✅ Here are the match officials and fixtures for the Serie A Week 31 / Thirty-first Round on Friday 21, Saturday 22, Sunday 23, and Monday 24 April 2023 as designated by the Italian Referee Association (AIA).
🇮🇹 The Italian Referee Association (AIA) has designated the match officials for the Serie A Week 31 game Juventus vs Napoli on Sunday 23 April 2023 at the Allianz Stadium in Turin, Italy at 20:45.
Referee Michael Fabbri from the section of Ravenna will be assisted by Niccolo Pagliardini from the section of Arezzo and Mattia Scarpa from the section of Reggio Emilia. The Fourth Official will be Luca Massimi from the section of Termoli. The VAR will be Gianluca Aureliano from the section of Bologna. The AVAR will be Ivano Pezzuto from the section of Lecce.
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Friday 21 April 2023
HELLAS VERONA – BOLOGNA
Marc’Antonio Bentegodi Stadium
Referee: MARIANI
Assistants: LO CICERO – VIVENZI
Fourth Official: SERRA
VAR: DI PAOLO
AVAR: MANGANIELLO
20:45
✅ Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Wednesday 19 April 2023.
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La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Wednesday 19 April 2023
Front Page, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Wednesday 19 April
👉Champions League, Napoli eliminated, it’s Semifinal
Milan are lions
After 16 years they are back among the top 4 with super Leao, Giroud on target and heroic Maignan
👉 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 18 April 2023 after the Serie A Round 30 concluded on Monday 17 April 2023.
73% Ball Possession NAPOLI and 27% Ball Possession AC MILAN
. Napoli 1 – 1 AC Milan
. Aggregate (1-2)
❌ 82′ Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (pen) ❌ 22′ Olivier Giroud (pen)
93′ Victor Osimhen 43′ Olivier Giroud
🏆👉 AC Milan claimed the duel winning on aggregate. The UEFA Champions League Quarterfinals Second Leg ended with a 1-1 draw on Tuesday 18 April 2023 at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Naples, Italy. The fact is that Milan break a fast that has been going on since 2007, the year in which they won the last Champions League Semifinal, for the first time in 16 years. AC Milan faced and passed the round against Manchester United, to then win the final in Athens against Liverpool.
Six days after the match at San Siro, won by the Devil thanks to Bennacer’s goal. AC Milan have won their last three away games against Napoli, all in Serie A: it is the longest streak of consecutive away wins (on par with the one between 1948 and 1951) recorded by the Rossoneri against the Neapolitans, including the 4-0 earlier this month. The last team Milan beat twice away from home in a single season was Sampdoria in 2015-16.
🏆👉 Mission accomplished! Milan break a fast that has been going on since 2007, the year in which they won the last Champions League Semifinal. https://t.co/dg7pTx9ZFt
AC Milan wasted a good chance to open the score. In the 22nd minute, Napoli goalkeeper Alex Meret saved Olivier Giroud’s left footed shot saved in the bottom right corner. The penalty was conceded by Mário Rui after a foul on forward Rafael Leão.
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) April 18, 2023
The moment for redemption arrived for Olivier Giroud. Yep, Giroud scored the opening goal in teh 43rd minute after failing his penalty. This time is no error, but a valuable goal with a left-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Rafael Leão.
🏆👉Napoli 0 – 1 AC Milan, 43rd minute, ⚽️ Olivier Giroud scored for @acmilan with a left-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Rafael Leão.
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) April 18, 2023
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia failed the chance to shorten the distance. AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan saved Kvaratskhelia’ penalty right-footed shot saved in the bottom left corner. The penalty was conceded by Fikayo Tomori following a handball.
🏆👉Napoli 0 – 1 AC Milan, 82nd minute, ❌ Khvicha Kvaratskhelia failed to convert a penalty for @en_sscnapoli Maignan saves his right-footed shot saved in the bottom left corner. The penalty was conceded by Fikayo Tomori following a handball. https://t.co/VMbtLz0D6N
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) April 18, 2023
Napoli scored the honor goal to equalize in the 93rd minute. Forward Victor Osimhen defeated goalkeeper Maignan with a headed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Giacomo Raspadori following a corner conceded by Fikayo Tomori.
