It’lasted 192 days Fernando Gago’s adventure on the bench of Boca Juniors. The former Real Madrid and Roma midfielder, in fact, was exonerated by the Argentine club after the defeat in the “Superclasico” with River Plate 2-1. Announcing the decision was Boca Juniors board member Mauricio Serna.

“We have made a decision: Gago and his technical staff have ended their relationship with the club. We made it very calmly. It was not easy because he is a man who is at home here, but we have to make decisions. After the knockout with River we tried and found a way for Gago to no longer be our coach” the executive began.

“Herròn will take over the leadership of the first team momentarily and in the meantime we will make our considerations to choose the best possible coach” added Mauricio Serna.

Despite qualifying for the round of 16 of the Torneo Apertura 2025, Fernando Gago is paying dearly for his failure to qualify for the Copa Libertadores, elimination from the semifinals of the Copa Argentina and defeat in the Superclasico with River.

The Scudetto fight officially enters the final stages. With four days to go, in fact, there are only three points separating Napoli and Inter, with the partenopei taking advantage of the Nerazzurri’s recent downturn to place the overtake.

Antonio Conte’s team, despite the recent injuries to Neres and Buongiorno, should enjoy a decidedly more affordable schedule than the meneghini, who will also be engaged in the Champions League doubleheader with Barcelona, valid for the semifinals.

After the very important success with Torino, Napoli is expected to face a delicate external challenge with Lecce, which needs points to secure salvation and has just stopped Atalanta at 1-1. Next, the Parthenopeans will receive Genoa (already saved) at the Maradona, then return to an away match in Parma, also still fighting for salvation. Finally, Conte’s team will close the season at home against Cagliari, where the hope will be to raise the fourth tricolor in its history.

Inter, on the other hand, will try to break the streak of two consecutive knockouts in the league already in the next round against Hellas Verona, which needs the last points to reach arithmetic salvation. Next, will come for the meneghini the challenges, which in all likelihood, will decide the Scudetto, namely with Torino and especially Lazio, which is in full race for the Champions League. Finally, Inzaghi’s team will close the championship away against Cesc Fabregas’s hostile Como.

Napoli’s (74 points)

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03/05/2025 Lecce – Napoli

11/05/2025 Napoli – Genoa

18/05/2025 Parma – Napoli

25/05/2025 Napoli – Cagliari

Inter’s schedule (71 points)

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30/04/2025 Barcelona – Inter (Champions League)

03/05/2025 Inter – Verona

06/05/2025 Inter – Barcelona (Champions League)

11/05/2025 Torino – Inter

18/05/2025 Inter – Lazio

25/05/2025 Como – Inter

The anticipation grows day by day for the Final Four of the Women’s Champions League, which will see as many as three Italian teams involved out of the four participants, although it is the non-Italian team, Vakifbank, that will enjoy the home court factor, since it will be played in Istanbul. The first of the two semifinals, scheduled for 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 3, will feature Imoco Conegliano and Vero Volley Milano, an immediate rematch of the Scudetto final that smiled on the Venetian club.

As for the lineup coached by Stefano Lavarini, charging the environment is Paola Egonu, who wants to dispel the taboo of her Milan seasons, which have seen her always come close to a trophy, but without winning it. Among other things, the Italian champion is a former of both Imoco and Vakifbank, and with the latter she won the Champions League in 2023, just a few weeks before her move to Milan.

At Sky Sport microphones, Egonu didn&#8217t mince words and expounded on her desire for a rematch: “We know our opponents – said the 1998-class opposite player -, we hope to play a high-level match. The most important thing will be to give our best, then we will do the math. It will not be easy, but our goal is victory”.

The second semifinal of the 2024-2025 Women’s Champions League will also be played on Saturday, not earlier than 6 p.m. (the’time will depend on the conclusion of Conegliano-Milan). Facing Vakifbank will be the third Italian team in the Final Four, Scandicci, looking for its third European success after the Challenge Cup won in 2022 and the CEV Cup won in 2023.