Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Friday 3 December 2021
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Friday 3 December 2021.
Front Page La Gazzetta dello Sport, Friday 3 December
👉Simone in the race on all fronts tries to be Mourinho, and tomorrow challenges him
Balanced team, iron group and multi-role players from Calha to Bastoni: this is how Inter found the Scudetto rhythm
Hello, my friends. Here are the 2021-2022 Italian Serie A Week 15 RESULTS / Fifteenth Round on Tuesday 30 November, Wednesday 1, and Thursday 2 December 2021.
✅ 10 Serie A Games completed
⚽️ Serie A Top Scorer up to Week 15 (Updated on Thursday 2 December 2021)
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The top part of the ranking changes, with the first three who are positioned in a row at a distance of just one point: Napoli 36, Milan 35 and Inter 34. A little further down, at 31, there is Atalanta. The championship lights up and offers great emotions, with a balance at the top that hasn’t been seen for years. Milan and Inter have won their respective matches against Genoa and Venezia.
Sassuolo surviving the challenge stopping the leaders after ending the Serie A Week 15 game with a much suffered draw at the Mapei Stadium. Napoli, despite the draw, grab an away point keeping the sole leadership with 36 points followed by AC Milan with 35 points, and Inter with 34 points.
Genoa needed to win the Serie A Week 15 game against AC Milan to dream with salvation at the Luigi Ferraris Stadium. Yet, it is AC Milan to grab this away victory reaching 35 points to keep up the race for the Scudetto being -1 point below Napoli with 36 points and Inter with 34 points. Genoa Coach Andriy Shevchenko facing his ex-team as coach for the first time with this flop.
Inter with a sprint race winning the Serie A Week 15 game against Spezia at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium. For Spezia, this defeat is alarming remaining with 11 points while risking falling down into the relegation zone.
Salernitana losing the Serie A Week 15 game against Juventus at the Arechi Stadium. After defeats to Chelsea and Atalanta, Juventus returning to the winning path claiming this away victory reaching 24 points. Salernitana not finding the light at the end of the tunnel remaining in the last position with only 8 points.
Hellas Verona failing to win the Serie A Week 15 game against Cagliari ending with a goalless draw at the Marc’Antonio Bentegodi Stadium. Cagliari grabbing this golden point reaching 9 points. Igor Tudor has won all of his first five Serie A home games as manager of Verona and can become the second foreign manager to achieve six wins in his first six home games with a single team in the three-point-a-win era, after Leonardo ( who did 12/12, with Inter in 2011).
Fiorentina rushing to climb toward the top 5 positions winning the Serie A Week 15 game defeating Sampdoria at the Artemio Franchi Stadium. Fiorentina winning two of their last seven Serie A home games against Sampdoria (2-1 in September 2019): three draws and two Sampdoria successes, in a partial in which both teams have always found the goal.
Atalanta with a sprint race to climb towards the top 3 positions. Atalanta win the Serie A Week 15 game crushing Venezia with a poker at the Gewiss Stadium. Atalanta win seven consecutive games against newly promoted teams in Serie A for the first time in their history.
What a precious victory for Bologna being -1 points below AS Roma after winning the Serie A Week 15 game at the Renato Dall’Ara Stadium. A flop for AS Roma slowing down to climb towards the top 3 positions. It’s an emotional game for Sinisa Mihajlovic facing the team with which he made his debut as a player in Serie A (Roma in 1992/93). A reason for Bologna to celebrate because the last time Bologna collected at least 24 points in the first 15 Serie A games was back in 2002/03 (27).
Torino celebrating their 115 years ending the Serie A Week 15 game against Empoli with a draw at the Olimpico Torino Stadium in Turin, Italy. To celebrate its 115 years of history, on Thursday 2 December against Empoli, Torino wearing a special shirt to honor such an important milestone.
Lazio ending the Serie A Week 15 game with a draw against Udinese at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium. We might consider a good result for Lazio considering they were losing the game to save at least 1 point.
