Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Saturday 21 May 2022
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Saturday 21 May 2022.
Front Page La Gazzetta dello Sport, Saturday 21 May
👉The great return, Paul is Bianconero
Pogba has said Juve
👉Scudetto sprint
Hunger from the Devil
Pioli, Ibra, Maignan and Co.
the secret motivation that pushes Milan
🇮🇹 Italy Head Coach Roberto Mancini called up 53 players for three days of work at the Coverciano Technical Centre. As reported by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), two groups of players on the National Team radar will be assessed between Tuesday 24 and Thursday 26 May 2022.
The 53 called up players have been divided into two groups and will each take part in two training sessions. 29 play in Serie A, 18 in Serie B and six abroad. The most represented club are Genoa (six), followed by AC Milan, Empoli and Cremonese (four). The youngest player who will be involved is 16-year-old Udinese attacking midfielder Simone Pafundi, while Empoli goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario, who was born in 1996, is the most ‘experienced’.
This special work represents the first step on a path that the FIGC, in consultation with the leagues and clubs, has decided to go down in order to facilitate the transition from the National Youth Team setup to the senior side and to widen the pool of available players to choose from.
Mancini decided against calling up those involved in the Serie B play-offs (with the exception of Pisa’s Lucca, whose call-up depends on whether his club side make it to the final), the Serie C play-offs and the Primavera (U19) play-offs. Given that they could be part of Roma’s matchday squad for the Conference League final against Feyenoord on Wednesday 25 May in Tirana, no Giallorossi youngsters feature.
Tommaso Baldanzi (Empoli)
Riccardo Calafiori (Genoa)
Andrea Cambiaso (Genoa)
Matteo Cancellieri (Verona)
Lorenzo Colombo (Spal)
Diego Coppola (Verona)
Christian Dalle Mura (Pordenone)
Sebastiano Desplanches (Milan)
Salvatore Esposito (Spal)
Nicolò Fagioli (Cremonese)
Gianluca Gaetano (Cremonese)
Wilfried Gnonto (FC Zürich)
Jean Freddi Pascal Greco (Vicenza)
Caleb Okoli (Cremonese)
Tommaso Mancini (Vicenza)
Tommaso Milanese (Alessandria)
Marco Nasti (Milan)
Gaetano Oristanio (Volendam)
Simone Pafundi (Udinese)
Pietro Pellegri (Torino)
Roberto Piccoli (Genoa)
Alessandro Plizzari (Lecce)
Matteo Ruggeri (Salernitana)
Alessandro Sorrentino (Pescara)
Franco Tongya (Olympique de Marseille)
Mattia Viti (Empoli)
Alessandro Zanoli (Napoli) *Call-up depends on results of club side
🇮🇹 👉 The Italian National Team Schedule (all times CEST)
Tuesday 24 May 2022
By 12:30 – Meet-up at Coverciano, first group of players
17:00 – Training (behind closed doors)
Wednesday 25 May 2022
10:00 – Training (behind closed doors)
First group of players to return to their respective clubs after training session
By 12:30 – Meet up at Coverciano, second group of players
17:00 – Training (behind closed doors)
Thursday 26 May 2022
10:00 – Training (behind closed doors)
Second group of players to return to their respective clubs after training session
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AS Roma, 6th position with 60 points and a positive goal difference of +13
Torino, 10th position with 50 points and a positive goal difference of +8
AS Roma win the Serie A Week 38 game defeating Torino on Friday 20 May 2022 at the Olimpico Stadium in Turin, Italy. Roma secured a post to be in the UEFA Europa League next season. A slap for Torino losing their last home game. Roma will play next Wednesday 25 May against Feyenoord in Tirana, Albania. Good way to end the season for the Roman gladiators.
🏆👉 Congratulations AS Roma for the qualification to the UEFA Europa League 2022-2023.
Roma opened the score in the 33rd minute. English forward Tammy Abraham defeated Torino goalkeeper Etrit Berisha with a right-footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Lorenzo Pellegrini.