🏆👉Napoli 1 – 1 AC Milan, 93rd minute, ⚽️ Victor Osimhen equalized for @en_sscnapoli with a headed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Giacomo Raspadori. https://t.co/tJEtl8GB6M
✅ Stats before the game: Napoli have already lost twice against Milan in April: 4-0 in Serie A at Maradona and 1-0 at San Siro in the first leg of this match. The last team to beat the Neapolitans three times in one season was Lazio in 1994-95. AC Milan have won their last three away games against Napoli, all in Serie A: it is the longest streak of consecutive away wins (on par with the one between 1948 and 1951) recorded by the Rossoneri against the Neapolitans, including the 4-0 earlier this month. The last team Milan beat twice away from home in a single season was Sampdoria in 2015-16. AC Milan, who started 1-0 in the first leg against Napoli, last reached the semi-finals in the 2006/07 Champions League. The Rossoneri have only been eliminated twice after winning the first leg of a knockout match: in 2003-04 against Deportivo La Coruña in the quarter-finals (4-1 first leg, 0-4 second leg) and in the 2012-13 against Barcelona in the round of 16 (2-0 and 0-4). Napoli have not lost in 12 home games (W9 D3) in the Champions League, i.e. since the 4-2 defeat against Man City in November 2017. The Neapolitans have won four home games this season, scoring at least three goals in each of these. AC Milan have not conceded a goal in their last five Champions League matches: this is the longest streak for a team, since Manchester City in 2020-21 (seven in a row). The Rossoneri boast only one longer streak in the competition: seven clean sheets in the 2004-05 season, before reaching the final.
👉 Lineup NAPOLI (4-3-3): Meret; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Juan Jesus, Mário Rui; Ndombele, Lobotka, Zieliński; Politano, Osimhen, Kvaratskhelia.
👉 Lineup AC MILAN (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Calabria, Tomori, Kjær, Hernández; Tonali, Krunić; Díaz, Bennacer, Leão; Giroud.
AC Milan are unbeaten against Napoli in their last 3 matches. 💪
April 2: Napoli 0-4 Milan
April 12: Milan 1-0 Napoli
April 18: Napoli 1-1 Milan pic.twitter.com/LoXJTJGKka
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) April 18, 2023
📺 Click the video to watch Napoli 1 – 1 AC Milan highlights on Tuesday 18 April 2023
🇵🇱 Polish Referee Szymon Marciniak will be assisted by Pawel Sokolnicki (POL) and Tomasz Listkiewicz (POL). The Fourth Official will be Glenn Nyberg (SWE). The VAR will be Tomasz Kwiatkowski (POL). The AVAR will be Bartosz Frankowski (POL). The Referee Observer will be Bernardino Gonzalez Vazquez (ESP).
Photo via twitter.com/en_sscnapoli
Photo via twitter.com/acmilan
Photo via twitter.com/acmilan
Photo via twitter.com/acmilan
Milan fans at the Maradona Stadium
Photo via twitter.com/acmilan
🏆👉Napoli vs AC Milan Match Officials@ChampionsLeague Quarterfinals
🏟️ Diego Armando Maradona Stadium
🗓️ Tuesday 18 April 2023
⏲️ 21:00
🏆👉Here are AC Milan vs Napoli official starting lineups for the UEFA Champions League Quarterfinals Second Leg on Tuesday 18 April 2023 at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Naples, Italy 21:00.
Polish Referee Szymon Marciniak will be assisted by Pawel Sokolnicki (POL) and Tomasz Listkiewicz (POL). The Fourth Official will be Glenn Nyberg (SWE). The VAR will be Tomasz Kwiatkowski (POL). The AVAR will be Bartosz Frankowski (POL). The Referee Observer will be Bernardino Gonzalez Vazquez (ESP).
By Anna Italia