👉 Top Serie A teams standing AFTER Serie A Week 15 game. First 4 qualifying for Champions League, 5 and 6 for Europa League. (Thursday 2 December 2021)
– NAPOLI, 1st position with 36 points and a positive goal difference of +23
– AC MILAN, 2nd position with 35 points and a positive goal difference of +15
– INTER, 3rd position with 34 points and a positive goal difference of +21
– ATALANTA, 4th positions with 31 points and a positive goal difference of +15
– AS ROMA, 5th position with 25 points and a positive goal difference of +8
– FIORENTINA, 6th position with 24 points and a positive goal difference of +4
Relegation Zone:
– GENOA, 18th position with 10 points and a negative goal difference of -12
– CAGLIARI, 19th position with 9 points and a negative goal difference of -13
– SALERNITANA, 20th position with 8 points and a negative goal difference of -20
👉 2021 – 2022 Italy Serie A Standing – Serie A Table up to Thursday 2 December 2021
serie a standing 2021-22
MP
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
PoinTS
1
Napoli
15
11
3
1
32
9
23
36
2
AC Milan
15
11
2
2
33
18
15
35
3
Inter
15
10
4
1
36
15
21
34
4
Atalanta
15
9
4
2
32
17
15
31
5
AS Roma
15
8
1
6
24
16
8
25
6
Fiorentina
15
8
0
7
24
20
4
24
7
Juventus
15
7
3
5
20
16
4
24
8
Bologna
15
7
3
5
21
24
-3
24
9
Lazio
15
6
4
5
29
29
0
22
10
Hellas Verona
15
5
5
5
28
25
3
20
11
Empoli
15
6
2
7
23
28
-5
20
12
Sassuolo
15
5
4
6
24
23
1
19
13
Torino
15
5
3
7
19
16
3
18
14
Udinese
15
3
7
5
20
24
-4
16
15
Sampdoria
15
4
3
8
21
29
-8
15
16
Venezia
15
4
3
8
12
25
-13
15
17
Spezia
15
3
2
10
15
34
-19
11
18
Genoa
15
1
7
7
17
29
-12
10
19
Cagliari
15
1
6
8
16
29
-13
9
20
Salernitana
15
2
2
11
11
31
-20
8
Uefa Champions League: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
Europa League: 5th, 6th
Relegation: 18th, 19th, 20th
Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Thursday 2 December 2021
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Thursday 2 December 2021.
Front Page, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Thursday 2 December 2021
👉Milan and Inter great Pioli at -1 Inzaghi at -2
👉Bologna fly Roma deflate Toro 115 years and wants to party
👉The private letter is a mystery. The PM ready to call CR7
Corriere dello Sport, Front Page, Thursday 2 December 2021 .
Front Page, Corriere dello Sport, Thursday 2 December
👉Balance at the top of the Table: The Milanese shorten on Spalletti
Napoli reached by Sassuolo [2-2], now it’s at +1 over Milan
Ibra-Messias, 3-0 to Genoa. Inter beat Spezia: -2 from the top
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Napoli, 1st position with 35 points and a positive goal difference of +23
Sassuolo, 12th position with 18 points and a positive goal difference of +1
Sassuolo surviving the challenge stopping the leaders after ending the Serie A Week 15 game with a draw on Wednesday 1 December 2021 at the Mapei Stadium in Sassuolo, Italy. Napoli, despite the draw, grab an away point keeping the sole leadership with 36 points followed by AC Milan with 35 points, and Inter with 34 points.
This is a special game for Sassuolo striker Domenico Berardi who made his Serie A debut against Napoli in September 2013: the ’94 class has found the goal in the last three games played in Serie A and could score for four consecutive appearances for the first time in the competition.
Rogerio making his 100th appearance with Sassuolo.
Photo via twitter.com/SassuoloUS
Napoli opening the score in the 51st minute. Fabián Ruiz defeating Sassuolo goalkeeper Andrea Consigli with a left footed shot to the center. The assist is by Piotr Zielinski.
