“We bring to your attention an overview of the most interesting events based on the results of the regular matches of the Italian championship-2024/25.”, — write: football.ua
November 27, 2024, 6:25 p.m
We bring to your attention an overview of the most interesting events based on the results of the regular matches of the Italian championship-2024/25.
Milan – Juventus, Getty Images November 27, 2024, 6:25 p.m
In this traditional review, we will talk about all ten matches of the already completed tour of the Italian championship-2024/25, delighting you with interesting facts about these matches.
The program of the first after the break in the match of the national teams of the tour was opened at the Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi, where the local Verona hosted Inter. The clear favorites of the confrontation exceeded all expectations, actually putting an end to the match based on the results of the first half. Joaquin Correa and Marcus Thuram played a significant role in this – both of them had three productive actions.
In the second half, Simone Inzaghi’s team allowed the hosts to create even fewer chances than in the first half, eventually going home with another three points. For the wards of Paolo Zanetti, whose future in the club is now under even greater question, this is the second defeat in almost a month with a difference of five goals. In the next round, Verona will visit Cagliari, while Inter will visit Fiorentina.
Verona — Inter 0:5
goals: Correa, 17, Thuram, 22, 25, de Vray, 31, Bissek, 41
Verona: Montipo — Davidovych (Ghilardi, 46), Magnani, Danylyuk — Chachua, Serdar, Belayan, Bradaric (Lazovych, 46) — Harrui (D. Silva, 46) — Mosquera (Sarr, 46), Tengstedt (Suslov, 69)
Inter: Sommer — Bissek, Acherby (de Vray, 15), Bastoni (Fratezi, 62) — Darmian, Barella (Zelinski, 46), Asllani, Mkhitaryan, Augusto (Buchanan, 74) — Correa, Tyuram (Arnautovic, 62)
Warning: Davidovych, Belayan — Arnautovych
The best player of the match [від Серії А]: Joaquin Correa
The meeting at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza did not live up to the expectations of the fans, being central in the 13th round. However, the lack of goals in such a match should hardly be surprising, both considering the statistics of the recent confrontations between Milan and Juventus, and the game itself, demonstrated by the “Rossoneri” and “Bianconeri” last Saturday night.
Fonseca’s side are now ten points adrift of the leaders with an away game against Bologna in hand. Paulo himself emphasized that he still believes in the Scudetto. Thiago Motta was rather positive after Saturday’s draw. His wards still don’t know the taste of defeat in the championship, and they are also the best in defense – 10 out of 13 starting matches were “dry” for them, which is a solid indicator. In the 14th round, Milan will host Empoli, and Juventus will visit Lecce.
Milan — Juventus 0:0
Milan: Menyan — E. Royal (Calabria, 84), Gabbia (Pavlovic, 84), Thiav, Hernandez – Fofana, Rangers – Musa (Chukweze, 84), Loftus-Cheek (Pulisic, 70), Leau – Morata
Juventus: Di Gregorio — Savona (Danilo, 90+1), Gatti, Kalulu, Cambiazo — Locatelli, Thuram — Yildiz (Mbangula, 90+1), Kopmeiners, Conceisan (Vea, 80) — McKenney (Fagoli, 80)
Warning: Leau, E. Royal, Fofana — Gatti, Locatelli
The best player of the match [від Серії А]: Kefren Tyuram
Atalanta had a great first half away to Parma, scoring three goals. However, one of them (played by Ademola Lukman) was canceled due to offside. After the break, Parma reduced its deficit, and the visitors’ coach Gian Piero Gasperini received two yellow cards for unsportsmanlike conduct within two minutes.
However, the absence of the head coach on the sidelines did not prevent the guests of Stadio Ennio Tardini from bringing the match to a logical conclusion in the form of Atalanta’s seventh consecutive victory. Lukman put an end to it. It is also worth noting the return to the field of the talented Nerazzurri pupil Giorgio Scalvini, who tore his cruciate ligament in June. In the next round, Parma will face Lazio at home, while Atalanta will visit Roma.
