Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Monday 8 February 2021.
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Monday 8 February 2021.
Front Page, La Gazzetta dello Sport, 8 February
👉Show at San Siro, Milan recover the top Ibra Festival Double Zlatan, over 500 goals with clubs: "My job is to score"
👉Tomorrow at the Stadium the second leg Juve and Inter exaggerated
✅ Here are the match officials and fixtures for the Serie A Week 21 / Twenty-first Round on Friday 5, Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 February 2021 as designated by the Italian Referee Association (AIA).
The Italian Referee Association (AIA) has designated Referee Massimiliano Irrati from the section of Pistoia to direct the Serie A Week 21 Lazio vs Cagliari on Sunday 7 February 2021 at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium in Cagliari, Italy at 20:45.
Referee Irrati will be assisted by Niccolò Pagliardini from the section of Arezzo and Andrea Zingarelli from the section of Siena. The fourth official will be Alessandro Prontera from the section of Bologna. The VAR will be Luca Banti from the section of Livorno and Dario Cecconi from the section of Empoli.
Photo: cagliaricalcio.com
=============== Italian Serie A Tickets for next 10 games
Here is the list of suspensions by the Sporting Judge Gerardo Mastrandrea assisted by Stefania Ginesio and the A.I.A Representative Eugenio Tenneriello on Tuesday 2 February 2021 after the Serie A Round 20 concluded on Sunday 31 January 2021.
One Match Suspension
Nikola Milenkovic (Fiorentina)
One Match Suspension
Gaetano Castrovilli (Fiorentina)
Rodrigo De Paul (Udinese)
Riccardo Saponara (Spezia)
Rodrigo Bentancur (Juventus)
Patric (Lazio)
Maxime Lopez (Sassuolo)
Walter Messias (Crotone)
Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma)
Tommaso Pobega (Spezia).
Note: The decision of the Sports Judge also suspends for two games Inter Coach Antonio Conte with a fine of 20,000 euros. The coach was disqualified after being sent off against Udinese for protests against referee Fabio Maresca.
Torino Coach Davide Nicola still looking for his first win with Torino. Torino ended the Serie A Week 20 game against Fiorentina with a draw on Friday 29 January 2021 at the Olimpico di Torino. Fiorentina with 9 players almost got the victory until the 88th minute when Torino equalized with the goal by forward Andrea Belotti. Fiorentina and Torino not too far from the relegation zone either.
Mission accomplished AC Milan keep the first position. AC Milan win the Serie A Week 20 game defeating Bologna on Saturday 30 January 2021 at the Renato Dall’Ara Stadium in Bologna. AC Milan reaching 46 points returning to winning ways. AC Milan have scored in 20 Serie A away games in a row for the first time in their Serie A history, overtaking the 19-games run between 1992 and 1993. The rebuilding of the great AC Milan is gaining momentum.
Inter keeping up the race for the Scudetto reaching 44 points after defeating Benevento with a 4-0. Inter are now -2 points below AC Milan and everything can change in the next round. The point is that neither AC Milan nor Inter can slow down and any mistake would be costly.
Juventus with a sprint race to defend their title win the Serie A Week 20 game against Sampdoria on Saturday 30 January at the Luigi Ferraris Stadium. Juventus reaching 39 points are -7 points below AC Milan in the 1st position with 46 points. Sampdoria being now -13 below Juventus.
Napoli defeating Parma at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Napoli. Chaos for Parma because the defeat keep them in the relegation zone while Napoli adding a smile dreaming to be among the top 4 teams reaching 37 points. The gap with Juventus in the 3rd position with 39 points is now -2 points.
Udinese winning the duel defeating Spezia at the Alberto Picco Stadium having 18 points both before the game. The victory helped Udinese to climb from the 14th to the 13th position while Spezia stepped down to the 16th position. Udinese ending with 10 players since the 75th minute after Rodrigo De Paul was sent off and Spezia with 10 players since the 86th minute with the sent off of Riccardo Saponara.
Talking about being inspired! AS Roma crushing Hellas Verona with a 1-3 at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium. The victory giving a boost to the morale of the team as Roma reached 40 points climbing to the 3rd position being +1 point above Juventus with 39 points (though still with a pending game). Roma are -4 points below Inter with 44 points. AS Roma among the top 5 European Leagues to score 3+ in 10 Serie A games… This is during the Week 20 match against Hellas VeronaFC with the goals by 20′ Gianluca Mancini , 22′ Henrikh Mkhitaryan, 29′ Borja Mayoral
64% Ball Possession SPEZIA and 36% Ball Possession UDINESE Spezia 0 – 1 Udinese
. 52′ Rodrigo De Paul (pen)
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Spezia, 15th position with 18 points and a negative goal difference of -10
Udinese, 14th position with 18 points and a negative goal difference of -8
Udinese winning the duel defeating Spezia in the Serie A Week 20 game on Sunday 31 January 2021 at the Alberto Picco Stadium in Spezia, Italy. The victory helped Udinese to climb from the 14th to the 13th position while Spezia stepped down to the 16th position. Udinese ending with 10 players since the 75th minute after Rodrigo De Paul was sent off and Spezia with 10 players since the 86th minute with the sent off of Riccardo Saponara.
Udinese dreaming with salvation with the goal by Rodrigo De Paul in the 52nd minute defeating Spezia goalkeeper converting a penalty with a right footed shot in the bottom left corner. The penalty is conceded by Julian Chabot after a foul on Gerard Deulofeu.
Between Serie A, Serie B and the Coppa Italia, Spezia have remained unbeaten in their last seven games against Udinese (6W, 1N) after losing the previous three (in the 1940s in the cadet championship). Spezia have lost nine of their first 19 Serie A games (4W, 6N). Udinese and Spezia closed the first round of this championship with the same performance (18 points: 4W, 6N, 9P): the last team with 18 or more points after the first half of the Serie A season which is relegated to the end of the tournament was Pescara in 2012/13. Udinese have not won in nine Serie A matches (5N, 4P) and have not recorded a streak of at least 10 unsuccessful matches in the competition since May 2018 (14 in that case)
✅ Here are SPEZIA official starting lineup – formation by Coach Vincenzo Italiano:
By Anna Italia
