Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AC Milan, 2nd position with 62 points and a positive goal difference of +22
Fiorentina, 8th position with 43 points and a positive goal difference of +9
🇮🇹 The Italian Referee Association (AIA) has designated the match officials for the Serie A Week 30 game Fiorentina vs AC Milan on Saturday 30 March 2024 at the Artemio Franchi Stadium in Florence, Italy at 20:45.
Referee Fabio Maresca from the section of Napoli will be assisted by Matteo Passeri from the section of Gubbio and Alessandro Costanzo from the section of Orvieto. The Fourth Official will be Giovanni Ayroldi from the section of Molfetta. The VAR will be Aleandro Di Paolo from the section of Avezzano. The AVAR will be Marco Guida from the section of Torre Annunziata.
✅ Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Friday 29 March 2024.
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Friday 29 March 2024
Front Page La Gazzetta dello Sport Friday 29 March
👉Exclusive the CEO Furlani in Gazzetta
“Milan the greatest in Europe”
👉Chiesa wants to stay
The challenges with Lazio to keep Juve
👉Nerazzurro market
Hermoso after Acerbi
The defender is in the balance and Inter has an idea pic.twitter.com/XIx2bdfHd0
👉Gravina: “I’ll hug Acerbi, but I’m close to Juan Jesus”
Abodi attacks: “Football must be credible. I hope Inter defender is in peace…” pic.twitter.com/Apt7OcL4qB
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Napoli, 7th position with 45 points and a positive goal difference of +11
Atalanta, 6th position with 47 points and a positive goal difference of +19
🇮🇹 The Italian Referee Association (AIA) has designated the match officials for the Serie A Week 30 game Napoli vs Atalanta, Saturday 30 March 2024 at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Naples, Italy at 12:30.
Referee Luca Pairetto from the section of Nichelino will be assisted by Valerio Colarossi from the section of Roma 2 and Dario Garzelli from the section of Livorno. The Fourth Official will be Matteo Gualtieri from the section of Asti. The VAR will be Paolo Valeri from the section of Roma 2. The AVAR will be Marco Di Bello from the section of Brindisi.
✅ The Italian Sports Judge Dr. Gerardo Mastrandrea, assisted by Stefania Ginesio and the A.I.A. Representative Carlo Moretti, during the meeting of 26 March 2024, rendered a decision on the Racism Case between Inter defender Francesco Acerbi, 36, and Napoli defender Juan Jesus. This situation happened during the Serie A Week 29 game Inter 1 – 1 Napoli on Sunday 17 March 2024.
In sum, the case was dismissed because of a lack of evidence. Acerbi won’t be penalized for the alleged racial abuse of Juan Jesus.
As reported by the Sports Judge, given the interim decision referred to in the C.U. n. 192 of 19 March 2024, with which, having read the race director’s report, investigative investigations were arranged by the Federal Prosecutor’s Office, heard if necessary
also those directly involved, in accordance with what is reported in the report
himself regarding any expressions of racial discrimination expressed by the Soc. Internazionale footballer Francesco Acerbi towards of the Soc. Napoli footballer Juan Guilherme Nunes Jesus.
Having seen the documentation received from the Federal Prosecutor’s Office, in particular the minutes of the hearing of the interested parties, including the video of the game clash filed by the player Juan Jesus, as well as the excerpt from the recording of the relevant Referee/VAR Room conversations.
