Football. Ua represents the announcement of the matches of the second round of the championship of Italy, which will be held on Sunday.

On Saturday, all three matches of the second round were won by the guests, but on Sunday they will not be able to repeat the 100% result.

Milan has a good chance to take three more points in the second round of the Serie A championship and keep up with Juventus and fellow countrymen from Inter, going for now without loss. Before another competitor Scudetto and Shakhtar's future rival in the group stage of the Champions League - Napoli - is the same task, but it will be more difficult to implement than the "devils". Still Atalanta stronger Cagliari will, and after the defeat of Roma in the first round bergamaski clearly will be configured in combat.

Matches of the 2nd round The remaining matches of the 2nd round Torino - Sassuolo Sunday, 19:00, Turin, the Stadio Grande Torino. Arbiter - Paolo Mazzoleni In the fights of the first round, both Torino and Sassuolo missed the well-deserved victories. But if the "neverdi" can only blame themselves for not being able to score at least one goal in the gates of Genoa, Sinisa Mikhailovich and his wards quite rightly expressed their claims to the arbitrators who, even with the use of the video replay system, managed to abolish the perfectly legitimate goal to the goal of Bologna , Which was supposed to bring the "bulls" victory.

It's hard to say which team is in the best shape at the moment, one thing is clear: both Torino and Sassuolo will only be set up to win, which means that the fans will get a bright attacking football from both the hosts and guests.

Interesting facts - Torino from the last 11 home fights in Serie A lost only once.

- In Turin, in a duel between Torino and Sassuolo, there has never been a draw - on the victory of each team.

- In the last season, the bout ended with a score of 5: 3.

The indicative compositions of Torino: Sirigu - Zzappakosta, N'Kulu, Moretti, Molinaro - Rincon, Obi - Falke, Llaic, Berenguer - Belotti.

Sassuolo: Consilia - Lirola, Acherby, Cannavaro, Peluso-Sensi, Magnanielli, Duncan-Berardi, Falcinelli, Politano.

Injured: Baselli, Valdifiori, Boyer (Torino).

Forecast 1: 1 Chievo-Lazio Sunday, 21:45, Verona, Stadio Mark'Antonio Bentegodi. Arbitrator - Gianluca Manganello I Chievo, and Lazio surprised in the first round. But if the "flying donkeys" unexpectedly won a victory at the exit over Udinese, the "eagles" could not beat the house Spal. Naturally, one point in the fight against the newcomer to Serie A is not what the Italian Super Cup. So now the Romans will try to recoup Chievo.

True, now Lazio is not in the best condition. Anderson's injury, the departure to Southampton Hudt, not full willingness of the newcomers team Lucas Leiva and Caicedo limit the opportunities of Simone Inzaghi.

Words by Simone Inzaghi, coach of Lazio:.

"Chievo is an uneasy opponent in itself, but against us there will still be strong heat and a very bad field. But we prepared properly and intend to take three points. In the fight against SPAL we were too slow, now we will have to act at the maximum speed, otherwise Chievo will easily cover all free zones ".

"Our team is not yet fully staffed. We are waiting for an exhausting season with a fight on several fronts, so we need to have a quality reserve. The club's director knows what positions need strengthening and works in this direction ".

Interesting facts - In the last six games of Serie A against Chievo at home and on the road, Lazio was able to win only one, losing two and drawing three.

- Last season, the match ended with a score of 1: 1.

Approximate compositions Chievo: Sorrentino - Cacciator, Dainelli, Gamberini, Gobbi - Castro, Radovanovic, Hetemayi - Birsa - Inglese, Pucciarelli.

Lazio: Strakosha - Wallace, De Vrey, Radu - Basta, Parolo, Luis Alberto, Lucas Leiva, Lulich - Milinkovich-Savic - Immobile.

Injured: Mejorini - Anderson, Lombardi.

Forecast 1: 2 Crotone - Verona Sunday, 21:45, Crotone, Stadio Ezio Shida. Arbitrator - Marco Guida Interesting facts - The teams have never met in Serie A, and in other tournaments, Verona has an advantage - four wins against two.

- Verona lost the last 4 away matches in the championship of Italy.

