✅ Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Friday 16 February 2024.
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Friday 16 February 2024
Front Page, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Friday 16 February 2024
👉Europa League, Round of 16 only a step away
Milay fly
Rennes beaten 3-0 in San Siro
👉Inter hunting for +10
👉Golden goal: 1-1 with Feyenoord
Lukaku is here
He saves Roma in Holland and sends a thought to his Congo pic.twitter.com/M6sbj0nTAc
AC Milan 3 – 0 Rennais
32′ Ruben Loftus-Cheek
47′ Ruben Loftus-Cheek
53′ Rafael Leão
AC Milan won the Europa League Playoff First Leg game against Stade Rennais on Thursday 15 February 2024 at the San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy. Milan’s Europa League adventure begins after finishing third in Group F of the Champions League behind Borussia Dortmund and PSG. It is an important victory and qualification to the Round of 16 is closer. The second leg will be played on Thursday 22 February in France. Stade Rennais finished second in Group F behind Villarreal but, like the Milanese, unbeaten in their championship since mid-December.
AC Milan opened the score in the 32nd minute. Ruben Loftus-Cheek defeated Rennes goalkeeper Steve Mandanda with a headed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Alessandro Florenzi.
👉AC Milan 1 – 0 Rennes, 32nd minute, ⚽️ goal by Ruben Loftus-Cheek for @acmilan with a headed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Alessandro Florenzi. https://t.co/vdO81rQp5h
A perfect match for Ruben Loftus-Cheek scoring a brace in the 47th minute!
👉AC Milan 2 – 0 Rennais, 47th minute, ⚽️ goal by Ruben Loftus-Cheek for @acmilan from very close range with a headed shot to the high center following a corner conceded by Warmed Omari. https://t.co/tm2XJ7o9PG
Surely, Milan are inspired and the third goal arrived in the 53rd minute. Forward Rafael Leão scored with a right-footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Théo Hernández.
👉AC Milan 3 – 0 Rennais, 53rd minute, ⚽️ goal by Rafael Leão for @acmilan with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Théo Hernández. https://t.co/zrIZe3VkVn
✅ Stats before the game: Milan and Rennes will meet for the first time in official matches: Milan have overcome four of the last five knockout matches against French opponents in major European competitions, the last of which saw the Rossoneri eliminate Lyon in the quarter-finals of the Champions League 2005/06. This will be Rennes’ fifth match against an Italian opponent in the Europa League, after the double group match with Udinese in 2011/12 (1N, 1L) and then with Lazio in the 2019/20 edition (1W, 1N ). In the most recent match against these opponents, the French club prevailed over the Biancocelesti 2-0. Milan, which emerged victorious from the last match played in the UEFA Champions League group stage against Newcastle, could find two consecutive successes in Europe a year after the last positive series (three consecutive successes in the streak ending on 14 February 2023, in the UCL round of 16 against Tottenham). After winning away against both Panathinaikos on matchday three and against Maccabi Haifa in the fifth round of the 2023/24 Europa League group stage, Rennes could for the first time achieve three consecutive away wins in a major competition European.
👉 Lineup AC MILAN (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Florenzi, Kjær, Gabbia, Hernández; Musah, Reijnders; Pulisic, Loftus-Cheek, Leão; Giroud.
👉STADE RENNAIS (4-4-2): Mandanda; G. Doué, Omari, Theate, Truffert; Bourigeaud, Santamaria, Matusiwa, D. Doué; Kalimuendo, Terrier.
✅ Here are AC MILAN vs RENNES official starting lineups – formations for the Europa League Playoff, First Leg on Thursday 15 February 2024 at the San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy at 21:00.
👉 Lineup AC MILAN (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Florenzi, Kjær, Gabbia, Hernández; Musah, Reijnders; Pulisic, Loftus-Cheek, Leão; Giroud.
✅ Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Friday 1 December 2023.
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Friday 1 December 2023
Front Page La Gazzetta dello Sport, Friday 1 December
👉Interview: Me, Allegri and the Scudetto
Vlahovic, Juve it’s my home
👉Milan crisis
We try with the kids
👉Atalanta in the Round of 16
Roma qualified, but risk play-offs
Fiorentina pass
Atalanta ended the UEFA Europa League Group Stage game with a draw on Thursday 30 November 2023 at the Gewiss Stadium in Bergamo, Italy. Atalanta suffered in the second half but ends the match with Sporting at 1-1, mathematically finding first the place in the Group. Atalanta took the lead with Gianluca Scamacca, Edwards equalized in the second half. Sporting tried Goncalves comes close to taking the lead by finding a sensational double post, in the end the point that gives first position. It’s a total celebrationat the Gewiss.
Atalanta opened the score in teh 23rd minute. Gianluca Scamacca defeated Sporting Lisbon goalkeeper Adán with a right-footed shot to the top right corner. The assist is by Teun Koopmeiners.
👉Atalanta 1 – 0 Sporting Lisbon, 23rd minute, ⚽️ goal by Gianluca Scamacca for @Atalanta with a right-footed shot to the top right corner. The assist is by Teun Koopmeiners. https://t.co/uVPVho0VWd
Sporting Lisbon equalized in the 56th minute. Marcus Edwards defeated Atalanta goalkeeper with a right-footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Viktor Gyökeres.
✅ Stats before the game: Atalanta won both of their previous two home meetings with Sporting Lisbon, both 2-0 in the Cup Winners’ Cup (in 1963 and 1988). Sporting Lisbon have played 16 away matches against Italian teams in Europe without ever winning (D4, L12), losing the most recent against Juventus in the quarter-finals of last year’s UEFA Europa League. Atalanta have lost only two of the 18 matches played in the UEFA Europa League (11W, 5D) remaining unbeaten this season (3W, 1N). Sporting Lisbon have won three of their last 14 matches played in Europe (D6, L5), although two of these successes have come in the last four matches (D1, L1).
Referee: Michael Oliver (ENG).
Assistant Referees: Stuart Burt (ENG) and Daniel Cook (ENG). 4th Official: Andrew Madley (ENG). V.A.R.: Stuart Attwell (ENG); A.V.A.R.: Carlos del Cerro Grande (ESP).
By Anna Italia