Having consulted the match director on the events on the pitch; Considered necessary to premise that today’s proceedings were initiated by the national sports judge in accordance with articles. 65, 66 and 68 CGS, therefore on the basis of the findings of the official documents and in particular of what is reported in the match director’s report regarding the events on the pitch in the 13th minute of the second half of the match, punctually represented by the Referee himself, who reported in particular: what was reported to him by the footballer Juan Jesus regarding the alleged allegations offensive expressions of racial discrimination by the footballer Francesco Acerbi; the full availability expressed by the Referee himself for any possible and consequent decision; the interruption of the game in order to allow clarification between the players; the recovery of the game finally (after an interruption that lasted about a minute and a half seconds) following the confrontation between the players and not having expressed the footballer Juan Jesus has no dissent in this regard;
It was noted that the sequence of events on the field, reconstructed on the basis of the official documents, with the help of the Match Director and in any case visible in
video, necessarily starting from the game clash and the act of utterance of some words by Acerbi towards Juan Jesus is certainly compatible with the expression of direct offenses, moreover not blatantly (i.e. in such a way as not to be perceived by the other players on the pitch, by the match officials or by the representatives of the Prosecutor’s Office on board the playing area), by the Inter player, and not ignored in their offensive and threatening tenor by the same “offending”, whose discriminatory content, however, without that for this reason the good faith of the Soc. Napoli player is called into question, appears to have been perceived by the player alone
“offended” (Juan Jesus), therefore without the support of any external evidentiary evidence, be it audio, video or even testimonial;
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This is how Napoli Club responded to the decision. Here is also the statement made by Juan Jesus.
With regard to what happened during the recent match between Inter and Napoli, and the subsequent decision taken by the sports judge, Juan Jesus and his legal representatives have issued the following statement:
“I have read several times and with great disappointment the decision of the sports judge, who felt there was no evidence that I was the victim of a racist insult during the match between Inter and Napoli on 17 March. While respecting the decision, it is one I find difficult to comprehend and it leaves me feeling very bitter.
Quite honestly I am crestfallen by such a serious incident in which my only mistake was that I dealt with it ‘as a gentleman’, deciding not to interrupt an important game, with all the inconvenience that would have caused the spectators watching the match. I did so believing that such an attitude would have been respected, and perhaps taken as an example.
Following this decision, I imagine that anyone else finding themselves in a similar situation to mine will act in a very different manner, in order to protect themselves and to curb the disgrace of racism, which, sadly, we are struggling to rid ourselves of.
I do not feel in any way protected by a decision which both admits that “there was certainly evidence of the insult” and maintains there is no certainty that it was of a discriminatory nature, which only I perceived “in good faith”.
I really do not understand how “go away negro, you’re just a negro” can be considered to be certainly offensive but not discriminatory.
I do not understand all the commotion that evening if it really was “just an insult”, for which Acerbi himself felt the need to apologise, the referee decided to notify VAR, the match was suspended for over a minute and his team-mates hurried to speak to me.
I cannot fathom why Acerbi only started to change his version of the events the following day while with the national team, instead of denying it immediately after the match, when it actually happened.
I didn’t expect it to end like this. I fear – and I hope I am wrong – that this could set a serious precedent for justifying certain behaviour after the event.
I sincerely hope that this (for me) sad matter can help the world of football to reflect on an issue that is both serious and urgent.”
👉 Hello, my friends. Here are the 2023-2024 Italian Serie A Week 30 RESULTS / Thirtieth Round on Saturday 30 March and Monday 1 April 2024. Inter is the sole leader with 76 points followed by AC Milan in the 2nd position with 62 points. Inter have a +14 lead and are closer to the 20th Scudetto in their history.
Note: No Serie A games on Sunday 31 March football closes for Easter. The Round will be played between Saturday 30th and Monday 1st April.