👉Sassuolo 0 – 1 Napoli, 51st minute, ⚽️ goal by
Fabián Ruiz for @en__sscnapoli with a left footed shot to the center. The assist is by Piotr Zielinski.
Napoli silencing the Mapei scoring a second goal. In the 59th minute, forward Dries Mertens with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Piotr Zielinski.
Sassuolo shortening the distance in the 71st minute. It is Gianluca Scamacca to defeat Napoli goalkeeper David Ospina with a right footed shot to the high center. The assist is by Georgios Kyriakopoulos.
👉Sassuolo 1 – 2 Napoli, 71st minute, ⚽️ goal by
Gianluca Scamacca shortening the distance for @SassuoloUS with a right footed shot to the high center. The assist is by Georgios Kyriakopoulos.
✅ Stats before the game. Napoli have conceded at least two goals in both matches against Sassuolo last season (five in total), as many times as in the previous 14 matches against the neroverdi in the top flight. Sassuolo are unbeaten in two matches against Napoli in Serie A (1V, 1N) and could avoid defeat for three straight games in the top flight for the first time against Napoli. In all the last six crossings at Mapei Stadium in Serie A, Sassuolo and Napoli have found the goal. In the same period, Napoli have only won one of these six matches (4N, 1P) after having achieved success in the first two occasions.
In this championship, Sassuolo have already beaten Juventus and Milan: in the last eight seasons only one team has won against Bianconeri, Rossoneri and Napoli in a first round: Lazio in 2019/20. Sassuolo have scored at least two goals in all their last three league games; has not recorded a longer streak with more than one goal in the competition since November 2020, when he reached five (winning the last 2-0 against Napoli).
Napoli have scored seven goals from outside the box in this league, more than any other formation in the top five European tournaments; also in the last season (2020/21) the Azzurri collected this record at continental level (22 goals from outside).
👉Lineup SASSUOLO (4-3-3): Consigli; Toljan, Chiriches, G. Ferrari, Rogerio; Frattesi. M. Lopez, Traore; D. Berardi, Scamacca, Raspadori.
👉Lineup NAPOLI (4-2-3-1): Ospina; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Koulibaly, Mario Rui; Lobotka, Fabian Ruiz; Lozano, Zielinski, L. Insigne; Mertens.
📺 Click the video to watch Sassuolo 2 – 2 Napoli highlights on Wednesday 1 December 2021
Referee Ivano Pezzuto from the section of Lecce will be assisted by Stefano Alassio from the section of Imperia and Stefano Liberti from the section of Pisa. The Fourth Official will be Antonio Di Martino from the section of Teramo. The VAR will be Luigi Nasca from the section of Bari and the AVAR will be Pasquale De Meo from the section of Foggia.
The Mapei Stadium
Photo via twitter.com/SassuoloUS
Photo via twitter.com/SassuoloUS
Photo via twitter.com/SassuoloUS
Photo via twitter.com/en_sscnapoli
👉Sassuolo vs Napoli, Match Officials
🗓️Wednesday 1 December 2021
🏟️Mapei Stadium
⏲️20:45
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Napoli, 1st position with 35 points and a positive goal difference of +23
Sassuolo, 12th position with 18 points and a positive goal difference of +1
✅ Here are Sassuolo vs Napoli official starting lineups for the Serie A Week 15 game on Wednesday 1 December 2021 at the Mapei Stadium in Sassuolo, Italy at 20:45.
👉Lineup SASSUOLO (4-3-3): Consigli; Toljan, Chiriches, G. Ferrari, Rogerio; Frattesi. M. Lopez, Traore; D. Berardi, Scamacca, Raspadori.
Referee Ivano Pezzuto from the section of Lecce will be assisted by Stefano Alassio from the section of Imperia and Stefano Liberti from the section of Pisa. The Fourth Official will be Antonio Di Martino from the section of Teramo. The VAR will be Luigi Nasca from the section of Bari and the AVAR will be Pasquale De Meo from the section of Foggia.
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