Weekend highlights here - the clash of the top 2, and also Atalanta's surprise 3-0 away win at Roma Then, this is a comedown... the leaders Juventus lose at Sassuolo: Goals, Sassuolo: Eilish McSorley 17', Martina Tomaselli 80' / Juventus: Cristiana Girelli 55' - see Juve's match report This probably won't upset Juve's title hopes, but now they must win their last 2 games against the low-table teams Tavagnacco and Hellas Verona. Midway through matchday 20, it's Juve 50pts, Milan 48, Fiorentina 46, Roma 35, Sassuolo 29, Atalanta 29
Yeah but no more room for error for Juve as Fiorentina still has a game in hand vs. Fiorentina Ssdari. Would they win - it's 49 points (one point behind Juve) comming into last 2 games (vs. last Orobica and 4th Roma)
Today, the Interview of the Week, with Bavagnoli (by Sophie Lawson) Q+A: AS Roma coach Elisabetta Bavagnoli on the state of the game in Italy - https://equalizersoccer.com/2019/03/29/qa-as-roma-coach-elisabetta-bavagnoli-interview-womens-italy/ (Archived) The Italy women's team in 1981–1982 (photo pd)
Fiorentina got the job done in the Florence derby - an early 2-2 scoreline, but Alia Guagni and Ilaria Mauro added two more goals for the Viola, and Guagni was rated Calcio's player of the match. Highlights: Fiorentina 4 - 2 Florentia - Sky TV All highlights 20° giornata (matchday 20), Serie A - Youtube End of matchday 20: Juve 50pts, Fiorentina 49, Milan 48, Roma 35, Atalanta 30, Sassuolo 29 Two games to go: On 13/14 April and Sat 20 April Juventus play at home v Tavagnacco (8th) and away to Hellas Verona (10th) Fiorentina are away at Bergamo (12th/last) and home v Roma (4th) Milan are away at Atalanta (5th) and home v Chievo Verona (9th) The Verona clubs are both near the relegation zone - Pink Bari and Bergamo are currently there in 11th and 12th place. There's no mention of relegation play-offs, different from 2018. Inter Milan are confirmed as Serie B winners. The Coppa Italia semi-finals (with the top four clubs) are on Wed 17 April in the afternoon. Then the cup final is on Sunday 28 April.
About Juve's record crowd v Fiorentina Record-breaking wrongness...! There was a Women's World Cup final in the same city, Turin, 49 years earlier: Coppa del Mondo (Women) 1970 Final [Stadio Communale, Torino; att: 40,000; ref: Cosentina (Italy)] 15.07.70 Denmark 2-0 Italy [Hansen 18, Sescikova 68] [Denmark: Thermansen, J.Nielsen, B.Nielsen, Lindh, Schaefer, Evers, Mascikova, E.Hansen, Irene Christensen, Inge Christensen, Sescikova. Trainer : Pedersen. Italy: Seghetti, Canepa, Cerutti, Mondo, Pinardi, Bonanni, Molino, Avon, Mella (46'Rampon), Colla, Schiavo. Trainer : Cavicchi.] – (RSSSF.com) Stadio Comunale, 1960s (PD) Short video of the final is here from AP archive. The media will always choose a "record" headline and pretend women's football never had big crowds before, even if it isn't true.
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=985051865034328 Juventus beat Tavagnacco 5-0 on Sunday. One more win to retain the title...
Meanwhile in the penultimate game, Milan and Fiorentina won 2-0, Hellas Verona beat Chievo Verona 1-0 to ensure Hellas' survival, and Pink Bari managed to score a penalty at Roma and earned a 1-1 draw. Today Bari (15pts) could stay up, but they must beat Atalanta, while Chievo (17pts) are away at Milan. Today's the decider! Still tight at the top: Juve 53pts, Fiorentina 52, Milan 51 The End: Matchday 22 Today 10:30 GMT / 12:30 CET Hellas Verona - Juventus Fiorentina Women - AS Roma AC Milan - Chievo Valpo Pink Bari - Atalanta Mozzanica Then at 13:00 GMT Tavagnacco - Florentia CF Sassuolo - Orobica Bergamo (@blissett don't worry, I know you check this thread as well as the Nadeshiko one)
1119571206875897856 is not a valid tweet id Eni Aluko seals the 3-0 win, and Juve win Serie A again. She's good, eh? Fiorentina (2nd) will play in the Champions League in 2019/20: they beat Roma 2-1. Pink Bari are relegated in 11th - they seemed to put up a gallant fight, but Bari lost 3-2 at home to Atalanta. Chievo Verona (10th) earned their survival by beating Milan away! Final score is 2-1.
The final day's results Matchday 22 Fiorentina 2 Roma 1 - I. Mauro (32') V. Vigilucci (90+1') - L. Pugnali (43) Hellas Verona 0 Juventus 3 - P. Ekroth (32') C. Girelli (55') E. Aluko (68') AC Milan 1 Chievo Verona 2 - L. Alborghetti (84') - V. Pirone (49') S. Tarenzi (67') Pink Bari 2 Atalanta 3 - P. Làzaro (14') J. Piro (59') - M. Kelly (5', 90+3') G. Pellegrinelli (28') Sassuolo 3 Orobica Bergamo 0 - C. Ferrato (4') S. Iannella (52') O.G. (68') Tavagnacco 2 Florentia 3 - M. Zuliani (15', 73') - G. Gnisci (59') D. Salvatori Rinaldi (90+2') G. Domenichetti (90+3') Final table 2018/19 Juve 56pts, Fiorentina 55, Milan 51, Roma 36, Sassuolo 33, Atalanta 33, Florentia 30, Tavagnacco 24, Chievo Verona 20, Hellas Verona 19, Pink Bari 15 (R), Orobica Bergamo 5 (R) That's in the middle of this video. Juventus' title win is at the end: Highlights 22° giornata Serie A Femminile - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=454sMlM22Mg "Importantissimo"? Does that mean good or bad?
