The 19th round of the Italian league closed today (Wednesday) with seven games. In the spotlight, champions and leaders Inter will host Torino (19:30, Sport4), AC Milan will play an away game against Ampoli and hope to recover from the brutal loss in the previous round. Napoli, who returned to second place thanks to the same 0-1 win over the Rossoneri will host Spezia. Dor Peretz is not a partner in Venice’s home loss to Lazio.
Inter – Turin (19:30, Sport 4)
With six consecutive league victories and having scored nine goals in the last two rounds, the champion comes with great momentum to meet the team from tenth place. AC Milan’s loss in the last round to Napoli allowed Inter to open a gap of four points from second place, and suddenly it seems as if the Narazuri are the number 1 candidates for a second consecutive championship. The yellowed Niccolò Barla and the injured Joaquin Correa are not on the host’s squad, with Balotti and Pratt absent from Torino.
Ampoli – Milan (21:45)
The fall of the Rossoneri continues, and after taking just one point in the last two rounds Milan found themselves in third place, four points away from the summit. Now, without four injured players (Zlatan, Ante Ravic, Kier and Calabria) she will try to get back on the winning track against the surprising Ampoli, who are in a great period. The host will also try to surprise Milan, after beating Napoli 0-1 away two rounds ago.
Naples – Spezia (21:45, Sport 4)
After recovering from a streak of two league losses with a big win at San Siro over AC Milan that lifted it to second place, Napoli want to continue the momentum and possibly take advantage of a possible Inter points loss to get to the top. On the other hand, Spezia has not won six rounds in a row and is only three points above the red line. The end of Podgorano will hope to get minutes in the guest uniform, while Victor Osiman and Calido Coulibaly will be absent from Napoli.
Venice – Lazio 3: 1
Venice’s last home win was on November 7, 2: 3 against Roma, Lazio’s city rival. Dor Peretz, who started and cooked in the cup victory against Terrana, hoped to get minutes in the league as well, but dryness on the bench and his team suffered another loss that brought it even closer to the bottom. Lazio are missing Chiro Immobilia, the king of their goals with Corona, but they have the old Pedro who, after 3 minutes, gave them the lead with a beautiful goal in a personal operation. Francesco Forte equalized in the 30th minute, but Francesco Acherby prevailed in favor of the visitors in the 48th minute. Venice attacked in an attempt to equalize, but did not find the net and were also left with ten players after the removal of Tanner Tasman in extra time and just before the final whistle Luis Alberto blew with a bomb from the air. It was Lazio’s 24th victory in 2021, a club record for a calendar year.
More games:
Sesotho – Bologna 3: 0
For Bologna: Ricardo Orsolini (36), Arun Hickey (44), Federico Santander (90 + 4)
Rome – Sampdoria (19:30)
Verona – Fiorentina (19:30)
After this round, the Italian league will go on Christmas break and return on January 6 with the 20th round.