Parma — Atalanta 1:3
goals: Chancellors, 49 — Reteghi, 4, Ederson, 39, Lukman, 75
Parma: Suzuki — Coulibaly (Einault, 71), Delprato, Bologg, Valeri — Esteves (Almqvist, 71), Zomm — Man, Cancellier (Charpentier, 82), Benedicak (Michael, 46) — Bonny (Haj Mohamed, 71)
Atalanta: Carnesecchi — Toloy (Scalvini, 82), Guin, Cossunu — Bellanova (Cuadrado, 70), de Rohn, Ederson, Ruggeri — Pashalic (Brescianini, 55) — Reteghi (De Ketelare, 55), Lukman (Samardzic, 82)
Warning: Ruggeri, de Ron
The best player of the match [від Серії А]: Ederson
Genoa bid farewell to Alberto Gilardino and had a good chance to start with a win under Patrick Vieira. “Gryphons” hosted Cagliari at Luigi Ferraris, who had only scored one point in the previous four rounds, spoiling the mood of Milan on their own field (3:3). In the first half, the Genoese and the “islanders” exchanged goals by Rezvan Marin from the penalty and Morten Frendrup from the game.
After the break, Fabio Miretti put Genoa ahead with his debut goal, but the home team failed to keep the minimal advantage due to another 11-meter penalty. This time, Roberto Piccoli was able to successfully perform it, who, by the way, is an ex-player of the club from Genoa (on loan in the 2021/22 season). As a result, the Griffins’ streak without victories in home matches of the championship extended to eight matches. In the 14th round, Genoa will visit Udinese, and Cagliari will meet Verona at home.
goals: Friendrup, 12, Miretti, 59 — Marin, 8 (pen.), Piccoli, 88 (pen.)
Genoa: Leali — Zanoli (Voliacco, 77), Bani, Matturro, Sabelli (Messias, 68) — Thorsby, Badel, Friendrup — Miretti (Vazquez, 77), Pinamonti (Balotelli, 89), Martin (Vitinha, 89)
Cagliari: Sherry – Zappa, Mina, Luperto, Augello (Obert, 64) – Marin (Makumbu, 68), Adopo (Deiola, 76) – Dzortea (Pavoletti, 64), Gaetano (Viola, 76), Luvumbu – Piccoli
Warning: Martin, Bani — Marin, Viola
Fiorentina came to the away match with Como in the status of favorite not only because of the unsuccessful streak of the “Biancoblo”, but also because of their excellent form. Sunday’s confrontation between young coaches (37-year-old Fabregas and 40-year-old Palladino) did not surprise the result. Already in the first half, Yasin Adli put the “lilies” ahead, and with his goal in the second half he put an end to Moise Kean’s match. For Moise, this is already the ninth goal of the current Italian championship campaign.
It’s fair to say that Como could have avoided another setback, but Fiorentina were predictably more lethal when it came to finishing attacks. Although it is necessary to pay attention to de Gea – he kept a clean sheet for the fifth time this season in Serie A. Davide is gradually becoming a vital part of the Florence club, which now has seven consecutive league victories. In the next round, Como will host Monza, while Fiorentina — Inter.
Como — Fiorentina 0:2
Como: Audero — Goldaniga, Dossena, Barba (Jack, 79), Moreno — Da Cunha (Brauneder, 86), Engelhardt (Verdi, 79) — Fadera (Belotti, 79), Paz, Sala (Iovine, 46) — Cutrone
Fiorentina: de Gea – Dodo (Pongracic, 81), Comuzzo, Ranieri (Kayode, 81), Goossens – Adli, Cataldi (Sottil, 56) – Colpani (Icone, 66), Beltran (Martinez Quarta, 66), Bove – Keane
Warning: Paz, Dossena — Beltran
Withdrawal: Dossena, 90+2
The best player of the match [від Серії А]: Yasin Adli
Torino fans had every right to expect a reaction from their favorites to the defeat in the Turin derby, but they were not destined to receive it, although the bulls’ opponent on Sunday was Monza, which is in the relegation zone. Alessandro Nesta’s team approached Sunday’s away match with a series of three “dry” defeats, as did Paolo Vanoli’s wards. In the first half, the Biancorossi looked a little better than the home team, but did not score.
In the second half of the meeting, Torino was stronger and opened the score in the meeting with the efforts of Adam Mazina. The minimum advantage of Turin was maintained for only four minutes, having conceded from Milan Djuric. Thus, both teams broke the aforementioned series, but there is a caveat – it is still not three points. Because of this, Monza did not manage to break out of the “basement” of the tournament table for a while, while Torino itself is not too far from it, having an advantage over 17th Como by only five points. In the 14th round, Torino will face Napoli at home, while Monza will face Como away.
