✅ Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Wednesday 11 October 2023.
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Wednesday 11 October 2023
Front Page, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Wednesday 11 October 2023
👉 De Laurentiis wants Conte, but Tudor is ready
Napoli votes Antonio
✅ Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Tuesday 10 October 2023.
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Tuesday 10 October 2023
Front Page, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Tuesday 10 October 2023
👉Garcia disheartened
Summit with De Laurentiis, Rudi is isolated, but he stays for now. Tudor the alternative
👉Two reinforcements in January: Berardi and Hojbjerg
Juve, Scudetto relaunch
✅ Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Monday 9 October 2023.
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Monday 9 October 2023
Front Page, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Monday 9 October 2023
👉Fiorentina show, Garcia at -7
Napoli have lost their way
Viola in third place
Nightmare at the Maradona from Scudetto to jeers
👉How the Devil redeemed the Derby slap
Star-studded Milan
👉 Hello, my friends. Here are the 2023-2024 Italian Serie A Serie A Week 8 / Eighth Round on Friday 6, Saturday 7, and Sunday 8 October 2023. The battle for the Scudetto is still neck-to-neck between Inter and AC Milan. A turning point after Inter got a draw with Bologna and stepped down to the 2nd position with 19 points. AC Milan took over the 1st position following a thriller victory thanks to the goal by Christian Pulisic and a super save by forward Olivier Giroud who had to become goalkeeper after Mike Maignan got a red card and all changes were already made.
✅ 10 Serie A Games Completed
⚽️ Serie A Top Scorer up to Week 8 (Updated on Sunday 8 October 2023)
👉 Top Serie A teams standing AFTER Serie A Week 8 game. The first 4 qualify for the Champions League, 5 and 6 for Europa League. (Sunday 8 October 2023)
– AC MILAN, 1st position with 21 points and a positive goal difference of +8
– INTER, 2nd position with 19 points and a positive goal difference of +16
– JUVENTUS, 3rd position with 17 points and a positive goal difference of +8
– FIORENTINA, 4th position with 17 points and a goal difference of +7
– NAPOLI, 5th position with 14 points and a positive goal difference of +8
– ATALANTA, 6th position with 13 points and a positive goal difference of +5
Relegation Zone:
– EMPOLI, 18th position with 4 points and a negative goal difference of -15
– SALERNITANA, 19th position with 3 points and a negative goal difference of -13
– CAGLIARI, 20th position with 2 points and a negative goal difference of -13
👉 2023 – 2024 Italy Serie A Standing – Serie A Table up to Sunday 8 October 2023
54% Ball Possessio NAPOLI and 46% Ball Possession FIORENTINA Napoli 1 – 3 Fiorentina
45+4′ Victor Osimhen (pen) 7′ Josip Brekalo
. 63′ Giacomo Bonaventura
. 93′ Nicolás González
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Fiorentina, 5th position with 14 points and a positive goal difference of +5
Napoli, 4th position with 14 points and a positive goal difference of +10
Napoli collapsed losing the Serie A Week 8 game on Sunday 8 October 2023 at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Napoli, Italy. Fiorentina now claimed full 3 points and reached 17 points thanks to goals from Josip Brekalo, Giacomo Bonaventura and Nicolás González, in a match that also featured the woodwork of Quarta and Ikone. Fiorentina caught Juventus in third place.
The bad news is that Napoli suffered a second home defeat, aggressive but lacking clarity. Victor Osimhen’s penalty is not enough, the blue attacker wastes one-on-one with Terracciano with the result still tied.
Previously, Napoli and Fiorentina were tied on 14 points, both unbeaten in four rounds of the championship and with the objective of third place – catching Juventus – within reach of victory.
After the break for the national teams, the ninth day of the championship will see Garcia’s team visit Verona while the Italian boys are expected in the derby with Empoli.
Fiorentina with a fast start opened the score in the 7th minute. Josip Brekalo defeated Napoli goalkeeper with a left-footed shot to the center.
Napoli equalized before ending the first half in the 45+4 minute. Nigerian forward Victor Osimhen defeated Fiorentina goalkeeper Pietro Terracciano by converting a penalty with a right-footed shot to the bottom right corner. The penalty is conceded by Terracciano.
👉 Napoli 1 – 1 Fiorentina, 45+4′ minute, ⚽️ goal by Victor Osimhen equalized for @en_sscnapoli converting a penalty with a right-footed shot to the bottom right corner. The penalty is conceded by Pietro Terracciano. https://t.co/jbXNgeZmDO
Fiorentina took the lead again in the 63rd minute. Giacomo Bonaventura scored with a right-footed shot to the bottom right corner.
👉 Napoli 1 – 2 Fiorentina, 63rd minute, ⚽️ goal by Giacomo Bonaventura for @ACFFiorentinaEN with a right-footed shot to the bottom right corner. https://t.co/fegXaIDKr5
In the 77th minute, Coach Garcia decided to replace Victor Osimhen which was not seen as a good move by the fans. Giovanni Simeone took his place.
“You’re down at home against Fiorentina and you take off your best player? It’s mind-boggling. I have no idea what’s going through Rudi Garcia’s mind.”@iftvmarco, @mikegrella10 and @bonetti discuss Napoli’s poor start to the season. pic.twitter.com/KSbjDOeFbb
Fiorentina sealed the victory in the 93rd minute: Nicolás González scored with a right-footed shot from to the top right corner. The assist is by Fabiano Parisi.
✅ Stats before the game: Fiorentina have won only one of their last six Serie A matches against Napoli (1N, 4L): 3-2 on 10 April 2022, with goals from Nicolás González, Jonathan Ikoné and Arthur Cabral. Napoli have kept a clean sheet in four of their last six home games against Fiorentina in Serie A, although they have been defeated twice in the period (W3, D1): on 18 January 2020 and 10 April 2022. Napoli are unbeaten in 15 matches against Fiorentina in the first round of Serie A (10W, 5D). The last defeat of the Neapolitans in this part dates back to 31 October 2007, 0-1 with a goal from Christian Vieri. Fiorentina remained unbeaten in four of their last six matches against the Serie A title holders, a period in which they achieved two successes (against Juventus in December 2020 and against Milan in March 2023) and two draws (against Juventus in April 2021 and against Inter in March 2022). After the 4-1 against Udinese and the 4-0 against Lecce, Napoli can score more than three goals in three consecutive matches in Serie A for the third time in their history, after having achieved it in October 1957 and in May 2017. Fiorentina have gained 14 points in the first seven matches of this championship: only on two occasions in the three points per win era have they reached at least 17 in the first eight matches of a Serie A season, in 1998/99 and 2015 /16 (18 on both occasions).
👉 Lineup NAPOLI (4-3-3): Meret; Di Lorenzo, Ostigard, Natan, Olivera; Zambo Anguissa, Lobotka, Zielinski; Politano, Osimhen, Kvaratskhelia.
By Anna Italia
