Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Monday 30 January 2023.
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Monday 30 January 2023.
Front Page, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Monday 30 January 2023
👉New Scudetto strike for Spalletti: Roma KO
Napoli Osi, breakaway at +13
Osimhen magic, then Simeone beats Mou
👉Milan collapse, crushed by 5 goals, on Sunday a high risk derby
Pioli gambles it all
Corriere dello Sport, Front Page, Monday 30 January 2023
Front Page, Corriere dello Sport, Monday 30 January 2023
👉The splendid march towards the Scudetto continues: Azzurri extend their lead further
Only Napoli
Osi and Simeone beat Roma [2-1], Spalletti at 13 points over Inter
57% Ball Possession NAPOLI and 43% Ball Possession AS ROMA Napoli 2 – 1 AS Roma
17′ Victor Osimhen 75′ Stephan El Shaarawy
86′ Giovanni Simeone
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AS Roma, 6th position with 37 points and a positive goal difference of +9
Napoli, 1st position with 50 points and a positive goal difference of +32
Napoli are dominating the league. Napoli keep the leadership after winning the Serie A Week 20 game against Roma on Sunday 29 January 2023 at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Napoli, Italy. Napoli won narrowly and climbed to 53 points, remaining firmly at the top of the standings. Spalletti’s team ended the first half ahead thanks to a goal from Osimhen, but let the Giallorossi recover in the second half thanks to El Shaarawy’s flash. Simeone takes care of deciding the match five minutes from the 90th minute with a surgical shot to electrocute Rui Patricio. Napoli conquers the fourth consecutive victory and moves to +13 from Inter, Roma instead stops its run after two successes in a row.
In the next round of the championship, Roma will host Empoli while Napoli will visit Spezia.
The challenge between the two best defenses in the second half of this championship: only seven goals conceded by Napoli and Roma in the second 45 minutes of the game so far; among these for the Giallorossi is that of Osimhen in the first leg match.
Napoli opened the score in the 17th minute. Forward Victor Osimhen defeated AS Roma goalkeeper Rui Patricio with a right-footed shot to the top right corner. The assist is by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
👉 Napoli 1 – 0 AS Roma, 17th minute, ⚽️ goal by Victor Osimhen for @en_sscnapoli with a right-footed shot to the top right corner. The assist is by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia. https://t.co/IcyXvD6anU
AS Roma equalized in the 75th minute. Forward Stephan El Shaarawy defeated Napoli goalkeeper Alex Meret with a right-footed shot to the top left corner. The assist is by Nicola Zalewski.
👉 Napoli 1 – 1 AS Roma, 75th minute, ⚽️ goal by Stephan El Shaarawy equalized for @ASRomaEN with a right-footed shot to the top left corner. The assist is by Nicola Zalewski. https://t.co/IcBR669esj
Napoli took the lead again in the 86th minute. Forward Giovanni “EL Cholito” Simeone with a left footed shot to the top right corner. The assist is by Piotr Zielinski.
👉 Napoli 2 – 1 AS Roma, 86th minute, ⚽️ goal by Giovanni Simeone for @en_sscnapoli with a left footed shot to the top right corner. The assist is by Piotr Zielinski. https://t.co/Et9MQc5bUH
✅ Stats before the game. Napoli have remained unbeaten in eight of their last nine matches against Roma in the league (W5, D3), the last success of the Giallorossi against the Neapolitans in Serie A dates back to 2 November 2019 (2-1 at the Olimpico). Napoli are unbeaten in their last four home league games against Roma (W2, D2) and have not obtained at least five consecutive useful home results against the Giallorossi in Serie A since the period 1989-1995 (seven in that case). Excluding the two years of Calciopoli, this is only the fifth time in history that a team has won at least 16 of the first 19 games played in a Serie A championship: Napoli 2022/23, Juventus 2018/19, Juventus 2013/ 14, Inter 2006/07 and Juventus 1949/50. Considering all competitions since the beginning of 2023, only Nantes (five out of five) have obtained more clean sheets than Roma among the teams in the top five European leagues: four games out of five with clean sheets for the Giallorossi. Of the 10 managers he has met at least four times in Serie A, Luciano Spalletti is the one against whom José Mourinho has the worst win percentage (20%): only one win in five matches for the Portuguese, in the first match on 19 October 2008 (D3 , 1P).
📺 Click the video to watch Napoli 2 – 1 AS Roma highlights on Sunday 29 January 2023
🇮🇹 Referee Daniele Orsato from the section of Schio will be assisted by Alberto Tegoni from the section of Milano and Giovanni Baccini from the section of Conegliano. The Fourth Official will be Antonio Rapuano from the section of Rimini. The VAR will be Aleandro Di Paolo from the section of Avezzano. The AVAR will be Maggioni.
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AS Roma, 6th position with 37 points and a positive goal difference of +9
Napoli, 1st position with 50 points and a positive goal difference of +32
Here are Napoli vs AS Roma official starting lineups for the Serie A Week 20 game on Sunday 29 January 2023 at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Napoli, Italy at 20:45.