"Importantissimo" means "very important", normally in a positive way, but I should know where exactly it is to answer you properly: I can't find the word in the video you link. What I can hear, at the end of the video is "È tutto qui... ed è tantissimo!", meaning: "And it's all for today... but it's lot!".
The commentator said it when Petronella Ekroth scored Juve's first goal (the importantissimo one) I will say this word from now on. Coppa Italia: Juventus and Fiorentina made it through the semifinals 2nd leg: Juve beat Milan 3-2 (agg.), Fiorentina bested Roma 3-1. Final: Juventus 2 - 1 Fiorentina (Ekroth 8', Cemoia 32' - Bonetti 74') https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=580012439162176
Women's World Cup 2019 previews Italy looms large! - The women's team's in its first WWC finals since 1999 - They've made the Women's World Cup 2019 Panini Stickers - And some other stuff has happened: (From WWC forum) From the champions' viewpoint, 8 of the squad are Juventus players: - https://www.blackwhitereadallover.c...eam-2019-womens-world-cup-squad-list-official (Archived) Missing the World Cup: Cecilia Salvai (photo: Threecharlie, cc-by-sa)
Highlights: Italia-Svizzera 3-1 - (29 maggio 2019) - www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaK1nWiM1ZM I know means, cue intelligent discussion, but when you said "a tough nut", all I could think of was "the BRAZIL NUT!" .. which isn't very relevant. Brazil v Italy seems to be the key game in the group - Australia and Jamaica are likely to be 1st and 4th. If it all follows form, Italy and Brazil will finally meet in matchday 3 on level points, and everything to play for. ...and if that happens, they should all stare at their opponents like this @blissett @Giulia, as Jamaica are the Reggae Girlz, what style of Italian music would be the best name for Italy's national teams?
(A night at) the Opera girls? I know, I know, Opera feels so outdated, but it the end isn't it what Italy is still known for in the world, for what concerns music (the same way Jamaica is known for reggae)? Doesn't a full "La Scala" look like a sold-out stadium?
World Cup: Parisi seeks redemption After a bad injury in a friendly, Alice Parisi missed Euro 2017. The midfielder spoke about her career and hopes for the WWC and future, with Emanuele Giulianelli. - https://shekicks.net/the-long-road-to-the-fifawwc-in-conversation-with-italys-alice-parisi/ (Archived) Parisi at the 2015 Coppa final (Threecharlie, cc-by-sa)
Women's World Cup 2019: a quarter-final run for Italy Australia v Italy - FIFA WWC France 2019™ - youtube.com/watch?v=8Tcnb6IVyw4 - https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/matchday-3-c01-australia-italy.2104293/ https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/matchday-8-c18-jamaica-italy.2104429/ https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/matchday-12-c30-italy-brazil.2104527/ Round of 16: Italy v China - FIFA WWC France 2019™ - youtube.com/watch?v=RV2l3a1cCO4 - https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/o43-c1-italy-china-b3.2104682/ https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/q47-italy-v-netherlands-29-june.2104707/ Back in Serie A, the 2019/20 season calendar was announced, kicking off on September 14 with the Florence derby and Roma v AC Milan. Australia's Lisa De Vanna will play in Italy, her father's home country. She's signed with Fiorentina. Andrine Hegerberg has signed for Roma, and Lianne Sanderson has left Juventus - the other transfers up to July are on this page: - https://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/cal...19-2020-acquisti-e-cessioni-ufficiali-1273629 (Archived)
By the way, @blissett, as a man of letters, you might have some insights – why is one of the top VAR refs called Massimiliano Errati? Surely that name is asking for trouble.
Sorry, that post may contain a mistake, I need to check it The excitement of football (photo: SounderBruce, cc-by-sa)
2019/20, it's back! Remember, it's everyone's duty to learn at least 3 words of Italian this edizione (season), it's gonna be the best edizione The best female Serie A ever begins - www.ilpost.it/2019/09/13/serie-a-femminile-2019-2020, Autotranslated (Archived) (@blissett, "Dopo" is one of those false friend words, right? ) Brazilian forward Andressa Alves has arrived at Roma from Barça, while Fiorentina kept their captain Alia Guagni, who turned down a move to the Spanish league. Andressa Alves of Roma, and Alia Guagni of Fiorentina (Photos: Agência Brasil Fotografias, cc-by / Threecharlie, cc-by-sa) Unusually, there were no relegations this year – lucky for Orobica and Pink Bari – because Atalanta Mozzanica and Chievo Verona are out of the league for economic reasons, both dropped by the men's club. The only Verona team this year is Chievo's neighbour Hellas Verona. New in the league are Inter Milan and Empoli. (Wikipedia)
Nothing shady involved: "dopo" just means "then" (as an adverb), or "after" (as a proposition, like in this case).