Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Friday 26 February 2021.
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Friday 26 February 2021.
Front Page, La Gazzetta dello Sport, 26 February
👉Europa League, Milan to the Round of 16 Gigio, the good star
👉Roma yes Fonseca goes through, Dzeko scores and is injured: out Sunday
👉Napoli no Gattuso takes the blame: "Conceded another poor goal"
Corriere dello Sport, Front Page, Friday 26 February 2021.
Front Page, Corriere dello Sport, Friday 26 February
👉They're through to the Europa League Round of 16 and on Sunday a Champions League challenge Roma-Milan is already hot Fonseca without problems: 3-1 against Braga Rossoneri, draw with goosebumps (1-1) Napoli, it’s too late… pic.twitter.com/i6e1d29tlG
AS Roma win the Europa League Round 32, Second Leg game defeating Braga on Thursday 25 February 2021 at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium in Rome, Italy. Roma advance to the Europa League Round of 16 with an aggregate result of 5-1.
AS Roma opening the score in the 23rd minute. Forward Edin Dzeko defeating Braga goalkeeper with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
29 – Edin Dzeko has scored 29 goals for AS Roma in the European competitions (excluding qualifying rounds), becoming the best all-time scorer for the Giallorossi (overtaken Francesco Totti, 28). Annales. #RomaBragapic.twitter.com/ZbuJ0NM5PK
29 – Edin Dzeko has scored 29 goals for AS Roma in the European competitions (excluding qualifying rounds), becoming the best all-time scorer for the Giallorossi (overtaken Francesco Totti, 28). Annales. #RomaBragapic.twitter.com/ZbuJ0NM5PK
Roma increasing the score for the 2-0 in the 74th minute.
🏆👉 AS Roma 2 – 0 Braga, 74th minute, goal by ⚽️ Carles Pérez for @ASRomaEN with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Lorenzo Pellegrini. https://t.co/8e1o9lhAM5
Stats before the game: Roma have won 4 of their last 6 home games against Portuguese sides (1N, 1P), the last of which was a 2-1 win against Porto in February 2019. Sporting Braga have won 1 of 4 away matches against Italian sides (1N, 2P), beating Parma 1-0 in the 2006-07 UEFA Cup round of 32. An 18-year-old Diego Costa scored the winning goal. Roma have passed the round on 18 of the previous 20 occasions in which they have won the first leg in a double knockout match of a European competition (excluding the preliminaries): the only exceptions of the run against Manchester United in the quarter-finals in 2006/07 and in the round of 16 against Porto in 2018/19, again in the Champions League. Braga made it through the round in a double Europa League match in the knockout stage after losing the first leg only once on their last five occasions: against Fenerbahçe in the 2015/16 round of 16. Roma’s only defeat in their last 18 home games in European competition was against Real Madrid in November 2018 (13W, 4N) – the Giallorossi have won all six knockout stages matches during this series. Roma have scored at least three goals in each of their last two Europa League matches at the Olimpico: the Giallorossi could record three home games in a row in a European competition with at least three goals to their credit for the first time since October 2018 (against Liverpool , Viktoria Plzen and CSKA Moscow in the Champions League). Sporting Braga have lost all of their last four away matches in the knockout stages of the Europa League, failing to score in three of those games. Since his first appearance for Roma in the Europa League in 2016, Edin Dzeko has scored 13 of his team’s 53 goals, followed by own goals in the club’s league table this period (five).
✅ Here is AS ROMA official starting lineup – formation by Coach Paulo Fonseca:
🏆👉Lineup ROMA (3-4-2-1): Pau Lopez; Karsdorp, Cristante, Mancini; Veretout, Diawara, Villar, Bruno Peres; El Shaarawy, Pedro; Dzeko
✅ Here is BRAGA official starting lineup – formation by Coach Carlos Carvalhal:
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Referee Andreas Ekberg from Sweden will be assisted by Assistant Referee 1: Mehmet Culum (SWE) and Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Hallberg (SWE). The Fourth Official will be John Beaton (SCO). The VAR will be Stuart Attwell (ENG). The AVAR will be Paul Tierney (ENG). The Referee Observer will be Frank De Bleeckere (BEL).
