✅ Here are the match officials and fixtures for the Serie A Week 29/ Twenty-ninth Round on Friday 15, Saturday 16, and Sunday 17 March 2024 as designated by the Italian Referee Association (AIA).
🇮🇹 The Italian Referee Association (AIA) has designated the match officials for the Serie A Week 29 game Hellas Verona vs AC Milan on Sunday 17 March 2024 at the Marc’Antonio Bentegodi Stadium in Verona, Italy at 15:00.
Referee Maurizio Mariani from the section of Aprilia will be assisted by Fabiano Preti from the section of Mantova and Dario Cecconi from the section of Empoli. The Fourth Official will be Luca Massimi from the section of Termoli. The VAR will be Paolo Silvio Mazzoleni from the section of Bergamo. The AVAR will be Valerio Marini from the section of Roma 1.
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✅ Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Wednesday 13 March 2024.
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Wednesday 13 March 2024
Front Page La Gazzetta dello Sport, Wednesday 13 March
👉Champions League in Madrid against Atletico
Inter without fear
👉Napoli out
Juve in the Club World Cup
👉Investigation from the Prosecutor, headquarters raided
“Milan still belongs to Elliott”
Corriere dello Sport, Front Page, Wednesday 13 March 2024
Front Page Corriere dello Sport Wednesday 13 March
👉Sarri resigns, Lazio go to Frosinone with his assistant Martusciello
Lotito gets on the ferry
👉Barcelona eliminate the Azzurri: Rrahmani goal not enough (3-1)
Napoli out of the Champions League
Allegri to the Club World Cup pic.twitter.com/dHOzOxYQmo
👉 Here is the list of suspensions by the Sporting Judge Gerardo Mastrandrea assisted by Stefania Ginesio and the A.I.A Representative Carlo Moretti on Tuesday 12 March 2024 after the Serie A Round 28 concluded on Monday 11 March 2024
✅ One game suspension
HENRY Thomas (Hellas Verona): for non-compliant behavior on the pitch (Second sanction); for having also, at the end of the match, assumed a provocative attitude towards a player from the opposing team, creating a tense situation.
PEREZ Patricio Nehuen (Udinese): double yellow card for incorrect behavior towards an opponent.
BAND Lameck (Lecce): for incorrect behavior towards an opponent; already warned (Fifth sanction).
BONAVENTURA Giacomo (Fiorentina): for incorrect behavior towards an opponent; already warned (Fifth sanction).
DOIG Josh Thomas (Sassuolo): for incorrect behavior towards an opponent; already warned (Fifth sanction).
FAZZINI Jacopo (Empoli): for incorrect behavior towards an opponent; already warned (Fifth sanction).
KASTANOS Grigoris (Salernitana): for incorrect behavior towards an opponent; already warned (Fifth sanction).
SABELLI Stefano (Genoa): for incorrect behavior towards an opponent; already warned (Fifth sanction).
THORSTVEDT Kristian (Sassuolo): for incorrect behavior towards an opponent; already warned (Fifth sanction).
✅ Club Fines
Fine of €8,000.00 to LECCE club for having its supporters, during the match and at the end of it, throw three firecrackers, three smoke bombs and numerous plastic bottles into the playing area; attenuated sanction pursuant to art. 29, paragraph 1 letter. b) CGS.
Fine of €2,000.00 to GENOA club for having, before the start of the match, chanted an offensive chorus towards the match officials.
Fine of €2,000.00 to SASSUOLO club for having, at the 1st of the first half, thrown a firecracker onto the pitch; attenuated sanction pursuant to art. 29, paragraph 1 letter. b) CGS.
COACHES – DISQUALIFICATION FOR FOUR ACTUAL DAYS OF COMPETITION AND FINE OF €10,000.00
D’AVERSA Roberto (Lecce): for having, at the end of the match, on the pitch, headbutted a player from the opposing team; infringement detected by an Assistant.
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49% Ball Possession BARCELONA and 51% Ball Possession NAPOLI Barcelona 3 – 1 Napoli
. Aggregate: 4-2
15′ Fermín López 30′ Amir Rrahmani
17′ João Cancelo
83′ Robert Lewandowski Buy UEFA ChaUEFA mpions League Tickets
Napoli failed the mission and lost the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 Second Leg game against Barcelona on Tuesday 12 March 2024 at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona, Spain. We started with the 1-1 draw in the first leg, Barcelona took advantage of home advantage and eliminated Napoli from the top European competition. This is a painful defeat because Napoli are living a dark period and now out of the Champions League. Barcelona reach Paris Saint-Germain, Bayern Munich, Manchester City and Real Madrid in the quarter-finals, also obtaining their ninth consecutive useful result.
For Napoli, it is the first defeat of the Calzona era after five games unbeaten. With this evening’s elimination, Napoli also loses the opportunity to qualify for the 2025 Club World Cup, in which Juventus will instead participate. Tough!
Barcelona took the lead in the 15th minute. Fermín López defeated Napoli goalkeeper Alex Meret with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Raphinha.
This is not looking good! Barcelona scored a second goal in less than 2 minutes after the first one! In the 17th minute, João Cancelo scored with a right-footed shot to the center following a fast break.
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) March 12, 2024
Napoli shortened the distance in the 30th minute. Amir Rrahmani defeated Napoli goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen with a left-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Matteo Politano.
👉Barcelona 2 – 1 Napoli, 30th minute, ⚽️ goal by Amir Rrahmani for @en_sscnapoli with a left-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Matteo Politano. https://t.co/hetxMEygJD
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) March 12, 2024
Oops! Not a good time! Chaos for Napoli! In the 83rd minute, Robert Lewandowski scored with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Sergi Roberto.
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) March 12, 2024
✅ Stats before the game: Barcelona have remained unbeaten in their last five meetings with Napoli in all competitions, alternating between a draw (three) and a win (two) in this run. In all five previous matches between Barcelona and Napoli in all competitions both teams have always scored at least one goal, in addition to three 1-1 draws, the Blaugrana won the other two matches 4-2 and 3-1. In the knockout phase of the Champions League, on 20 of the 21 occasions in which Barcelona avoided defeat in the first leg played away from home, they qualified for the next round. The only exception was in the 2002/03 edition quarter-finals, drawing 1-1 at Juventus before losing 2-1 at home (in extra time). Napoli have been eliminated on 11 occasions in which they failed to win the first leg at home in the knockout phase of a major European competition. The most recent such elimination was against Barcelona in the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League, drawing 1-1 at home before losing 3-1 away. Barcelona have failed to win any of the last four matches played in the knockout phase of the Champions League (2N, 2L), i.e. since the 3-1 success over Napoli in the return match of the round of 16 of the 2019/20 edition. The Blaugrana team has never recorded five games in a row without a win at this stage of the competition.
👉 Lineup BARCELONA (4-3-3): Ter Stegen; Koundé, Araujo, Cubarsì, Cancelo; F. Lopez, Christensen, Gundogan; Lamine Yamal, Lewandowski, Raphinha.
👉 Lineup NAPOLI (4-3-3): Meret; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Juan Jesus, Mario Rui; Anguissa, Lobotka, Traoré; Politano, Osimhen, Kvaratskhelia.
Here are Barcelona vs Napoli official starting lineups for the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 Second Leg game on Tuesday 12 March 2024 at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona, Spain.
By Anna Italia
