cutrone.

👉  Lineup SAMPDORIA (4-4-2): Audero; Bereszynski, Yoshida, Colley, Augello; Candreva, Silva, Thorsby, Damsgaard; Quagliarella, Caputo.

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Referee Maurizio Mariani from the section of Aprilia will be assisted by Emanuele Prenna from the section of Molfetta and Orlando Pagnotta from the section of Nocera. The Fourth Official will be Lorenzo Maggioni from the section of Lecco. The VAR will be Paolo Mazzoleni from the section of Bergamo and the AVAR will be Giacomo Paganessi from the section of Bergamo.

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2021 – 2022 Italian Serie A Week 4

Empoli 0 – 3 Sampdoria
Sunday 19 September 2021
Carlo Castellani Stadium
Empoli, Italy

12:30

Referee: MARIANI
Assistants: PRENNA – PAGNOTTA
Fourth Official: MAGGIONI
VAR: MAZZOLENI
AVAR: PAGANESSI

Goals:  31′ Francesco Caputo (S), 52′ Francesco Caputo (S), 70′ Antonio Candreva (S)

Official lineups – formations – tabellino:

EMPOLI (4-3-1-2): Vicario; Stojanovic, Ismajli, Luperto, Marchizza; Haas, Ricci, Henderson; Bajrami; Mancuso, Cutrone.

Subs: Ujkani, Furlan, Stulac, Romagnoli, Di Francesco, La Mantia, Asllani, Bandinelli, Zurkowski, Viti, Parisi, Pinamonti.

Coach: Aurelio Andreazzoli.

SAMPDORIA (4-4-2): Audero; Bereszynski, Yoshida, Colley, Augello; Candreva, Silva, Thorsby, Damsgaard; Quagliarella, Caputo.

Subs: Ravaglia, Falcone, Chabot, Ekdal, Torregrossa, Ciervo, Depaoli, Askildsen, Dragusin, Ferrari, Murru, Trimboli.

Coach: Roberto D’Aversa.