👉AS Roma-Braga Match Officials
🗓️Thursday 25 February 2021
🏟️ Olimpico di Roma Stadium
⏲️21:00
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Mehmet Culum (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Hallberg (SWE)
Fourth Official: John Beaton (SCO)
VAR: Stuart Attwell (ENG) @ASRomaENpic.twitter.com/9SIJhVtNjW
2020 – 2021 UEFA Europa League
Round of 32, Second Leg
AS Roma 3 – 1 Braga
Thursday 25 February 2021
Olimpico di Roma Stadium
Rome, Italy
21:00
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Mehmet Culum (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Hallberg (SWE)
Fourth Official: John Beaton (SCO)
VAR: Stuart Attwell (ENG)
AVAR: Paul Tierney (ENG)
Referee Observer: Frank De Bleeckere (BEL)
Mission accomplished! AC Milan advance to the Europa League Round of 16. Milan ended with a draw against Crvena Zvezda in the Round of 32, Second Leg game on Thursday 25 February 2021 at the San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy. AC Milan will then concentrate on the Serie A Week 24 against AS Roma to battle again for the leadership.
AC Milan opening the score in the 9th minute. Referee Jesus Gil Manzano giving a penalty to Milan conceded by Marko Gobeljic after a handball. The penalty is converted by Franck Kessié defeating Crvena Zvezda goalkeeper with a right footed shot in the bottom right corner.
🏆👉AC Milan 1 – 0 Crvena Zvezda, 9th minute goal by
⚽️ Franck Kessié converting a penalty for @acmilan
with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner. The penalty is conceded by Marko Gobeljic after a handball. https://t.co/Om3IBa8sGQ
18 – AC Milan have taken 18 penalties in the current season, at least three more than any other Top-5 European leagues team 2020-21, considering all competitions. Plenty.#ACMFKCZ
8 – Franck #Kessié has scored 8 goals since the start of the 2020/21 season, a record for him in a single campaign since playing in Italy. Reference.#MilanStellaRossa#ACMFKCZ
✅ Stats before the game: AC Milan have always scored in 5 previous games against Red Star, keeping a clean sheet only once, at home in August 2006. Milan hosted the Red Star twice, drawing 1-1 in the 1988/89 European Cup and winning 1-0 in the 2006/07 Champions League qualifiers, thanks to a goal from Filippo Inzaghi. The Red Star have only won one of 12 European away matches against Italian sides (3N, 8P), a 2-0 win over Chievo in the first round of the UEFA Cup in October 2002. Milan have lost three of their last seven home games between the Europa League and the UEFA Cup (4W), as many times as they have in their first 38 home games in these competitions. AC Milan’s last home draw in European competition dates back to October 2017 (0-0 against AEK Athens) – seven wins and three defeats for the Rossoneri since then. The Red Star have only scored three times in their seven Europa League away games, failing to score in five of their last six. AC Milan have been eliminated in each of their last seven home and away matches in major European competitions when they failed to win the first leg, managing to make it through the last time in the 2006/07 Champions League against Manchester United.
The seven goals scored by Milan at home in this Europa League are signed by six different scorers – the only AC Milan to score two goals in the set is Brahim Díaz, author of the first (v Slavia Prague) and the last (v Celtic ). Still running dry after three appearances in this Europa League, Zlatan Ibrahimovic could become the oldest scorer in the history of AC Milan between the European Cup / Champions League and UEFA Cup / Europa League at the age of 39 years and 118 days.
✅ Here is AC MILAN official starting lineup – formation by Coach Stefano Pioli:
✅ Here is CRVENA ZVEZDA official starting lineup – formation by Coach Dejan Stankovic:
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Click the video to watch AC Milan vs Crvena Zvezda highlights on Thursday 25 February 2021.
Referee Jesus Gil Manzano from Spain will be assisted by Assistant Referee 1: Diego Barbero Sevilla (ESP) and Assistant Referee 2: Angel Nevado Rodriguez (ESP). The Fourth Official will be Santiago Jaime Latre (ESP). The VAR will be Alejandro Hernandez Hernandez (ESP). The AVAR will be Javier Estrada Fernandez (ESP). The Referee Observer will be Francesco Bianchi (SUI).