Torino — Monza 1:1
goals: Mazina, 59 — Djurich, 63
Turin: Milinkovic-Savych — Valyukevich, Koko, Mazina — Pedersen, Gineitis, Ricci, Vlasic (Ndzhie, 71), Lazaro (Vojvoda, 71) — Adams, Sanabria
Monza: Turati – Izzo, Mari, Carboni – Pereira, Bondo, Bianco, Kyriakopoulos – Maldini (Vignato, 68), Mota – Djuric
Warning: Adams — Bianco, Izzo
The best player of the match [від Серії А]: Milan Djuric
The second most important match of the 13th round was held in Naples – Napoli hosted Roma at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona. Claudio Ranieri returned to the position of head coach of the capital club, however, taking into account all factors, it was clear that he would hardly be able to “debut” by winning three points. Antonio Conte’s team put a lot of pressure on the Giallorossi in the first half, but took the lead only in the second. The goal, which later turned out to be the only/decisive one, was scored by Romelu Lukaku.
The hosts deserved and got the win, while the visitors headed home to prepare for meetings with the Azzurri helmsman’s two former clubs. If we consider last season, Roma now have 13 consecutive away matches without a win, while Napoli, after the successes of Inter, Atalanta and Fiorentina, returned to the first step of the tournament table. In the next round, Napoli face Torino in Turin, while Roma host Atalanta.
Goal: Lukaku, 54
Napoli: Meret – Di Lorenzo, Rrachmani, Buongiorno, Olivera – Zambo-Angissa (Folorunsho, 86), Lobotka, McTominay – Politano (Mazzocchi, 86), Lukaku (Simeone, 79), Kvaratzhelia (Neres, 67)
Roma: Svilar — Celik (Abdulhamid, 78), Mancini (Dybala, 88), Ndika, Angelinho — El Shaarawy (Hummels, 46), Kone, Cristante, Pizzilli (Dahl, 78) — Pellegrini (Baldanzi, 46) — Dovbyk
Warning: Ndika, Pizilli, Cristante
The best player of the match [від Серії А]: Giovanni Di Lorenzo
Lazio is also part of the group of leaders, for which the 13th round turned out to be successful. Marco Baroni’s wards in Rome hosted Bologna. Until last Sunday, “Rossoblu” went with only one defeat, which took place in an away match against the current leader in Serie A Napoli (3:0) in the second round. Vincenzo Italiano’s team suffered an identical failure in the match against the Eagles. A significant role in this was played by the expulsion in the first half, which was earned by Tommaso Pobega as a result of two yellow cards in 12 minutes.
The capital club dominated as expected, but could open the scoring only in the 68th minute, hitting the goal of their opponent twice later. For the Romans, it was the seventh consecutive victory in all competitions and the seventh in a row at home. Lazio are in excellent form, the same cannot be said for Italiano’s men, who, although not far from the Eurocup zone, have performed erratically since the departure of Thiago Motta, especially if you take into account the aforementioned Eurocups, namely the Champions League, where Bologna have one point before the fifth round. In the 14th round, Lazio will visit Parma, and Bologna will face Venice at home.
Lazio — Bologna 3:0
goals: Zhigo, 68, Dzakkanyi, 72, Dele-Bashiru, 90+2
Lazio: Provedel — Lazzari, Hyla, Romagnoli (Gigot, 46), Pellegrini — Vesino (Dia, 60), Rovella, Genduzi — Pedro (Isaksen, 60), Castellanos (Dele-Bashiru, 85), Zaccagni (Chauna, 74)
Bologna: Ravallia — De Silvestri, Beukema, Lukumi, Miranda — Pobega, Froyler (Fabian, 74) — Orsolini (Urbanski, 46), Odhor (Dallinga, 74), Karlsson (Moreau, 46) — Castro (Holm, 81)
Warning: Gigo, Chauna, Pellegrini — Pobega, Holm
Withdrawal: Escape, 35 (second warning)
The best player of the match [від Серії А]: Mattia Zaccagni
Already this week, on Monday, in the penultimate match of the 13th round, Empoli hosted Udinese. Even in the first half, Pietro Pellegri put the hosts ahead with his third goal in the third consecutive game. But the guests were stronger both in the first and second half. Roberto D’Aversa’s team, who during the match created only 0.13 xG chances (worst in this round only in Bologna — 0.07), were lucky that the “Bianconeri” went home with only one scoring point.
