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Verona saved, Spezia relegated to Serie B
Spezia-Verona 1-3
Hellas Verona stays in A, Spezia sadly relegates to B. This is the epilogue of the one-game playoff to remain in the top division played at the Mapei Stadium in Reggio Emilia. Three to one the final score with goals accrued in the first half: lead signed by Faraoni, draw by Ampadu, then a double by Ngonge. In the second half an extraordinary Montipò parried a penalty to Nzola. In rapture the 5,000 Verona fans, dumbfounded the 4,000 Spezia fans. To which Verona recovered 8 points, from last January to the resumption of the championship after the World Cup break, reaching the play-off.
First half. Spectacular start. 5′ minute: Hellas, wrapping action, ball to the incoming Faraoni who kicks just inside the area, ball in the net, to nothing Ampadu’s desperate attempt: Verona-Spezia 1-0. Immediate reaction from Semplici’s boys: Reca from outside, ball wide by a whisker. On 14′ Ampadu from the edge, broadside that slams under the crossbar and ends up in the net: Spezia-Verona 1-1. Balanced match, broken again by the Gialloblù in the 25th minute: insistent action on the edge, then inside the area here is the splendid exchange Ngonge-Djuric-Ngonge, winning conclusion by the Belgian: Hellas Verona-Spezia 2-1. The Ligurians take a few minutes to react. The best chance on the foot of Wisniewski, under the goal, bricked by the Scaligera rearguard. On the first throw-in (38′) Verona drops the tris with Ngonge: Hellas-Spezia 3-1. Nothing more happens, 3 minutes of recovery, everyone in the locker room.
Second half. Start of resumption, same formations on the field. Spezia fans shout for a goal but a miraculous Montipò, on Zurkowski’s underhand turn, says no. Ligurians forward, Gialloblù ready to squeeze into spaces. Ngonge, again him, kicks at a sure shot, this time the Ligurian rearguard closes. Semplici plays the Verde card (8′); Zaffaroni responds with Verdi and Cabal (12′). Spezia fails to be effective, so here is the insertion of Kovalenko (21′). 22′: great action in the central corridor of Shomurodov, lob that passes Montipò coming out, the ball is ending up in the net, Faraoni intervenes and deflects it with one hand: red card for Faraoni, on the penalty spot goes Nzola who gets the penalty saved by the usual, miraculous Montipò. Spezia does not give up, strong with the extra man. 29′: Zaffaroni inserts Gaich and Terraciano. Shomurodov continues to engage Montipò, who is insuperable. Spezia closes, at times, Verona in its 16 meters. Last two changes in the Ligurians: inside Cipot and Agudelo (37′); on the other side enters Coppola (40′). Six minutes of recovery, Ampadu hits a resounding crossbar. Triple whistle: Hellas Verona in A, Spezia relegated to B.
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All-U.S. semifinal at US Open
Another big man exits the tournament. After the various Alcaraz and Djokovic, Zverev è is also no longer in the running at the US Open. The German è was beaten by Fritz in four sets (7-6 (2) 3-6 6-4 7-6), at the end of a match that è lasted almost three and a half hours. A defeat that leaves a lot of bitterness in Zverev’s mouth. The German was aiming to reach at least the final.
A feat for the American who, dragged by the home crowd, won the first semifinal of a Slam event. After winning the first set on tie-break, Fritz suffered the return of Zverev, who took home the second partial with a peremptory 6-3. The momentum seemed to be in the German’s hands but Fritz escaped on 3-0. Zverev recovers but gives up at the più beautiful. Spectacular fourth set. Zverev tries everything but, once again, the tie-break costs him dearly. He loses it 7-3 and says goodbye to the tournament.
Dreams big for Fritz who, in the semifinals, will face the other American Tiafoe who, in the quarterfinals, wins the match with Dimitrov, forced to retire in the fourth set due to a physical problem: 6-3, 6-7, 6-3, 4-1 the partials in favor of Tiafoe.
The United States dreams, after 21 years (Roddick, 2003), of an American winning the U.S. Open. In the meantime, it enjoys Sinner who, thanks to Zverev è’s knockout; increasingly serene in his comfortable position as world No. 1.
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Juventus, the list
Juventus has also released the Uefa list for the 2024/25 Champions League and specifically there are 28 players chosen by Thiago Motta: 22 on List A and 6 on List B.
The surprise name è that of Arthur, considered until yesterday out of the Bianconeri project, which remains for all intents and purposes Filip Kostic, cut and looking for accommodation abroad.
The complete list:
LIST A
1 PERIN
3 BREMER
4 GATTI
5 LOCATELLI
6 DANILO
7 CONCEICAO
8 KOOPMEINERS
9 VLAHOVIC
11 NICO GONZALEZ
14 MILIK
15 KALULU
16 MCKENNIE
17 ADZIC
18 ARTHUR
19 THURAM
21 BEANS
22 WEAH
23 PINSOGLIO
26 DOUGLAS LUIZ
27 CAMBIASO
29 DI GREGORIO
32 CABAL
LIST B
10 YILDIZ
36 ANGHELE’
37 SAVONA
38 DAFFARA
40 ROUHI
51 MBANGULA
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Milan, the list
No Champions for Luka Jovic, who is not part of the list handed to Uefa regarding the players who can be fielded in the Champions League group stage.
In fact, Fonseca chose the men for the eight scheduled matches with Real Madrid, Liverpool, Brugge, Bayer Leverkusen, Red Star, Dinamo Zagreb, Girona and Slovan Bratislava, leaving the Serbian out.
LIST A
2 Davide Calabria
4 Ismael Bennacer
7 Alvaro Morata
8 Rubén Loftus-Cheek
10 Rafael Leao
11 Christian Pulisic
14 Tijjani Reijnders
16 Mike Maignan
17 Noah Okafor
19 Theo Hernandez
21 Samuel Chukwueze
22 Emerson Royal
23 Fikayo Tomori
24 Alessandro Florenzi
28 Malick Thiaw
29 Youssouf Fofana
31 Strahinja Pavlovic
42 Filippo Terracciano
46 Matteo Gabbia
57 Marco Sportiello
80 Yunus Musah
90 Tammy Abraham
LIST B
Adam Bakoune, Davide Bartesaghi, Andrea Bozzolan, Francesco Camarda, Andrei Coubis, Hugo Cuenca, Victor Eletu, Mattia Liberali, Vittorio Magni, Mattia Malaspina, Lapo Nava, Dorian Paloschi, Diego Sia, Dariusz Stalmach, Lorenzo Torriani, Chaka Traoré, Kevin Zeroli.
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