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👉 Results from Serie A Week 30
Napoli – Atalanta (12:30 Saturday 30 March)
Torino – Monza (15:00 Saturday 30 March)
Genoa – Frosinone (15:00 Saturday 30 March)
Lazio – Juve (18:00 Saturday 30 March)
Fiorentina – AC Milan (20:45 Saturday 30 March)
Bologna – Salernitana (Monday 1 April)
Cagliari – Hellas Verona (Monday 1 April)
Sassuolo – Udinese (Monday 1 April)
Lecce – AS Roma (Monday 1 April)
Inter – Empoli (Monday 1 April)
👉 Top Serie A teams standing AFTER Serie A Week 29 game. The first 4 qualify for the Champions League, 5 and 6 for Europa League. (Sunday 17 March 2024)
– INTER, 1st position with 76 points and a positive goal difference of +57
– AC MILAN, 2nd position with 62 points and a positive goal difference of +22
– JUVENTUS, 3rd position with 59 points and a positive goal difference of +21
– BOLOGNA, 4th position with 54 points and a goal difference of +17
– AS ROMA, 5th position with 51 points and a positive goal difference of +20
– ATALANTA, 6th position with 47 points and a positive goal difference of +19
Relegation Zone:
– FROSINONE, 18th position with 24 points and a negative goal difference of -23
– SASSUOLO, 19th position with 23 points and a negative goal difference of -23
– SALERNITANA, 20th position with 14 points and a negative goal difference of -36
👉 2023 – 2024 Italy Serie A Standing – Serie A Table up to Sunday 17 March 2024
✅ Here are the match officials and fixtures for the Serie A Week 30/ Thirtieth Round on Saturday 30 March and Monday 1 April 2024 as designated by the Italian Referee Association (AIA).
🇮🇹 The Italian Referee Association (AIA) has designated the match officials for the Serie A Week 30 game Napoli vs Atalanta, Saturday 30 March 2024 at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Naples, Italy at 12:30.
Referee Luca Pairetto from the section of Nichelino will be assisted by Valerio Colarossi from the section of Roma 2 and Dario Garzelli from the section of Livorno. The Fourth Official will be Matteo Gualtieri from the section of Asti. The VAR will be Paolo Valeri from the section of Roma 2. The AVAR will be Marco Di Bello from the section of Brindisi.
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Saturday 30 March 2024
NAPOLI – ATALANTA
Diego Armando Maradona Stadium
Referee: PAIRETTO
Assistants: COLAROSSI – GARZELLI
Fourth Official: GUALTIERI
VAR: VALERI
AVAR: DI BELLO
12:30
TORINO – MONZA
Olimpico di Torino Stadium
Referee: AURELIANO
Assistants: ROSSI C. – CORTESE
Fourth Official: FERRIERI CAPUTI
VAR: LA PENNA
AVAR: PATERNA
15:00
51% Ball Possession ECUADOR and 49% Ball Possession ITALY
Ecuador 0 – 2 Italy
. 2′ Lorenzo Pellegrini
. 93′ Nicolò Barella
Italy won the friendly game against Ecuador on Sunday 24 March 2024 at the Red Bull Arena in New Jersey, USA. An early goal from Lorenzo Pellegrini and a goal at the end from Nicolò Barella, the Azzurri ended the American mini tour with another win. Italy got 2 victories in this tour in preparation for the next European Championship, the Azzurri, after the 2-1 success against Venezuela.
Italy will meet again in June for two more friendlies – against Turkey and Bosnia – before the start of the European Championship.
Italy with a fast start took the lead in the 2nd minute. Lorenzo Pellegrini defeated Ecuador goalkeeper Javier Burrai with a left-footed shot to the top right corner.
👉Ecuador 0 – 1 Italy, 2nd minute, ⚽️ goal by Lorenzo Pellegrini for @Azzurri_En with a left-footed shot to the top right corner. https://t.co/LDC7QLM7w4
Italy sealed the victory in the 93rd minute. Nicolò Barella scored with a right footed shot to the center. The assist is by Riccardo Orsolini.
👉🇪🇨 Ecuador 0 – 2 Italy 🇮🇹, 93rd minute, ⚽️ goal by Nicolò Barella for @Azzurri_En with a right footed shot to the center. The assist is by Riccardo Orsolini. https://t.co/BNiC76SFUG
✅ Stats before the game: This will be the third meeting in history between Italy and Ecuador, with the Azzurri unbeaten in the previous two: 1-1 in the most recent one played on 11 June 2005 (friendly) and 2-0 victory in the group stage match at the 2002 World Cup, thanks to Christian Vieri’s brace. Two of the only three matches between Ecuador and Italy were played in the United States; the friendly match in June 2005 was in fact staged at the Giants Stadium – now MetLife Stadium – in East Rutherford, just over 15 km away from the Red Bull Arena, the scene of today’s match between these two teams. Italy has won two of the last three friendlies played against South American opponents (L1), including the most recent last Thursday against Venezuela, after failing to win the first seven matches of this type in the 2000s (D3, L4 ). More specifically, the Azzurri could score two consecutive victories in non-competitive matches against these opponents for the first time since the period between 1980 and 1987. Ecuador’s last victory against a European team dates back to February 2013: 3-2 in a friendly match played in Guimaraes against Portugal. Since then for La Tricolor seven matches without success in the matches in question (D4, L3) but two draws in the last two, against France and Holland at the World Cup between 2014 and 2022.