👉AC Milan-Crvena Zvezda Match Officials
🗓️Thursday 25 February 2021
🏟️San Siro Stadium
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Referee: Jesus Gil Manzano (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Diego Barbero Sevilla (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Angel Nevado Rodriguez (ESP)
Fourth Official: Santiago Jaime Latre (ESP) @acmilanpic.twitter.com/0zHjxsyU76
✅ Here are AS ROMA vs BRAGA official starting lineups – formations for the Europa League Round 32, Second Leg game on Thursday 25 February 2021 at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium in Rome, Italy at 21:00.
🏆👉Lineup ROMA (3-4-2-1): Pau Lopez; Karsdorp, Cristante, Mancini; Veretout, Diawara, Villar, Bruno Peres; El Shaarawy, Pedro; Dzeko
Referee Andreas Ekberg from Sweden will be assisted by Assistant Referee 1: Mehmet Culum (SWE) and Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Hallberg (SWE). The Fourth Official will be John Beaton (SCO). The VAR will be Stuart Attwell (ENG). The AVAR will be Paul Tierney (ENG). The Referee Observer will be Frank De Bleeckere (BEL). ====================================== Buy AS Roma Tickets ======================================
👉AS Roma-Braga Match Officials
🗓️Thursday 25 February 2021
🏟️ Olimpico di Roma Stadium
⏲️21:00
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Mehmet Culum (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Hallberg (SWE)
Fourth Official: John Beaton (SCO)
VAR: Stuart Attwell (ENG) @ASRomaENpic.twitter.com/9SIJhVtNjW
2020 – 2021 UEFA Europa League
Round of 32, Second Leg
AS Roma – Braga
Thursday 25 February 2021
Olimpico di Roma Stadium
Rome, Italy
21:00
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Mehmet Culum (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Hallberg (SWE)
Fourth Official: John Beaton (SCO)
VAR: Stuart Attwell (ENG)
AVAR: Paul Tierney (ENG)
Referee Observer: Frank De Bleeckere (BEL)
Napoli with the mission to overturn the result of the first half. Napoli must win the game the Europa League Round of 32, Second Leg game against Granada on Thursday 25 February at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Napoli, Italy . The issue is that Napoli need to win with more than 2 goals without conceding to make it to the Quarterfinals.
A good start for Napoli opening the score in the 3rd minute. It is Piotr Zielinski to defeat Granada goalkeeper with a left footed shot in the bottom left corner. The assist is by forward Lorenzo Insigne.
Napoli taking the lead again in the 59th minute. It is Fabián Ruiz to score with a left footed shot in the bottom right corner. Guess, who made the assist???? Yep, Lorenzo Insigne!!!!!
🏆👉Napoli 2 – 1 Granada, 59th minute, goal by ⚽️ Fabián Ruiz for @en_sscnapoli with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Lorenzo Insigne. https://t.co/n3qXS4raGQ
Napoli haven’t won in 5 home games against Spanish opponents (4N, 1P), 4 of which ended 1-1. The only previous encounter between these two teams was Granada’s 2-0 win over Napoli in the first leg. All of the last 26 teams that have won by two goals without conceding at home in the first leg of a double Europa League match then went through – the last one to fail was Basel against Valencia in the 2013 quarter-finals. -14, who won the first leg 3-0 and then lost the return 5-0. Napoli have only won two of their last seven home games in the knockout stages of the Europa League (3N, 2P), most recently losing to Arsenal in 2018-19, in the quarter-finals. Napoli are unbeaten in the four home matches in a second leg of the Europa League round of 32: three wins and one draw.
✅ Here is NAPOLI official starting lineup – formation by Coach Gennaro Gattuso:
NAPOLI (3-4-1-2): Meret – Rrahmani, Maksimovic, Koulibaly – Di Lorenzo, Fabian Ruiz, Bakayoko, Elmas – Zielinski – Politano, Insigne.
✅ Here is GRANADA official starting lineup – formation by Coach Diego Martinez:
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