In the second half of the meeting, Kosta Runjaic’s team was given a goal kick by Keynan Davis. If the Azzurri’s problems in attack are nothing new (the second worst number of goals scored), the club from Udine disappointed its fans with a lack of efficiency at the right time. In addition, Udinese extended its away streak without a win to five matches, which is quite possible to correct with a tour later, when the team will host Monza. In the next round, Empoli travel to Milan, while Udinese face Genoa in Udine.
Empoli – Udinese 1:1
goals: Pellegri, 23 — Davis, 76
Empoli: Vasquez — Goglichidze, Ismaili, Vitti — Gyasi, Malech, Henderson (Ekong, 83), Kacache, Pezzella (Anjorin, 66) — Pellegri (Esposito, 74), Colombo (Solbakken, 66)
Udinese: Okoye — Giannetti (Lucca, 46), Biyol, Toure — Ehizibuie, Lovrich (Atta, 81), Karlström, Sarraga (Ekkelenkamp, 63), Kamara (Zemura, 46) — Toven (Brenner, 88), Davis
Warning: Henderson, Ekong, Anjorin — Kamara, Biyol
The best player of the match [від Серії А]: Sandy Lovrich
Marco Giampaolo in a very strange way, but still showed colleagues from Genoa and Roma, how to start with victory. For the first time in a season, Lecce managed not only to avoid defeat, but also not to miss. Nikola Krstovich seems to have scored all his goals he used it in the match for the Montenegrin national team, scoring a hat-trick against Turkey, so the role of the Giallorossi’s scorer had to be taken over again by Patrik Dorgu.
His strike lifted the club out of the relegation zone, while Eusebio Di Francesco’s side remained bottom of the table. Everything should have been different, because Venice deserved three points, which doesn’t happen that often. A lack of efficiency in finishing attacks cost too much in this match between the underdogs. Although it is worth paying attention here not only to the failures of the Venice players, but also to the solid performance of Vladimir Falcone in the frame of the Lecce goal, for whom it was already the fourth “dry” match of the season. In the 14th round, Venice will meet Bologna away, and Lecce will host Juventus.
Venice — Lecce 0:1
Goal: Dorgu, 70
Venice: Stankovic — Idzes, Svoboda, Shverko (Hütkjer, 83) — Zampano (Gaps, 74), Buzio, Nicolussi-Caviglia (Yeboa, 74), Duncan, Ellertsson (Bjarkason, 89) — Oristanio, Pohianpalo (Raimondo, 83)
Lecce: Falcone — Gilbert, Baskirotto, Gaspar, Gallo — Coulibaly, Ramadani (Kaba, 84), Rafia (Gelgason, 78) — Dorgu, Krstovych (Rebych, 56), Pierotti (Jean, 56)
Warning: Yeboa — Rafia, Gaspar, Gilbert
The best player of the match [від Серії А]: Vladimir Falcone
Inter scored 5 goals in an away match in Serie A for only the second time in their history. It happened for the first time in March 1964 (Sampdoria – Inter 1:5).
For the third time in the history of the Italian championship, 2 consecutive confrontations between Milan and Juventus ended in a 0:0 draw. Previously, such a series took place in March 2006 – December 2007 and May-October 1988.
Matteo Retegui scored 4 headed goals in Serie A 2024/25, more than any other player in the top 5 leagues.
Mateo Reteghi is the only player in the top 5 championships-2024/25 who has more than 5 goals in home matches and more than 5 in away matches (6+6).
For the second time in his career in the top 5 championships, Moise Kean has scored at least one goal in 4 consecutive matches (for the first time – in March-April 2019, as a Juventus player).
Fiorentina have won 7 in a row in one Serie A campaign for the second time in their history (the first time was in February-April 1960, 8).
For the third time in the last 4 Serie A seasons, Napoli have won 6+ in the opening 7 home matches of the tournament. That’s how many times the club managed to do it in the previous 25 campaigns.
In the 2024/25 season, in the top 5 leagues, Lazio has the most goals (8, tied with PSG) scored by players coming off the bench.
Lazio repeated the personal record for the number of victories (9) in the opening 13 rounds of Serie A, established in the 2017/18 season.
Among players who have scored at least 5 goals in Serie A since the start of last season, only Kenan Yildiz (May 2005) is younger than Patrik Dorga (October 2004).
* the schedule of all matches of Series A-2024/25 is available on Football.ua at link.