👉Torino 0 – 1 AS Roma, 33rd minute, goal by ⚽️ Tammy Abraham for @ASRomaEN with a right-footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Lorenzo Pellegrini. https://t.co/0xMIEpSblQ
Referee Massimiliano Irrati gave a penalty to Roma conceded by goalkeeper Etrit Berisha after a foul on Abraham. Tammy Abraham scored a brace after converting the penalty with a right-footed shot to the center. It’s Tammy Abraham’s 17th goal of the season in Serie A.
👉Torino 0 – 2 AS Roma, 42nd minute, goal by ⚽️ Tammy Abraham for @ASRomaEN converted a penalty with a right-footed shot to the center. The penalty is conceded by Etrit Berisha https://t.co/NZK2EBpvfc
Torino falling! Referee Irrati giving another penalty to Roma this time conceded by Alessandro Buongiorno after a foul on Nicolò Zaniolo. Lorenzo Pellegrini converted the penalty with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner
👉Torino 0 – 3 AS Roma, 78th minute, goal by ⚽️ Lorenzo Pellegrini for @ASRomaEN converted a penalty with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The penalty is conceded by Alessandro Buongiorno. https://t.co/wzOI7XYU63
Captain Lorenzo Pellegrini defeated Torino goalkeeper Betrisha by converting the penalty.
✅ Stats before the game. Stats showing between Torino and Roma: in the last 12 games: Roma 9 wins, and Torino 3 wins. The last draw was back in December 2015 (1-1 thanks to Miralem Pjanic and Maxi López goals). Torino won their last Serie A home meeting against Roma (3-1 in April 2021) and could win two such games in a row for the first time since a three-win run between 1988 and 1990. Torino have conceded 38 league goals so far: in their previous 17 campaigns in the three points for a win era, only in 2018/19 have they ended the season with fewer goals shipped (37). Torino have avoided defeat on the final day in eight of their last nine Serie A seasons (W4 D4), drawing the last two (1-1 v Bologna on August 2nd, 2020, and 1-1 v Benevento on May 23rd, 2021).
📺 Click the video to watch Torino 0 – 3 AS Roma highlights including all goals on Friday 20 May 2022
🇮🇹 Referee Massimiliano Irrati from the section of Pistoia will be assisted by Luca Mondin from the section of Treviso and Vito Mastrodonato from the section of Molfetta. The Fourth Official will be Matteo Marcenaro from the section of Genova. The VAR will be Michael Fabbri from the section of Ravenna and the AVAR will be Luca Zufferli from the section of Udine.
The Olimpico di Torino Stadium ready for the last game of the season: Torino vs AS Roma on Friday 20 May 2022 https://t.co/NMS5lOHAsT
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AS Roma, 6th position with 60 points and a positive goal difference of +13
Torino, 10th position with 50 points and a positive goal difference of +8
✅ Here are Torino vs AS Roma official starting lineups for the Serie A Week 38 game on Friday 20 May 2022 at the Olimpico Stadium in Turin, Italy at 20:45.
🇮🇹 Referee Massimiliano Irrati from the section of Pistoia will be assisted by Luca Mondin from the section of Treviso and Vito Mastrodonato from the section of Molfetta. The Fourth Official will be Matteo Marcenaro from the section of Genova. The VAR will be Michael Fabbri from the section of Ravenna and the AVAR will be Luca Zufferli from the section of Udine.
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AS Roma, 6th position with 60 points and a positive goal difference of +13
Torino, 10th position with 50 points and a positive goal difference of +8
✅ Here are Torino official called up players by Coach Ivan Juric for the Serie A Week 38 game Torino vs AS Roma on Friday 20 May 2022 at the Olimpico Stadium in Turin, Italy at 20:45.
🇮🇹 Referee Massimiliano Irrati from the section of Pistoia will be assisted by Luca Mondin from the section of Treviso and Vito Mastrodonato from the section of Molfetta. The Fourth Official will be Matteo Marcenaro from the section of Genova. The VAR will be Michael Fabbri from the section of Ravenna and the AVAR will be Luca Zufferli from the section of Udine.
By Anna Italia
