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Champions League Chasers Juventus And Bologna Held To Bore Draws | Football News
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Champions League Chasers Juventus And Bologna Held To Bore Draws | Football News

[ad_1] Juventus and Bologna were both were held to goalless draws on Saturday as the Serie A clubs' bids for Champions League football were slowed by Torino and Monza. A Turin derby stalemate and Bologna dropping points for the second straight week left third-placed Juve four points ahead of Bologna on an uneventful evening in Italy's top flight. Italian clubs' good performances in Europe this season means Serie A is almost guaranteed an extra place in next year's revamped version of the continent's top club competition.That should ensure that Juve will return to the European elite come September. They are 13 points ahead of Atalanta who are sixth and face Verona on Monday night.However, Massimiliano Allegri's side have won just twice in their last 11 matches and are 19 points behind cha...
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Serie A: Napoli Held By Torino Ahead Of Barcelona Decider | Football News
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Serie A: Napoli Held By Torino Ahead Of Barcelona Decider | Football News

[ad_1] Serie A: Napoli played 1-1 draw against Torino© AFPNapoli were held to a 1-1 home draw by Torino in Serie A on Friday as the champions' revival stalled ahead of a Champions League showdown at Barcelona. Antonio Sanabria's acrobatic overhead kick in the 64th minute gave Torino a point at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona and damaged Napoli's bid for European football next season. Sanabria netted his third goal of the season three minutes after Khvicha Kvaratskhelia had put Napoli ahead as Francesco Calzona's side stay seventh.Napoli are two points behind Atalanta who are in the Europa Conference League spot and face Juventus on Sunday.The gap separating them from the Champions League positions is seven points with fourth-placed Bologna hosting champions-elect Inter Milan on Saturda...
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Paulo Dybala Hat-Trick Lifts Roma As Lazio Slip-Up In Tuscany | Football News
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Paulo Dybala Hat-Trick Lifts Roma As Lazio Slip-Up In Tuscany | Football News

[ad_1] Paulo Dybala scored his first hat-trick in a Roma jersey in a 3-2 win over Torino in Serie A on Monday to keep the capital city side's Champions League ambitions alive. But Lazio stuttered in Tuscany, missing a chance to close the gap on their city rivals with a 2-1 defeat at Fiorentina. Roma are sixth with 44 points, four points off Bologna who occupy the final Champions League berth. Fiorentina move up to seventh, three points behind Roma after overtaking Lazio, who drop to eighth spot. England defender Chris Smalling got his first start for Roma in nearly six months.But former ...
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Crisis-Club Napoli Crumble At Torino As AC Milan Strengthen Top Four Credentials | Football News
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Crisis-Club Napoli Crumble At Torino As AC Milan Strengthen Top Four Credentials | Football News

[ad_1] Napoli's nightmare season continued on Sunday after crashing to a 3-0 defeat at Torino, while AC Milan consolidated their place in Serie A's Champions League positions with a 3-0 win at Empoli. Livid Napoli fans launched flares onto the pitch at the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino during a humiliating loss for the troubled champions, who have sunk down to ninth place. Last season's historic Scudetto has now been forgotten as Napoli plunge deeper into crisis with each passing week, their third defeat in four matches in all competitions fully deserved after a shambolic display in Turin.Without Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen, Walter Mazzerri's side failed to score for the fourth straight match and are completely unrecognisable from the team which cruised to title glory last term.Napoli...
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Red-Hot Lautaro Martinez Helps Move Inter Milan Top As Khvicha Kvaratskhelia Revives Napoli | Football News
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Red-Hot Lautaro Martinez Helps Move Inter Milan Top As Khvicha Kvaratskhelia Revives Napoli | Football News

[ad_1] Lautaro Martinez continued his red-hot scoring form in Inter Milan's 3-0 cruise at Torino on Saturday which moved his team top of Serie A while Khvicha Kvaratskhelia's brace at Verona put Napoli's title defence back on track. Argentina striker Martinez nodded home his 11th league goal of the season in the 67th minute of a straightforward win in Turin as Inter went one point ahead of AC Milan, who host third-placed Juventus on Sunday night. The 26-year-old is already five goals ahead of Victor Osimhen, his nearest rival at the top of the scoring charts, after just nine matches and at his current rate would smash the record single-season haul of 36 set by Gonzalo Higuain in 2016.Since the departure of Edin Dzeko and Romelu Lukaku in the summer Martinez has become the attacking focal...
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Serie A: Paul Pogba Returns As Juventus Fight Back To Win Derby | Football News
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Serie A: Paul Pogba Returns As Juventus Fight Back To Win Derby | Football News

[ad_1] Paul Pogba made his first appearance of the season as Juventus twice came from behind to win the Turin derby 4-2 on Tuesday. Earlier in the evening, Cremonese, who had not won all season, upset Roma 2-1 as Jose Mourinho received a red card, and the visitors missed a chance to finish the 24th round inside the Serie A top three. Pogba played for the first time since returning to Juventus last summer when he came on as a 68th-minute substitute against Torino.Another Frenchman, Yann Karamoh, gave visiting Torino the lead after a first-minute corner.Juan Cuadrado levelled with the help of a deflection after 16 minutes.Antonio Sanabria restored the Torino lead after 41 minutes when he met a cross with a sharp first-time shot that surprised Wojciech Szczesny at the near post.Danilo level...
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Ten-Man Torino Knock AC Milan Out Of Italian Cup | Football News
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Ten-Man Torino Knock AC Milan Out Of Italian Cup | Football News

[ad_1] Italian Cup: Torinio defeated AC Milan 1-0Michel Adopo dumped AC Milan out of the Italian Cup at the last 16 stage on Wednesday with the only goal in 10-man Torino's 1-0 win at the San Siro after extra time. France's Adopo tapped home the winner from compatriot Brian Bayeye's low cross in the 114th minute of an engaging match in which Koffi Djidji was sent off with 21 minutes remaining of normal time.In the next month's quarter-finals Torino will face either Sampdoria or Fiorentina who face off on Thursday.Roma host Genoa in Thursday's late match while the remaining four ties are scheduled for next week.Defeat for Milan, who started with a second string line-up, comes after they threw away a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with Roma on Sunday.That draw allowed Napoli to extend their lea...
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