✅ Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Wednesday 4 October 2023.
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Wednesday 4 October 2023
Front Page, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Wednesday 4 October 2023
👉Champions, Thuram’s super sharp
Inter music
Benfica dominated and beaten, Nerazzurri first with Real Sociedad
👉Napoli Ko with head held high
Too much Real
Osi stopped
Inter won the UEFA Champions League Group Stage – Group D against Benfica on Tuesday 3 October 2023 at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium in Milan, Italy. With this victory, Inter joined Real Sociedad at the top of Group D with four points, Salzburg is in third place with three while Benfica remains last with zero points. Now Inzaghi’s team can make the decisive breakthrough for qualification in the double match against the Austrians scheduled for 24 October and 8 November. For Benfica, the next match against Real Sociedad takes on the flavor of a last resort.
Deserved victory for Inter who created an incredible series of chances in the second half, puncturing Trubin with Thuram in the 62nd minute following an assist from Dumfries. Then the Ukrainian goalkeeper engages and wins a sensational duel with Lautaro, denying him the goal twice with extraordinary saves. For the Inter captain, before Thuram’s goal, there was also a crossbar, a post and a goal already scored saved by Otamendi with a desperate intervention. After an overall balanced first half, Inter dominated, taking home the three points with the regret of not having rounded the score.
⚫🔵 Inter took the lead in the 62nd minute. Marcus Thuram defeated Benfica goalkeeper with a right-footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Denzel Dumfries.
🏆👉 Inter 1 – 0 Benfica, 62nd minute, ⚽️ goal by Marcus Thuram for @Inter_en with a right-footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Denzel Dumfries. https://t.co/gWMKYhUf71
3 – Marcus Thuram is the third French player to score a goal in a #UCL match for Inter, after Vieira (2006 vs Bayern Munich) and Djorkaeff (1998 vs Sturm Graz). Cockerel.#InterBenficapic.twitter.com/xgRhpCKYAe
✅ Stats before the game: Inter and Benfica face each other for the second consecutive season in the UEFA Champions League, with the Italian team winning 2-0 away before drawing 3-3 at home in last season’s quarter-finals. Benfica have never beaten Inter in all competitions (2D, 3L), losing the 1965 European Cup final, losing 4-3 on aggregate in the 2003/04 UEFA Cup round of 16 and, again on aggregate, 5 -3 in the quarter-finals of the last UEFA Champions League. There have been 13 goals scored in Inter’s two previous home matches against Benfica in European competitions: a 4-3 success for the Nerazzurri in March 2004 before a 3-3 draw in March this year. Inter have won four of their last five home matches in the UEFA Champions League group stage (L1), one more success than the previous 13 (W3, D5, L5). However, last season they lost their first home match in the group stage, 0-2 against Bayern Munich. Benfica have not lost any of their last 10 away games in European competition (W6 D4), their longest unbeaten run ever away in Europe. The latest defeat came against Bayern Munich in the group stage of the 2021/22 UEFA Champions League (2-5).
50% Ball Possession NAPOLI and 50% Ball Possession REAL MADRID Napoli 2 – 3 Real Madrid
19′ Leo Østigård 27′ Vinícius Júnior
54′ Piotr Zielinski (pen) 34′ Jude Bellingham
. 78′ Alex Meret (own goal)
Napoli lost the Champions League Group Group Stage against Real Madrid on Tuesday 3 October 2023 at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Naples, Italy. The fans, despite the defeat, ends with Maradona’s applause, as they emerge defeated but with their heads held high against Real Madrid. Napoli took the lead with Leo Østigård goal in the first half but were overtaken by Vinicius Júnior’ goal and Jude Bellingham’s magic. In the second half, Piotr Zielinski brings his team back to the 2-2 penalty awarded due to a touch from Nacho’s hand, but in the final comes Valverde’s shot which triggers Alex Meret’s unfortunate own goal.
A victory with a special flavor for Carlo Ancelotti, who returns to Naples after the not-so-happy experience in the shadow of Vesuvius. The Italian coach replaced Maurizio Sarri as manager of the Neapolitans in 2018 only to be sacked in December 2019.
Napoli opened the score in the 19th minute. Leo Østigård defeated Real Madrid goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga from very close range with a headed shot following a corner conceded by Antonio Rüdiger.
🏆👉 Napoli 1 – 0 Real Madrid, 19th minute, ⚽️ goal by Leo Østigård for @en_sscnapoli from very close range with a headed shot following a corner conceded by Antonio Rüdiger. https://t.co/WiolmYeDyS
Real Madrid equalized in the 27th minute. Vinícius Júnior defeated Napoli goalkeeper Alex Meret with a right-footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Dani Carvajal.
Not again! Real Madrid took the lead in the 34th minute. Jude Bellingham scored with a right-footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Eduardo Camavinga.
Napoli equalized for the 2-2 in the 54th minute. Piotr Zielinski converted a penalty with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The penalty is conceded by Nacho following a hand ball in the penalty area.
🏆👉 Napoli 2 – 2 Real Madrid, 54th minute, ⚽️ goal by Piotr Zielinski equalized for @en_sscnapoli converting a penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner. The penalty is conceded by Nacho following a hand ball in the penalty area. https://t.co/gjhroZR7Kr
✅ Stats before the game: Napoli have never beaten Real Madrid in four matches in all competitions (1N, 3L), played between the 1987/88 European Cup (first round) and the 2016/17 Champions League (round of 16). Real Madrid have won 14 of their last 15 Champions League matches against Italian teams, winning all seven away games in this run; the only exception in the series was the 3-1 home defeat against Juventus in April 2018, in a match which however did not lead to Los Blancos’ elimination from the competition. Real Madrid have won 28 of their 48 Champions League matches against Italian teams: no team has ever beaten teams from another particular nation more times in the history of the competition. Napoli have lost just two of their 21 home matches in the Champions League group stage (W15 D4), against Besiktas in October 2016 and Manchester City in November 2017; they have won each of the last four such matches, always scoring at least three goals per match. Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has lost just two of his 12 matches against Napoli in all competitions (9W, 1D); however, this will be his first match as coach against the Neapolitans since the 0-0 draw in Serie A in March 2009, in charge of Milan.
🏆👉 Lineup NAPOLI (4-3-3): Meret; Di Lorenzo, Ostigard, Natan, Olivera; Anguissa, Lobotka, Zielinski; Politano, Osimhen, Kvaratskhelia
🏆👉 Lineup REAL MADRID (4-3-1-2): Kepa; Carvajal, Rudiger, Nacho, Camavinga; Kroos, Tchouameni, Valverde; Bellingham; Rodrygo, Vinicius
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✅ Here are NAPOLI vs REAL MADRID official lineups – formations for the Champions League Group Group Stage on Tuesday 3 October 2023 at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Naples, Italy at 21:00.
🏆👉 Lineup NAPOLI (4-3-3): Meret; Di Lorenzo, Ostigard, Natan, Olivera; Anguissa, Lobotka, Zielinski; Politano, Osimhen, Kvaratskhelia
✅ Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Tuesday 3 October 2023.
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Tuesday 3 October 2023
Front Page La Gazzetta dello Sport, Tuesday 3 October
👉Champions League
Inzaghi challenges Benfica and replies to Sacchi
My Inter is European
👉Napoli, how to beat Carletto
Garcia with Osi and Kvara, Ancelotti with Vinicius and Bellingham: what a show
By Anna Italia
