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
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Lazio, 9th position with 21 points and a goal difference of “0”
Udinese, 14th position with 15 points and a negative goal difference of -4
Lazio ending the Serie A Week 15 game with a draw against Udinese on Thursday 2 December 2021 at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium in Turin, Italy. We might consider a good result for Lazio considering they were losing the game to save at least 1 point.
Udinese opening the score in the 17th minute. It is Beto to defeat Lazio goalkeeper Pepe Reina with a headed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Mato Jajalo.
👉Lazio 0 – 1 Udinese, 17th minute, ⚽️ goal by Beto for @Udinese_1896 with a headed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Mato Jajalo.
Lazio shortening the distance in the 34th minute. Forward Ciro Immobile defeating Udinese goalkeeper Silvestri from very close range with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
👉Lazio 1 – 2 Udinese, 34th minute, ⚽️ goal by Ciro Immobile for @OfficialSSLazio from very close range with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Udinese closing the first half with another goal in the 44th minute. It is Nahuel Molina to silence the Olimpico with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Gerard Deulofeu.
👉Lazio 1 – 3 Udinese, 44th minute, ⚽️ goal by Nahuel Molina for @Udinese_1896 with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Gerard Deulofeu.
Lazio returning in the second half determined and scored another goal to shorten the gap in the 51st minute. It is Pedro to score for the 2-3 with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
👉Lazio 2 – 3 Udinese, 51st minute, ⚽️ goal by Pedro for @OfficialSSLazio with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
A total turnover! Lazio taking the lead in the 80th minute. Francesco Acerbi to break the draw with a headed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Toma Basic. The goal ratified after reviewing the VAR.
👉Lazio 4 – 3 Udinese, 80th minute, ⚽️ goal by Francesco Acerbi giving the lead to @OfficialSSLazio with a headed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Toma Basic. The goal ratified after reviewing the VAR.
Udinese equalizing for the 4-4 in the 98th minute. Tolgay Arslan crushing Lazio’s dream to claim the victory and equalized with a right footed shot to the top right corner. The assist is by Fernando Forestieri
👉Lazio 4 – 4 Udinese, 98th minute, ⚽️ goal by Tolgay Arslan equalizing for @Udinese_1896 with a right footed shot to the top right corner. The assist is by Fernando Forestieri
✅ Stats before the game. Lazio have won 10 of the last 13 Serie A matches against Udinese (2D, 1L), keeping 10 clean sheets: records of both successes and clean sheets for the Biancocelesti starting from February 2015 in the top flight. Udinese won the last match played at the Olimpico against Lazio in the league (3-1 in November 2020), after losing the previous five without ever finding the goal. After a 1-3 defeat last season, Lazio could lose two consecutive Serie A home games against Udinese for the first time since 2009.
It was from the 1983/84 season (26 in that case) that Lazio had not collected at least 25 goals in the first 14 Serie A games; for the biancocelesti only two clean sheets so far (they didn’t hurt so badly since 1991/92 at this point in the tournament). After winning two of the first three games of this championship, Udinese have achieved only one success in the last 11 – since mid-September in fact, only Genoa (zero) have achieved fewer wins than the Friulians (one) in the competition. Two consecutive defeats for Lazio in the league: it has been since July 2020 that the biancoceleste team has not encountered three knockouts in a row in Serie A.
Ciro Immobile, who scored nine goals in 12 Serie A matches against Udinese (except only against Sampdoria, Cagliari and Genoa), did not hit the target against Napoli: he never stayed two consecutive appearances without scoring in this league.
👉Lineup Lazio (4-3-3): Reina; Lazzari, Patric, Acerbi, Hysaj; S. Milinkovic Savic, Cataldi, Luis Alberto; Pedro, Immobile, Felipe Anderson.
📺 Click the video to watch Lazio – Udinese highlights on Thursday 2 December 2021
Referee Marco Piccinini from the section of Ravenna will be assisted by Niccolo Pagliardini from the section of Arezzo and Christian Rossi from the section of La Spezia. The Fourth Official will be Antonio Rapuano from the section of Rimini. The VAR will be Fabio Maresca from the section of Napoli and the AVAR will be Damiano Di Iorio from the section of Vco.
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Lazio, 9th position with 21 points and a goal difference of “0”
Udinese, 14th position with 15 points and a negative goal difference of -4
✅ Here are Lazio vs Udinese official starting lineups for the Serie A Week 15 game on Thursday 2 December 2021 at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium in Turin, Italy at 20:45.
👉Lineup Lazio (4-3-3): Reina; Lazzari, Patric, Acerbi, Hysaj; S. Milinkovic Savic, Cataldi, Luis Alberto; Pedro, Immobile, Felipe Anderson.
Referee Marco Piccinini from the section of Ravenna will be assisted by Niccolo Pagliardini from the section of Arezzo and Christian Rossi from the section of La Spezia. The Fourth Official will be Antonio Rapuano from the section of Rimini. The VAR will be Fabio Maresca from the section of Napoli and the AVAR will be Damiano Di Iorio from the section of Vco.
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Lazio, 9th position with 21 points and a goal difference of “0”
Udinese, 14th position with 15 points and a negative goal difference of -4
✅ Here are Lazio official called up players by Coach Maurizio Sarri for the Serie A Week 15 game Lazio vs Udinese on Thursday 2 December 2021 at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium in Turin, Italy at 20:45.
Referee Marco Piccinini from the section of Ravenna will be assisted by Niccolo Pagliardini from the section of Arezzo and Christian Rossi from the section of La Spezia. The Fourth Official will be Antonio Rapuano from the section of Rimini. The VAR will be Fabio Maresca from the section of Napoli and the AVAR will be Damiano Di Iorio from the section of Vco.
By Anna Italia
