Italian Serie A ’18-19 – Highlights: Mandzukic Keeps Juventus Unbeaten Run Intact

Serie A – Match 6 of 10: Milan vs Fiorentina

Result: 0 – 1

Goal Scorers:

• Fiorentina: Federico Chiesa 73′

Match Statistics:

Highlights:

• Federico Chiesa’s scorcher demonstrated the contrast among Milan and Fiorentina at San Siro, as the Rossoneri were excessively inefficient.
• This was a standoff for European aspirations, as Gennaro Gattuso stayed under strain after the Europa League exit to Olympiacos, in addition to consecutive goalless draws with Torino and Bologna. He needed to patch up his whole midfield, as Franck Kessie and Tiemoue Bakayoko were suspended, with Lucas Biglia, Andrea Bertolacci, Giacomo Bonaventura, Fabio Borini and Mattia Caldara harmed. He rejected the 4-4-2 and dropped Patrick Cutrone to the seat, with Davide Calabria and Hakan Calhanoglu moving to midfield. Fiorentina invited back Nikola Milenkovic, Jordan Veretout and Edimilson Fernandes from bans.
• The Viola had lost every one of their last three Serie A visits to Milan, so a fourth would’ve been their most exceedingly terrible keep running here since 1997.
• Calhanoglu’s depiction was very much covered by Alban Lafont and he let go another wide after a give-and-run with Suso, while Ricardo Rodriguez constrained a troublesome spare from fresh at the close post.
• Milan were overwhelming the primary half and Calhanoglu thought he’d scored when the strike beat Lafont, however Milenkovic was prepared for an unequivocal goal line clearance.
• The hosts began to push after the restart, with Higuain’s header and a Suso solo exertion testing Lafont, while a Veretout free kick was redirected just past Vitor Hugo.
• Federico Chiesa broke the stop with a snapshot of enchantment, as he cut inside past Calabria and released a right-foot rocket from 20 meters into the far base corner. It was practically relentless for Gianluigi Donnarumma.
• Milan attempted to battle back, yet Lafont traveled to fingertip a Ricardo Rodriguez header over the block and Patrick Cutrone’s volley was askew.
• Andrea Conti made his rebound following 483 days out, yet that was the main positive note for Milan.

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Serie A – Match 7 of 10: Udinese vs Frosinone

Result: 1 – 1

Goal Scorers:

• Udinese: Rolando Mandragora 32′
• Frosinone: Camillo Clano 61′ (P)

Match Statistics:

Highlights:

• Marco Baroni got a point on his Frosinone make a big appearance in this dubious trek to harried Udinese.
• This was a major transfer dogfight, as Udinese sat five points and two places clear of second-from-base Frosinone going into the Dacia Arena. Kevin Lasagna came back from damage to lead the host assault, however Emmanuel Badu, Svante Ingelsson, Samir and Lukasz Teodorczyk were as yet side-lined. It was the presentation for new Canarini Coach Marco Baroni, who supplanted sacked Moreno Longo this week. Marco Capuano, Luca Paganini, Federico Dionisi and Emil Hallfredsson stayed on the treatment table.
• Seko Fofana’s scorcher from a colossal separation flashed simply askew and it was just a notice, as Udinese led the pack in style.
• Jens Stryger-Larsen’s cross from the correct discovered Rolando Mandragora for a fantastic left-foot volley at the back post.
• Frosinone were disastrous not to step up promptly, as Camillo Ciano had his strike from fresh smack against the crossbar.
• Rodrigo De Paul uncommonly squandered a brilliant chance and Raman Chibsah couldn’t package over the line from a corner.
• The Canarini got a punishment after William Troost-Ekong confounded his handle on Ciano as they endeavored to get on the finish of an Andrea Pinamonti cross. Ciano recovered financially to change over the spot-kick, despite the fact that Juan Musso verged on getting it.
• Ignacio Pussetto fell off the seat and his header circled over the bar and profound into stoppages Lorenzo Ariaudo made a conclusive handle on Kevin Lasagna.

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Serie A – Match 8 of 10: Chievo vs Inter Milan

Result: 1 – 1

Goal Scorers:

• Chievo: Sergio Pellissier 90+1′
• Inter Milan: Ivan Perisic 39′

Match Statistics:

Highlights:

• Ivan Perisic broke his goal dry season, yet Chievo again maintained a strategic distance from annihilation on account of Sergio Pellissier in stoppages to slow down Inter.
• The Nerazzurri were experiencing tension to convey after Champions League disposal and had Radja Nainggolan again from damage lay-off, yet Kwadwo Asamoah was suspended. Chievo didn’t have a solitary triumph, however had drawn their last five were as yet unbeaten under third Coach of the battle Domenico Di Carlo. Ivan Radovanovic sat out a boycott with Fabrizio Cacciatore and Manuel Pucciarelli battling in the midst of wellness issues.
• Riccardo Meggiorini’s half-volley ricocheted before Samir Handanovic and constrained a dubious spare inside the opening moment.
• It took until the 28th for Inter to get a veritable shot on goal, as Danilo D’Ambrosio’s cross discovered Mauro Icardi for a first time strike from 12 yards, beaten away by Stefano Sorrentino, and Nainggolan shot the bounce back over the bar.
• Matteo Politano had a couple of amazing endeavors from separation streak simply askew, however Perisic broke the gridlock just before half-time.
• The Croatian had begun the move with a sham for Icardi, at that point D’Ambrosio moved opposite the left for Perisic to impact into the top of the net from eight yards.
• Joao Mario had two promising chances to make it 2-0 preceding the break, yet his first touch was poor from an Icardi help, at that point Perisic moved crosswise over for him to come sliding in at the back post.
• Icardi finished a give-and-run with Perisic to go clear on goal, yet did not depend on a breathtaking Sorrentino response spare at the close post.
• Nonetheless, Handanovic needed to improve an edgy one-gave spare to deny Pellissier the tap-in from point-clear range on an Emanuele Giaccherini assist. On the subsequent corner, 39-year-old Pellissier’s gymnastic overhead kick whistled simply wide.
• Marcelo Brozovic ran a major hazard on 74 minutes, as he was at that point on a yellow card while scything down Perparim Hetemaj.
• It was by all accounts over, yet in stoppages a long ball was flicked on by Mariusz Stepinski and Pellissier responded snappier than any other individual, attracting out Handanovic to heave the goalkeeper into an unfilled net. The 39-year-old demonstrated by and by he is the last to give in and still conveys enormous quality to the Chievo squad.