Approximate compositions Crotone: Kordas - Faraoni, Adzheti Cabrera, Martel - Roden, Mandrake, Barberis, Stoyan - Trotta, Budimir.

Verona: Nicholas - Ferrari, Caceres, Orto, Suprien - Romulo, Buchel, Bessa - Churchi, Pazzini, Verde.

Disqualified: Ceccherini (Crotone).

Injured: Tonev - B. Suculini, Brosco, Bianchetti.

Forecast 1: 1 Fiorentina - Sampdoria Sunday, 21:45, Florence, Stadio Artemio Franchi. Referee - Daniele Doveri In the first-round fight, Fiorentina coach Stefano Pioli put six new players in the starting lineup, which is why Inter in the first half felt absolutely confident. But after the break, and especially in the last half an hour of playing time, "violets" brought the hosts a lot of trouble, although they missed the third ball.

The fact that the affairs in the team are gradually going well, showed a duel against Real Madrid for the Trophy of Santiago Bernabeu, in which the guests though lost with the score 1: 2, but looked quite worthy.

A positive moment for Pioli is the fact that the suspension of Chiesa ended, and the forward, who brilliantly showed himself in the off-season control games, will be able to strengthen Fiorentina's attack.

In the structure of Sampdoria, theoretically may appear Shik, who completed the course of treatment of the heart, but the chances of this are not great.

Words by Stefano Pioli, coach of Fiorentina:.

"We took into account the mistakes made in the first round, and we prepared well for the first match of the championship at our own stadium. Our team in the right proportion combines youthful enthusiasm and discretion of experienced football players. And although Sampdoria is not among the simple rivals, I still believe that our fans will witness the first victory of the team in the championship ".

Interesting facts - Sampdoria can not win in Florence since 2004.

- Fiorentina does not lose to Sampdoria in five meetings in a row at home and on the road.

- Last season, the match ended with a score of 1: 1.

Approximate compositions of Fiorentina: Sportietello - Tomovic, Pezzellia, Astori, M. Olivera - Vereto, Badel, Benassi - Chiesa, Simeone, Eiseric.

Sampdoria: Viviano - Sala, Sylvester, Reggini, Pavlovich - Barreto, Torreira, Prat - Ramirez, Quagliarella, Caprari.

Injured: Dodo (Sampdoria).

In doubt: Saponara (Fiorentina).

Forecast 2: 2 Milan - Cagliari Sunday, 21:45, Milan, San Siro. Arbitrator - Luca Piretto In five official matches of the season-2017/2018 Milan not only scored five wins, but also scored 13 goals, without missing any. True, the rivals of the Rossoneri can only be called serious with a stretch: Romanian Craiova and Macedonian Shkendia in the European League, as well as Croton, who remained in the minority in the third minute of the match of the first round of the Serie A championship.

It is unlikely to create serious problems for the "devils" and Cagliari, without the chances of conceding in the first round of Juventus. In addition to the objectively stronger composition, Milan also has a history with statistics: the Rossoneri have won the last 12 home matches for the islanders.

Guests, perhaps, would have a chance if Vincenzo Montella continued experiments with the tactical scheme 3-5-2, which he tested in the Europa League, but the coach himself admitted that his players are not yet ready to move to a new alignment, and then , That got away with in the qualification matches of the Europa League, in Serie A it will not work. Therefore, against Sardinians, Milan will play according to the scheme 4-3-3.

Just the other day Cagliari received an unexpected but significant strengthening in the face of the Netherlands defender Gregory van der Wiel, last season played for Fenerbahce, and before that played for Ajax and PSG. However, on Sunday in the islanders he will not fall, because he received a slight injury in his last training in Fenerbahce.

Words of Vincenzo Montella, Coach of Milan:.

"Enthusiasm after our victory in the first round is a positive moment, if only it does not turn into euphoria. At the moment the team is still in the making, players are rubbing each other, the coaching staff is trying to choose the optimal tactical constructions. So far, only one thing is clear: we are not yet ready to play in three defenders ".

