Serie A – Match 8 of 10: Chievo vs Udinese
Result: 0 – 2
Goal Scorers:
- Udinese: Rodrigo De Paul 76′, Kevin Lasagna 90′
Match Statistics:
Chievo | Team Stats | Udinese |
14 | Shots | 11 |
5 | Shots On Target | 5 |
60% | Possession | 40% |
505 | Passes | 346 |
83% | Pass Accuracy | 79% |
18 | Fouls | 10 |
1 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
0 | Red Cards | 0 |
0 | Offsides | 4 |
7 | Corners | 3 |
Highlights:
- Rodrigo De Paul scored a shocker from a distance and set up the counter-assault for Kevin Lasagna as Udinese vanquished Chievo.
- Lorenzo D’Anna’s side were all the while endeavoring to wipe out the 3-point penalty as they went into the fifth round, yet missed Bostjan Cesar and Filip Djordjevic. The guests rested Kevin Lasagna, while Emmanuel Badu did not make the trek.
- Valter Birsa’s free kick skimmed the crossbar early entryways, yet Udinese had a gigantic open door on the half-hour check when Seko Fofana accumulated with his back to goal, spun round and crushed the left-foot strike on to the bar.
Important win for Udinese at Chievo. De Paul & Lasagna gave the away side the points, 8 points from 5 games is a good return for Udinese
— The Sportz Zone (@SportzGlobal) September 23, 2018
- Chievo were for the most part risky from set plays and Nenad Tomovic’s header shrieked only wide of the woodwork.
- Nicola Rigoni saw his performance run streak over the bar and Teodorczyk’s volley likewise went close, however Sorrentino was caution on substitute Kevin Lasagna.
- Simone Scuffet needed to beat away a Luca Rossettini header from Emanuele Giaccherini’s corner on 71 minutes.
Wow I just realized that Chievo was actually -3 on points before the season even started and now after 5 rounds, 2 losses and 3 draws they sit on 0 points in the 20th spot. Can’t wait for this club to relegate. pic.twitter.com/H3OuVxgDOY
— Hamko (@Milanista203) September 23, 2018
- Udinese found an achievement with an essentially relentless strike, as Rodrigo De Paul released a ground-to-air rocket from 30 meters out.
- Chievo truly should have leveled before long, yet Rigoni hit an outside air shot on Giaccherini’s cross. Rigoni got his make a beeline for a cross, however Scuffet’s outstanding recovery from point-clear range turned it on to the crossbar.
- Minutes after that, he was called vigorously once more, palming without end a Giaccherini styler, yet Udinese went promptly on the counter with De Paul and anchored the crown jewels with Kevin Lasagna’s one-on-one wrap up.
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Serie A – Match 9 of 10: Milan vs Atalanta
Result: 2 – 2
Goal Scorers:
- Milan: Gonzalo Higuain 2′, Giacomo Bonaventura 61′
- Atalanta: Alejandro Dario Gomez 54′, Emiliano Rigoni 90+1′
Match Statistics:
Milan | Team Stats | Atalanta |
17 | Shots | 15 |
5 | Shots On Target | 6 |
56% | Possession | 44% |
551 | Passes | 439 |
84% | Pass Accuracy | 82% |
7 | Fouls | 5 |
2 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
0 | Red Cards | 0 |
5 | Offsides | 2 |
4 | Corners | 3 |
Highlights:
- Atalanta battled back twice from a goal down to grab a draw at San Siro, yet Milan will lament squandering valuable chances.
- The two sides needed a Serie A lift after late outcomes, despite the fact that the Rossoneri pivoted their squad in Thursday’s Europa League prevail upon Dudelange.
- It took all of 90 seconds to break the halt, as Suso skimmed a cross from the left, Higuain watched it drop behind him and crushed a thrilling volley from a tight point. This was Pipita’s third aggressive match in succession on target.
Gonzalo Higuaín scores for the third match in succession … but AC Milan concede a late equaliser in a 2-2 draw with Atalanta.#UEL pic.twitter.com/kYsuDs60lk
— UEFA Europa League (@EuropaLeague) September 23, 2018
- Higuain had an extraordinary ruleta turn in the case, yet Rafael Toloi figured out how to hinder the shot, while Jack Bonaventura’s depiction was punched over.
- Bonaventura had the ball in the net with a circling header on Davide Calabria’s cross, however VAR indicated he had one foot offside.
- Musa Barrow just neglected to get his make a beeline for a Papu Gomez free kick at the back post and Lucas Biglia penetrated into Pierluigi Gollini’s arms.
Really poor from Milan there. Played not to draw instead of trying to kill the game off and win.
— Aadam Ahmed (@aadamahmed_) September 23, 2018
- Atalanta would have evened out on 34 minutes when Toloi let go over the substance of objective from a corner and Mario Pasalic by one means or another gestured wide from under a yard.
- Bonaventura again debilitated, this time his header bobbing off the far post with Franck Kessie offside on the development.
