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
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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
41% Ball Possession TORINO and 59% Ball Possession UDINESE Torino 2 – 2 Empoli
10′ Tommaso Pobega 34′ Simone Romagnoli
15′ Marko Pjaca 72′ Andrea La Mantia
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Torino, 13th position with 17 points and a positive goal difference of +3
Empoli, 11th position with 19 points and a negative goal difference of -5
Torino celebrating their 115 years ending the Serie A Week 15 game against Empoli with a draw on Thursday 2 December 2021 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. The kit is obviously garnet, with the date of foundation on the chest, under the emblem with a rampant Bull, replaced by the classic Torino FC 1906 logo, and the novelty is a polo collar that recalls some of the most historic jerseys of the past inside which the trophies won by the grenade and the phrase “115 years of history and passion”; the back also reads “Our history is legend”. A long time has passed since the day of the foundation, December 3, 1906.
Coach Aurelio Andreazzoli playing his third time against Torino in official matches as a coach, has always won, at home at the helm of Empoli in 2018/19, in Piedmont when he coached Roma in 2012/13.
Torino opening the score in the 10th minute. Tommaso Pobega defeating Empoli goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Torino having a good time increasing the score in the 15th minute. Marko Pjaca with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Alessandro Buongiorno.
🟥 Referee Colombo giving a red card to Wilfried Stephane Singo in the 32nd minute. Torino remaining with 10 players.
Empoli shortening the distance in the 34th minute. Simone Romagnoli defeating Torino goalkeeper Vanja Milinkovic with a headed shot to the center. The assist is by Liam Henderson with a cross following a corner.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!
ROMAGNOLI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Corner dalla destra di Henderson, stacca il capitano e palla in rete! pic.twitter.com/WQsteDVfdx
Empoli equalizing for the 2-2 in the 72nd minute. It is Andrea La Mantia to score with a headed shot to the top right corner. The assist is by Sebastiano Luperto.
👉Torino 2 – 2 Empoli, 72nd minute, ⚽️ goal by Andrea La Mantia equalizing for @EmpoliCalcio with a headed shot to the top right corner. The assist is by Sebastiano Luperto.
✅ Stats before the game. Empoli have won 7 matches against Torino in Serie A (8D, 3L): against no other team Empoli have more wins in the top flight (as against Cagliari). Torino have scored in all of their last three games against Empoli in Serie A, after falling short of goals in 10 of their 15 previous top-flight matches. The grenades have never made it to four games in a row with goals against the Tuscans in the tournament. In eight of the nine matches between Turin and Empoli at the home of the grenades in Serie A, at least one of the two teams did not find the goal. Toro is back from two consecutive clean sheets against the Tuscans and scored three goals in the last match, after falling short of goals in the previous four at home in the tournament. Empoli have only won once on Thursday in Serie A: in April 2015 against Napoli at Castellani (two draws and two defeats in the other four matches played on this day of the week). With six wins in their first 14 games of the season, Empoli have equaled their record of successes at this point in the top flight, recorded only in 2002/03, when they ended the season in 13th place in the standings.
👉 Lineup Torino (3-4-2-1): V. Milinkovic-Savic; Zima, Bremer, Buongiorno; Aina, Lukic, Pobega, Singo; Praet, Pjaca; Sanabria.
👉 Lineup Empoli (4-3-1-2): Vicario; Stojanovic, Luperto, S. Romagnoli, Parisi; Zurkowski, Ricci, Bandinelli; Henderson; Pinamonti, Di Francesco.
📺 Click the video to watch Torino 2 – 2 Empoli highlights on Thursday 2 December 2021
Referee Andrea Colombo from the section of Como will be assisted by Matteo Bottegoni from the section of Terni and Marco Ceccon from the section of Lovere. The Fourth Official will be Maurizio Mariani from the section of Aprilia. The VAR will be Paolo Mazzoleni from the section of Bergamo and the AVAR will be Emanuele Prenna from the section of Molfetta. Colombo making his debut in Serie A and has never directed Empoli and Torino.
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Torino, 13th position with 17 points and a positive goal difference of +3
Empoli, 11th position with 19 points and a negative goal difference of -5
✅ Here are Torino vs Empoli official starting lineups for the Serie A Week 15 game on Thursday 2 December 2021 at the Olimpico Torino Stadium in Turin, Italy at 18:30.
Torino (3-4-2-1): V. Milinkovic-Savic; Zima, Bremer, Buongiorno; Aina, Lukic, Pobega, Singo; Praet, Pjaca; Sanabria.
Referee Andrea Colombo from the section of Como will be assisted by Matteo Bottegoni from the section of Terni and Marco Ceccon from the section of Lovere. The Fourth Official will be Maurizio Mariani from the section of Aprilia. The VAR will be Paolo Mazzoleni from the section of Bergamo and the AVAR will be Emanuele Prenna from the section of Molfetta.
Colombo making his debut in Serie A and has never directed Empoli and Torino.
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Torino, 13th position with 17 points and a positive goal difference of +3
Empoli, 11th position with 19 points and a negative goal difference of -5
✅ Here are Torino official called up players by Coach Ivan Juric for the Serie A Week 15 game Torino vs Empoli on Thursday 2 December 2021 at the Olimpico Torino Stadium in Turin, Italy at 18:30.
Referee Andrea Colombo from the section of Como will be assisted by Matteo Bottegoni from the section of Terni and Marco Ceccon from the section of Lovere. The Fourth Official will be Maurizio Mariani from the section of Aprilia. The VAR will be Paolo Mazzoleni from the section of Bergamo and the AVAR will be Emanuele Prenna from the section of Molfetta.
Colombo making his debut in Serie A and has never directed Empoli and Torino.
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