Lineup NAPOLI (4-3-3): Meret; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Kim, Mario Rui; Anguissa, Lobotka, Zielinski; Lozano, Osimhen, Kvaratskhelia.
Subs: Gollini, Marfella, Ostigard, Juan Jesus, Bereszynski, Olivera, Demme, Gaetano, Ndombele, Zedadka, Zerbin, Politano, Elmas, Raspadori, Simeone
Coach: Luciano Spalletti.
Lineup AS ROMA (3-4-2-1): Rui Patricio; Mancini, Smalling, Ibanez; Zalewski, Cristante, Matic, Spinazzola; Pellegrini; Dybala, Abraham. Subs: Svilar, Boer, El Shaarawy, Kumbulla, Vina, Camara, Tahirovic, Volpato, Bove, Belotti, Solbakken
Coach: Mourinho.
🇮🇹 Referee Daniele Orsato from the section of Schio will be assisted by Alberto Tegoni from the section of Milano and Giovanni Baccini from the section of Conegliano. The Fourth Official will be Antonio Rapuano from the section of Rimini. The VAR will be Aleandro Di Paolo from the section of Avezzano. The AVAR will be Maggioni.
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Lazio, 8th position with 14 points and a positive goal difference of +2
Fiorentina, 7th position with 15 points and a positive goal difference of +1
Lazio and Fiorentina ended the Serie A Week 20 game with a draw on Sunday 29 January 2023 at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium in Rome, Italy. Lazio failed to secure second place but reaches Milan, together with Atalanta, in third place with 38 points. Fiorentina overtakes Juventus and reaches 24 points. Lazio have won all of their last four home games against Fiorentina in Serie A and have never achieved more consecutive home wins against the Viola in the tournament.
Lazio opened the score in the 8th minute. Nicolò Casale defeated Fiorentina goalkeeper Pietro Terracciano with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner following a corner conceded by Christian Kouamé.
👉 Lazio 1 – 0 Fiorentina, 8th minute, ⚽️ goal by Nicolò Casale for @OfficialSSLazio with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner following a corner conceded by Christian Kouamé. https://t.co/2B3iLYsBqy
Fiorentina equalized in the 50th minute. Nicolás González defeated Lazio goalkeeper Ivan Provedel with a left-footed shot to the bottom left corner.
👉 Lazio 1 – 1 Fiorentina, 50th minute, ⚽️ goal by Nicolás González for @ACFFiorentinaEN with a left-footed shot to the bottom left corner. https://t.co/329QwW8k6d
✅ Stats before the game. Fiorentina is the team against which Lazio has both achieved the most victories (58 in 147 matches) and scored the most goals (206) in their history in Serie A, completing 42 draws and 47 victories for the Viola. Lazio have won six of their last seven meetings against Fiorentina in Serie A (L1), also keeping clean sheets in the most recent three – the last time the Biancocelesti achieved four consecutive wins against the Viola in the tournament was between March 2014 and January 2016. Lazio have won three games in a row in all competitions and have not recorded a longer streak of successes since the period between March and April 2021, with Simone Inzaghi on the bench. Excluding the Juventus penalty, only Verona (-12) and Sampdoria (-11) have collected a worse points difference than Fiorentina in this championship (minus 9 points, 23 vs 32) compared to the end of the 2021/22 first leg. Fiorentina have lost in their last two Serie A matches, without scoring a single goal: they have not collected three knockouts in a row in the top tournament without hitting a target since May 2019 (four in that case).
📺 Click the video to watch Lazio 1 – 1 Fiorentina highlights on Sunday 29 January 2023
🇮🇹 Referee Andrea Colombo from the section of Como will be assisted by Filippo Valeriani from the section of Ravenna and Marcello Rossi from the section of Biella. The Fourth Official will be Marco Piccinini from the section of Forlì. The VAR will be Daniele Chiffi from the section of Padova. The AVAR will be Abbattista from the section of Molfetta.
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Lazio, 8th position with 14 points and a positive goal difference of +2
Fiorentina, 7th position with 15 points and a positive goal difference of +1
✅ Here are Lazio vs Fiorentina official starting lineups for the match officials for the Serie A Week 20 game on Sunday 29 January 2023 at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium in Rome, Italy at 18:00.
👉Lineup LAZIO (4-3-3): Provedel; Marusic, Casale, Romagnoli, Hysaj; Milinkovic, Cataldi, Luis Alberto; Pedro, Felipe Anderson, Zaccagni.
🇮🇹 Referee Andrea Colombo from the section of Como will be assisted by Filippo Valeriani from the section of Ravenna and Marcello Rossi from the section of Biella. The Fourth Official will be Marco Piccinini from the section of Forlì. The VAR will be Daniele Chiffi from the section of Padova. The AVAR will be Abbattista from the section of Molfetta.