✅ Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Saturday 20 January 2024.
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Saturday 20 January 2024
Front Page, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Saturday 20 January 2024
👉Lazio beatened, on Monday the Supercoppa final with Napoli
Fairy tale Inter
Thuram, Calha and Frattesi: a 3-0 worthy of a thousand and one nights
🏆👉 The 2023/24 UEFA Champions League Round of 16 draw was held on Monday 18 December 2023 in Nyon, Switzerland. The three Italian teams participating are Inter, Napoli, and Lazio.
✅ Porto (POR) vs Arsenal (ENG) ✅ Napoli (ITA) vs Barcelona (ESP)
✅ Paris (FRA) vs Real Sociedad (ESP) ✅ Inter (ITA) vs Atlético de Madrid (ESP)
✅ PSV (NED) vs Dortmund (GER) ✅ Lazio (ITA) vs Bayern (GER)
✅ Copenhagen (DEN) vs Man City (ENG)
✅ Leipzig (GER) vs Real Madrid (ESP)
Round of 16 Fixture and Dates First Leg and Tickets
Quarter-final and semi-final draw: 15 March 2024
Quarter-finals: 9/10 & 16/17 April 2024
Semi-finals: 30 April/1 May & 7/8 May 2024
Final: 1 June 2023 (Wembley Stadium, London)
✅ Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Friday 19 January 2024.
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Friday 19 January 2024
Front Page, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Friday 19 January 2024
👉Inter hunger
Semi-final against Lazio
Inzaghi and the challenge with Sarri
👉Supercoppa in Riyadh, Fiorentina beaten 3-0
Napolissimo in the final with Zerbin
👉 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
40% Ball Possession NAPOLI and 60% Ball Possession FIORENTINA Napoli 3 – 0 Fiorentina
22′ Giovanni Simeone ❌ 44′ Jonathan Ikoné (pen)
84′ Alessio Zerbin
86′ Alessio Zerbin
Napoli won the Supercoppa Italiana Semifinal on Thursday 18 January 2024 at the Al Awal Park in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Napoli are the first finalists of the Italian Super Cup beating Fiorentina 3-0. Napoli took the lead with Giovanni Simeone’s goal, in the final Ikoné gets a penalty which however he shoots high over the crossbar. Napoli sealed the game with two goals in two minutes from Zerbin. This year the two teams met in the championship at the beginning of October, with the Tuscans winning 3-1 at Maradona. Napoli have participated in the Super Cup four times, with two successes, while Fiorentina have participated in two, with one victory.
Napoli opened the score in the 22nd minute. Giovanni Simeone defeated Fiorentina goalkeeper Pietro Terracciano with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Juan Jesus.
👉Napoli 1 – 0 Fiorentina, 22nd minute, ⚽️ goal by Giovanni Simeone for @en_sscnapoli with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Juan Jesus. https://t.co/Ay8EP9LFFu
Fiorentina had the chance to equalize in the 44th minute. However,Jonathan Ikoné failed to convert a penalty sending his left footed shot a bit too high. The penalty was conceded by Mário Rui after a foul in the penalty area on Ikoné.
Napoli increased the score in the 84th minute. Alessio Zerbin scored from very close range with a left-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Giovanni Di Lorenzo following a corner conceded by Lucas Martínez.
👉Napoli 2 – 0 Fiorentina, 84th minute, ⚽️ goal by Alessio Zerbin for @en_sscnapoli from very close range with a left-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Giovanni Di Lorenzo following a corner conceded by Lucas Martínez https://t.co/RxoL7Grf9J
Napoli are just rocking and there you go the perfect match for Serbin with a brace in the 86th minute.
👉Napoli 3 – 0 Fiorentina, 86th minute, ⚽️ goal by Alessio Zerbin for @en_sscnapoli with a right-footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. https://t.co/kYsyh6S4gZ
✅ Stats before the game:Fiorentina have won three of the last five matches played against Napoli (one success in the Italian Cup, two in Serie A), as many successes as those achieved in the previous 25 matches played against the Neapolitans. Napoli and Fiorentina have faced each other five times in a direct elimination or return match: in this partial the Neapolitans prevailed four times, while Fiorentina advanced in the most recent one (5-2 in the 2021/22 Italian Cup). Napoli has played in the Italian Super Cup four times; the Neapolitans alternated between a trophy success (one in the 90 minutes, one on penalties) and a defeat (one in regulation time, one after extra time). Fiorentina have so far played two Italian Super Cup matches: the Viola won 2-1 against Milan in 1996 and lost 0-3 against Roma in 2001, always in regulation time. In six of the last nine matches played considering all competitions, Napoli have failed to score: in this part the Azzurri have lost five times (3W, 1N), as many knockouts as those accumulated in the entire first part of the season (18 games played).
By Anna Italia
