Football. ua sums up the thirty-first round of the championship of Italy.
The thirty-first round of the championship of Italy, by and large, did not promise special shocks, but there was also a place for surprises. And these surprises poured down, as from a cornucopia. This is the fight that gave Juventus, Napoli and Milan Benevento, Chievo and Sassuolo, and Roma's losses to Inter, which could cost them one place in the Champions League, and the victories desperately trying to get out of the relegation zone of Verona and Crotone.
The results of David's tour against the Goliaths - alas, not according to biblical canons After suffering a humiliating home defeat from Real in the first quarterfinal match of the Champions League, Juventus is clearly still hoping for something. Otherwise, against Benevento, there would hardly have been such a "light" composition. Despite the hopeless situation in the standings, the "witches" especially recently, can very painfully bite, and Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri understood this perfectly well. Unfortunately for the hosts, the Champions League earned the removal of Dibal, who otherwise Allegri would also probably have saved for a visit to Madrid. And it was the Argentine who became the main "executioner" of the team from Campagna.
Teams in the standings shared 65 points, in addition, for the hosts could not play Letitia, Lucion (disqualification), D'Alessandro, Parigini, Memushai and Antei (injury), but Benevento looked very worthy. Having missed the first ball after the corporate strike of Dibala, the "witches" recouped. Having missed him from the penalty spot (the violation was, however, the arbiter had to resort to the VAR system before pointing to the "point") - they recouped again. Both balls in the gates of Szczesny scored Diabat, which already in the second round in a row is marked by a double.
The game went with alternating chances at both gates, but lucky guests. Substitute Higuain did everything to avoid contact with Viola's foot, and Dybalah issued a hat-trick, realizing one more penalty. And even after Douglas Costa scored the fourth ball, Benevento continued to attack and could even score, but in the end was powerless to help his Neapolitan neighbors.
A lot of difficulties had to be overcome and Napoli in a duel against Chievo, although compared to the match Benevento - Juventus, on San Paolo events unfolded in a different scenario. The hosts had an overwhelming advantage (possession of the ball: 76% - 24%, strikes: 33 - 4, angular: 14 - 0), but the ball simply refused to go to the goal. Even with a penalty Mertens failed to break through Sorrentino. With stubbornness, perfectly corresponding to the nicknames of the teams, they bent their line: the "donkeys" continued to attack, the "flying donkeys" fought back.
In the end, everything decided not to shine on the field Insigne. Of course, this is just a joke, but the result was in favor of the team, which consisted of more Poles ... At first, Stepinski, who replaced the guests, did not forgive the mistake of Coulibaly. At the end of the main time, also appeared on the field in the second half, Milik equalized the score. And in the compensated time was scored and the winning ball. It would be very symbolic if he scored Zelinski on his own account, but he limited himself only to the presence on the field, and Diawara, who scored for the first time in Serie A.
Revolution in the zone of European cups Perhaps the main reason for Roma's defeat could be called what in the subconscious "wolves" kept the upcoming return match of the Champions League against Barcelona. However, if you go beyond the standard cliches, then still the first place is to put the opponent's game - Fiorentina. Before the trip to Rome, the team Stefano Pioli won five consecutive matches in Serie A. In Italy, where many believe in miracles, the talk about the "violets" being helped by the spirit of their untimely departed captain David Astori is already seriously ... Perhaps there is something in this statement, for how else, if not by a miracle, to call the victory with difference in the two goals of the team, which during the match, almost in all respects inferior to the opponent?.
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What helped Torino, who in a duel with the same scenario managed to beat Inter, it's hard to say. Perhaps the coach's right coach Luciano Spalletti, who said after the match that it was just not the day of his team. And maybe he was right a little earlier when he said that his players can not be equally tuned for every match: they fooled Verona (they won 3-0), put themselves in the derby against Milan (0: 0), decided a little bit to save forces against Torino (0: 1) ... In connection with these results, the castling in the zone of the Champions League and its surroundings could not fail. Lazio, despite the fact that he had to recoup, scored a well-deserved victory over Udinese and pushed Inter from the top four, while pushing fellow countrymen from Roma to fourth place.
Very successfully for the heroic in Rome Fiorentina ended fights of all of her competitors in the fight for a ticket to the League of Europe. Sampdoria lost two points with Genoa, Atalanta - with Spal, Milan - with Sassuolo.
And now the "violets" occupy the seventh place necessary for participation in European competitions, two points ahead of Sampdoria and Atalanta (we will not dismiss Torino, who is five points behind Florentines) and falling behind the same two points from Milan.
Do not give up and do not give up!.
More and more, the situation in the relegation zone and the positions from which it is within reach. Verona, who defeated Cagliari, and Croton, who coped with Bologna, and also Spal, who shared points with Atalanta (the no-lose Ferrari series make six matches!) Gradually reduce the gap from potential competitors.
In the current situation, two trips to Serie B (as it is not sad, very nice "witches" are unlikely to be saved from dropping in the class, and the third ticket is in their pocket) "the whole lower half of the Serie A tournament table" claims ": Genoa and Bologna, occupying the eleventh and twelfth place, for seven rounds to the finish line from the fatal eighteenth place is separated only eight points - a distance that does not allow sleeping absolutely calmly.
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