👉 Here is the list of suspensions by the Sporting Judge Gerardo Mastrandrea assisted by Stefania Ginesio and the A.I.A Representative Carlo Moretti on Tuesday 19 March 2024 after the Serie A Round 29 concluded on Sunday 17 March 2024
✅ One game suspension
VLAHOVIC Dusan (Juventus): double yellow card for protests against the match officials.
BONDO Warren Pierre (Monza): for incorrect behavior towards an opponent; already warned (Fifth sanction).
ERLIC Martin (Sassuolo): for incorrect behavior towards an opponent; already warned (Fifth sanction).
HERNANDEZ Theo Bernard F. (Milan): for improper behavior on the pitch; already warned (Tenth sanction).
MALEH Youssef (Empoli): for incorrect behavior towards an opponent; already warned (Tenth sanction).
PELLEGRINI Lorenzo (Roma): for incorrect behavior towards an opponent; already warned (Fifth sanction).
PELLEGRINI Luca (Lazio): for incorrect behavior towards an opponent; already warned (Fifth sanction).
✅ Club Fines
Fine of €3,000.00: to the MONZA as objective liability, for having unjustifiably delayed the start of the second half by approximately three minutes.
Fine of €2,000.00: to the FROSINONE or having its supporters, in the 14th minute of the second half, throw a lighter onto the pitch; attenuated sanction pursuant to art. 29, paragraph 1 letter. b) CGS.
Fine of €1,500.00 to INTER for having its supporters, in the 10th minute of the first half, throw a small plastic bottle into the playing area; attenuated sanction pursuant to art. 29, paragraph 1 letter. b) CGS.
Hellas Verona coach Marco Baroni will be banned for one match.
🏆👉 UEFA Europa League Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and Final draw took place on Friday 15 March 2024 at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The Serie A teams participating are Atalanta, AS Roma, and AC Milan.
✅ 2023/24 UEFA Europa League quarter-finalists
Atalanta (ITA)
Bayer Leverkusen (GER)
Benfica (POR)
Liverpool (ENG)
Milan (ITA)
Marseille (FRA)
Roma (ITA)
West Ham (ENG)
✅ Milan (ITA) vs Roma (ITA) ✅ Liverpool (ENG) vs Atalanta (ITA) ✅ Leverkusen (GER) vs West Ham (ENG) ✅ Benfica (POR) vs Marseille (FRA)
🏆👉 UEFA Europa Conference League Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and Final draw took place on Friday 15 March 2024 at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The Serie A team participating is Fiorentina.
✅ Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) ✅ Aston Villa (ENG) ✅ Club Brugge (BEL) ✅ Fenerbahçe (TUR) ✅ PAOK (GRE) ✅ LOSC Lille (FRA) ✅ Fiorentina (ITA) ✅ Olympiacos (GRE)
🏆👉 The 2023/24 UEFA Champions League quarter-final, semi-final and final draws took place on Friday 15 March at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland.
⚽️ I am adding here live football results. As for the Italian Serie A 2023-2024 Season, the Lega confirmed the dates starting on the weekend of August 19-20, 2023 and will end on Sunday, May 26, 2024. Serie A Tickets will be added once the calendar is announced.
In the meantime, some of our Serie A players will be participating with their respective national teams including on friendly games. Serie A teams will also be participating in Summer games.