The probable lineups

It promises to be a more balanced challenge than expected that between Empoli and Juventus: despite the difference in blazon level, the two teams share the fact that they have not yet lost an official match in this start of the season and want to continue in this vein even after the break, in the match scheduled at the ‘Castellani’ on Saturday at 18.

As for the hosts, coach Roberto D’Aversa è is oriented to deploy a 3-4-2-1 with Colombo up front, supported by Esposito and Solbakken, with Gyasi free to contribute from the right flank to the offensive phase. Defensive line of three, entrusted to Goglichidze, Ismajli and Viti.

On the other side, Thiago Motta wants answers after the 0-0 against Roma, which, from the point of view of play, represented a significant step backward compared to the sparkling victories against Como and Hellas Verona: to do so, room for new arrival Koopmeiners, who will settle in on the three-quarter line along with Cambiaso and Yildiz, behind Dusah Vlahovic.

Empoli-Juventus, probable formations

EMPOLI (3-4-2-1): Vasquez; Goglichidze, Ismajli, Viti; Gyasi, Henderson, Grassi, Pezzella; Esposito, Solbakken; Colombo. All. D’Aversa.

JUVENTUS (4-2-3-1): Di Gregorio; Savona, Bremer, Gatti, Cabal; Locatelli, Douglas Luiz; Cambiaso, Koopmeiners, Yildiz; Vlahovic. All. Thiago Motta.

The probable lineups

It will be played regularly at the stadium ‘Giuseppe Sinigaglia’ in Como the first home match of the season of the Larians: è it was the same newly promoted club to make official the venue of Saturday’s match at 3 p.m. against Bologna, given the completion of the work necessary to host Serie A matches.

Cesc Fabregas è’s team is still looking for its first win and after three matches has only one point in the standings.The Catalan coach is betting everything on Belotti in attack, relying on the desire for redemption of the three behind him, Cutrone, Strefezza and Da Cunha. For Sergi Roberto probable role as a halfback next to Mazzitelli.

Vincenzo Italiano’s Bologna also has yet to win in its first three league games, picking up just two points. The former Fiorentina coach will also bet on a double halfback and attack with three players deployed on the three-quarter line and a central pivot further forward, Dallinga.

Como-Bologna, probable formations

COMO (4-2-3-1): Reina; Iovine, Dossena, Kempf, Alberto Moreno; Sergi Roberto, Mazzitelli; Strefezza, Cutrone, Da Cunha; Belotti. All. Fabregas;

BOLOGNA (4-2-3-1): Skorupski; Posch, Beukema, Casale, Miranda; Aebischer, Freuler; Orsolini, Fabbian, Karlsson; Dallinga. All. Italiano.

Red Moon in semifinals against American Magic

It’s a Friday without racing in Barcelona, but it’s still a crucial day for the fates of the Louis Vuitton Cup, the trophy that will determine Emirates New Zealand’s challenger in the 37th edition of the America’s Cup. Today, in fact, Ineos Britannia, the first seed after after the round robins, chose to compete in the semifinals against Alinghi, making it likely that the other challenge for a place in the finals will be between Luna Rossa and American Magic.

The Britons had won the right to choose their challenger in the semifinals by beating Luna Rossa itself in last Sept. 9 play-off, thanks to the regatta they won with a 42″ advantage over the Italian outfit’s AC75 boat. For the rematch, therefore, we will have to wait for the final, provided that the British and the team representing the Tricolor manage to overcome their respective opponents.

In the round robin, it was actually Emirates New Zealand that had the best score, but the New Zealand crew was participating out of the rankings as holders of the America’s Cup. Ineos Britannia and Luna Rossa finished with 6 points clas each, the Brtiannics edged it out by winning the tiebreaker.

Behind them American Magic, with 4 points, and Alinghi, with 3. Definitively out of the picture were the French Orient Express Racing Team, which won only one point at the end of the round. The semifinal races are scheduled from Sept. 14 to 19, the finals from Sept. 26 to Oct. 5.