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Serie A – Match 9 of 10: Parma vs Bologna

Result: 0 – 0

Match Statistics:

Highlights:

• Luca Siligardi hit the upstanding, however Pippo Inzaghi’s Bologna made due to experience one more day with this Emilia-Romagna Derby stalemate.
• This was the arrival of the Emilia-Romagna Derby after Parma’s move once more from insolvency and Serie D to the best trip with three back to back advancements. While the Ducali are mid-table, Pippo Inzaghi’s Bologna work stayed in uncertainty after a 0-0 draw with Milan put off the rejection, as they were in the last three. Gervinho was back in the squad, yet not yet the beginning XI, with Alberto Grassi still out of activity. The guests needed to manage without Erick Pulgar, however unfathomably they were without a solitary Serie An away triumph in 2018, drawing five and losing 13.
• It took two or three minutes for Parma to shake the woodwork, as Gervinho slalomed through the Bologna protection and laid it off for Luca Siligardi to flame on to the upstanding.
• Luca Rigoni’s strike was redirected by Filip Helander, Siligardi likewise bored wide and Rodrigo Palacio tried Luigi Sepe.
• Bologna thought they had led the pack on the hour check, as Ibrahima Mbaye thumped on a Svanberg corner for Davide Calabresi, whose header ricocheted off the upstanding and he at that point packaged the bounce back over the line. In any case, Calabresi was in an offside position.
• Substitute Sprocati made a colossal possibility while avoiding far from a handle and Roberto Inglese couldn’t get better than average contact to his cross-shot at the far post.

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Serie A – Match 10 of 10: Juventus vs Roma

Result: 1 – 0

Goal Scorers:

• Juventus: Mario Mandzukic 35′

Match Statistics:

Highlights:

• Mario Mandzukic’s header sufficiently demonstrated for Juventus to beat Roma and be delegated Winter Champions of Serie A.
• There were a remarkable 22 isolating these sides in the Serie A table going in. Juan Cuadrado, Joao Cancelo and Andrea Barzagli were harmed, however Rodrigo Bentancur came back from suspension. Eusebio Di Francesco stayed under strain regardless of the dubious 3-2 triumph over Genoa, with Daniele De Rossi, Stephan El Shaarawy, Lorenzo Pellegrini and Ante Coric still out of activity. Edin Dzeko recouped enough from strong issues to sit on the seat.
• Roma have now lost eight back to back Serie A visits to the Juventus Stadium in Turin.
• Juventus nearly scored in the opening moment, as a corner was thumped back in by Mario Mandzukic for Kostas Manolas to tidy for all intents and purposes up the line.
• A ball ricocheted to send Alex Sandro clear on goal, yet Robin Olsen kept running off his line for a definitive one-gave spare from eight yards.
• The match conflicted once more, Olsen traveling to drive the left-foot scorcher over the bar.
• At the point when Patrik Schick got into a decent position, he just scraped his strike into the arms of Wojciech Szczesny.
• Olsen kept on compensating for a week ago’s howlers against Genoa, as he traveled to fingertip a Cristiano Ronaldo right-foot styler round the far post.
• Juventus did in the end get through when Davide Santon was found snoozing on a Mattia De Sciglio cross from the right, so Mandzukic serenely out-hopped him to gesture in at the far post.
• Cristiano Ronaldo’s slalom through the guard finished with a shot wide, while Steven Nzonzi neglected to put enough capacity to a header.
• Roma were completely toothless in assault, so Justin Kluivert traded Alessandro Florenzi for the second half. Zaniolo saw a fierce shot pursued by Giorgio Chiellini, who dashed forward to indulgence himself in its way, and Cristiano Ronaldo gestured an Alex Sandro traverse.
• CR7 made himself helpful at the opposite end as well, blocking a free kick, yet he over all occupied with an individual fight with Olsen. The Swede performed two shocking recoveries with hardly a pause in between, the first on Ronaldo’s header from a Paulo Dybala cross, at that point on the subsequent corner utilized his legs to repel the volley from six yards.
• Chiellini had the ball in the back of the net, yet simply after a push on Olsen as they went for the corner.
• Roma began to keep more belonging, yet appeared to be sterile in assault and too static to even consider unpicking the Bianconeri back four. Dzeko made his rebound after right around multi month out and Chiellini again made a significant square on Zaniolo from the D, while Wojciech Szczesny was aware of cull a Bryan Cristante header out of the best corner on a short free kick.
• Minutes after the fact, Juventus appeared to twofold their lead on the counter with Ronaldo moving crosswise over for Douglas Costa to stand out a boot and tap in at the close post. Be that as it may, VAR demonstrated the move was begun by a Blaise Matuidi foul on Zaniolo, so the goal was refused.

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