- Kessie should have made it 2-0 on the stroke of half-time when sent clear by a Higuain nutmeg through ball, however terminated wide of the unfilled net.
- Duvan Zapata and Emiliano Rigoni went ahead for the second half and the Colombian turned Mateo Musacchio back to front to drive an intense Gianluigi Donnarumma spare from short proximity.
FT: Milan 2-2 Atalanta
Deserved draw for visitors. We were a mess holding on to that lead and generally poor in second half. Yet again suffered a dip and folded. Can’t sustain our good play for 90 mins. Frustrating. Thoughts?
— Milan Talk (@MilanTalk1) September 23, 2018
- The equalizer was noticeable all around and Duvan Zapata’s low cross was diverted in from short proximity by a blend of Papu Gomez and Davide Calabria’s endeavor at a square. That finished Atalanta’s kept running of three Serie A rounds without an objective.
- Bonaventura had a goal denied in the principal half, however the second endeavor stuck, as he got before his marker to side-foot home a low Suso help at the close post from five yards.
- Hakan Calhanoglu could not direct another Suso cross to the far post on target, turning wide as he made a plunge, and Robin Gosens mis-kicked an extremely encouraging open door for the guests.
#Milan, #Gattuso after the draw against #Atalanta:”At times we play good football, but we aren’t consistent enough” https://t.co/Np1GaNVloD
— David Amoyal (@DavidAmoyal) September 23, 2018
- Higuain went near completing it on 87 minutes, running on to a Tiemoue Bakayoko through ball just to cut the outside of the close post.
- In any case, there was bedlam at the 89th moment with a corner that ricocheted around until the point that Maarten De Roon’s shot was cleaned up the line by Ricardo Rodriguez.
- It was just a notice and in stoppages Atalanta got their equalizer. Duvan Zapata’s chest and volley constrained an edgy spare out of Donnarumma, yet he could do nothing on Rigoni’s development, who was kept onside.
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Serie A – Match 10 of 10: Frosinone vs Juventus
Result: 0 – 2
Goal Scorers:
- Juventus: Cristiano Ronaldo 81′, Federico Bernardeschi 90+4′
Match Statistics:
Frosinone | Team Stats | Juventus |
3 | Shots | 30 |
0 | Shots On Target | 8 |
27% | Possession | 73% |
229 | Passes | 626 |
76% | Pass Accuracy | 89% |
16 | Fouls | 9 |
3 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
0 | Red Cards | 0 |
1 | Offsides | 1 |
3 | Corners | 5 |
Highlights:
- Juventus needed to sit tight until the 81st moment for Cristiano Ronaldo to discover the goal against an energetic Frosinone.
- Cristiano Ronaldo struck in the last 10 minutes to put Champions League sorrow behind him and set up Juventus’ well deserved 2-0 triumph over Frosinone on Sunday.
- Sent off against Valencia in midweek, the Portugal whiz picked up a proportion of reclamation by clearing home from short proximity before substitute Federico Bernardeschi got in stoppage time to keep up the heroes’ ideal beginning in Serie A.
A juventus win to nil and Ronaldo first goal secures another incredible night for @UKSoccerplays European service to cap of an incredible weekend.
— Nigel Seeley (@seeley_nigel) September 23, 2018
- It had looked as if Ronaldo would persevere through a no less baffling undertaking than on his arrival to Spain, as he neglected to change over a progression of chances against the advanced hosts.
- Be that as it may, an overwhelming redirection from Miralem Pjanic’s underlying endeavor dropped sympathetic for the 33-year-old to exorcize his evil presences and Bernardeschi was close by to crown an all around built counter assault.
- Decreased to tears on Wednesday, Ronaldo’s state of mind was barely helped in a scoreless opening 45 minutes at Stadio Benito Stirpe.
Juventus has to start playing to win as a team and stop playing to make CR7 look good in Serie A! I am seriously worried about that fact!
— FAISAL NSOULI (@fmnsouli) September 23, 2018
- Marco Capuano snared his poacher’s exertion off the line in the seventh moment and a second endeavor not long after drew a sharp close post spare from Marco Sportiello.
- Disturbance swung to tension when he cut over the bar only preceding the prior hour Sportiello, on advance from Atalanta, added to Frosinone’s expanding any expectation of a celebrated outcome.
- The goalkeeper valiantly jumped at Ronaldo’s feet to cover an innovative backheel in an indication of the hosts’ promise to getting away with a point.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s game stats against Frosinone:
90 Minutes
1 Goal
10 Shots (5 On target)
1 Key pass
41 Passes
87% PA%
1 Tackle
1 Interception
1 Dribble
63 Touches.Yet another Man of the Match performance. Wins Juventus the 3 points. pic.twitter.com/KV2lJVphAe
— Cristiano Ronaldo (@TeamCRonaldo) September 23, 2018
- At last, however, there was to be no denying Juve’s principle man.
- He at last broke the gridlock in the 81st moment and gave a key leave ahead of the pack behind to Bernardeschi’s breakaway second, the substitute choosing the base corner to make safe Juve’s three-point cradle on Serie A.
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