"In the line of attack, I'm counting on the top three in Kalinich, Andre Silva and Coutron, although with the busy schedule that awaits us, the game practice will suffice not only for them. By the way, already on Sunday can take place the debut of Kalinich. Also at a rapid pace is the recovery from injury to Bilia. I'm not sure that he will be ready to play against Cagliari, but his return to service is a matter of the near future. Also they are getting on with Nyanga. The guy was very impressionable, but in personal conversations with him we have figured out everything ".

"Regarding Raiola's statement that Gigio Donnarumme was promised a captain's armband, I do not know anything about this. Perhaps, he was told at the signing of the contract that eventually he would become a captain, but for the time being to discuss this topic untimely ".

Interesting facts - Cagliari did not win at Milan on San Siro since June 1997.

- Milan won the last 12 home games against Cagliari in all tournaments.

- Last season the match ended with a score of 1: 0.

Approximate compositions Milan: J. Donnarumma - Conti, Bonucci, Musacchio, Rodriguez - Cessier, Locatelli, Chalkhanoglu - Suso, Coutron, Borini.

Cagliari: Cranjo - Padoin, Andreoli, Pisacani, Capuano - Farago, Chigarini, Ionita - Barella - Farias, Chop.

Injured: Bonaventura, Billiards - Raphael.

Forecast 2: 0 SPAL - Udinese Sunday, 21:45, Ferrara, Stadio Paolo Mazza. Arbitrator - Paolo Valerie Interesting facts - The last time the teams met each other in April 1979 in Serie B - 1: 1.

- In the highest Italian division the last meeting took place in March 1962 and ended with the victory of SPAL - 2: 1.

- Udinese lost the last four away matches in Serie A.

Approximate compositions of the spas: Gomis - Vaisanen, Vicari, Cremonesi - Lazzari, Skjatarella, Viviani, Mora, Costa - Paloski, Borello.

Udinese: Scuffet - Vahu, Danilo, Nyutink, Pezzella - Fofana, Hallfredsson, Yanktow - De Paul, Lasagna, Theroux.

Injured: Oikonomu, Grassi, Felipe, Meret - Widmer.

Forecast 0: 0 Napoli - Atalanta Sunday, 21:45, Naples, the Stadio San Paolo. Arbiter - Marco Di Bello Last season, Atalanta became the only team that managed to beat Napoli in two games - 2: 0 on the road and 1-0 at home. If we consider that Shakhtar's future rival in the Champions League group tournament for all the Serie A championship had only four defeats, the success of the bergamaks deserves respect.

However, now the "orobichs" do not look as powerful as they did a year ago. Care Kessya and Conti clearly weakened the team, and if you consider the striker and not attending training Spinazzol, the situation looks even more sad. However, the return of Spinazzola, which requires sending to Juventus, can take place at any time, since the "old lady", which belongs to the defender, publicly demanded from him respect for the two-year lease agreement with Atalanta.

Napoli has no such problems, but two substitutions in comparison with the composition, which beat Nice and extracted a ticket to the group round of the Champions League,. Disqualified Hisai in the defense will replace Maggio, and Allan will give way to the field returned to the system Zielinski, who will form the company in the middle line of Jorginho and Hamshik.

In the attack, we again see a magnificent trio in the composition of Kalehon, Mertens and Insigne, and Milik, who distinguished himself in the first round, will start the match on the bench.

At the moment, the fate of the goalkeeper of the "parthenopes" of Reina, who unexpectedly wanted to acquire PSG. If this deal is already at the final stage, then Sarri may well put in the starting lineup not a Spanish veteran, but someone of his younger doubles.

Interesting facts - In the last 38 home games in Serie A, Napoli lost only twice.

- In the last five matches of the championship of Italy, Napoli scored at least three goals.

- Last season the match ended with a score of 0: 2.

Approximate compositions of Napoli: Reina - Maggio, Albiol, Coulibaly, Gulam - Zielinski, Jorginho, Hamshik - Kalehon, Mertens, Insigne.

Atalanta: Berisha - Tolaya, Caldara, Maziello - Hatebourg, Kristante, Freler, Gosens - Kurtich, Gomez, Petagna.

Disqualified: Hisai.

Forecast 2: 1 Standings Scored Scorers Assistants.