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Apr 27, 2024 19:42

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21:42 That’s all for the Liveblog

Check the main site for more post-match coverage and we’ll see you tomorrow for another run of Serie A games.

21:41 Match report

 

21:37 FT: Lazio 1-0 Verona

Zaccagni decisive off the bench, third Serie A win in a row for the Aquile.

21:36 Verona chance!

Noslin manages to keep the ball in play as Romagnoli runs out of pitch, it is pulled back for Henry to fire over from close range! Zaccagni then booked for dissent.

21:34 Noslin booked

Noslin a bit too obviously angry at the referee for a call against him, yellow card.

21:32 Stoppages

Into 4 minutes of added time.

21:29 Verona sub

Henry replaces Folorunsho.

21:28 Subs

Coppola booked for going through the back of Castellanos.

Lazio subs: Immobile and Vecino on, Castellanos and Felipe Anderson off.

21:27 Pedro off the upright!

Pedro cheeky free kick with everyone waiting for the cross, but instead he goes for the near post and thumps it!

21:25 Lazio appeals

First for handball – but definitely hit a chest. Then Pedro claims a penalty, but the ref is right, the contact was outside the box.

21:24 Huge save from Mandas!

Verona free kick takes a double deflection off Coppola and then Kamada, Mandas acrobatically flies to parry under the bar from point-blank range!

21:19 Verona subs

Centonze and Bonazzoli on, Tchatchoua and Lazovic off.

21:17 Lazio sub

Hysaj replaces Luis Alberto.

21:15 Cabal booked

Cabal booked for taking down Pedro in full flight, will be suspended for the next match against Fiorentina.

21:14 Lazio 1-0 Verona: Mattia Zaccagni!

There is the breakthrough! Suslov caught in possession by Zaccagni, who surges forward, spreads it down the left for Luis Alberto, meets the return pass and fires in at the near post from six yards!

21:12 Yellow cards

Duda is a jerk and kicks the ball against Luis Alberto’s shin. Luis Alberto argues, but then goes well fine you took the free kick and lobs it towards goal, it bounces off the top of the crossbar. Referee books the pair of them.

21:10 Save on Castellanos!

Lazio are really pushing now, Guendouzi gets down the right, rolls it across for Castellanos, gets the shot away and Montipo’ makes the save at the back post!

21:08 Pedro miss!

What a miss….. Throw-in for Kamada, rolls it across for Pedro, who is totally unmarked, comes sliding in and fires really VERY wide. Incredible.

21:04 Luis Alberto lob

Offside flag goes up eventually – incorrectly – but Luis Alberto had placed the lob wide as Montipo’ came rushing out anyway.

21:01 Subs

Zaccagni and Pedro on, Isaksen and Casale off for Lazio.

Verona subs: Duda and Suslov on, Swiderski and Mitrovic off.

21:00 Verona counter

It’s Verona’s turn to attack now on the counter, but the Lazovic finish is weak and straight at Mandas.

20:55 Lazio chance

Castellanos presses Cabal, wins back the ball, cheeky Rabona pass to spark the counter-attack, but Luis Alberto fires over!

20:51 Casale booked

Casale yellow card for dragging back Swiderski.

20:50 Felipe Anderson smashes the crossbar!

We’ll tell you what, Montipo’ got a fingertip to that! It was a ferocious right-foot strike and it thumped the crossbar to bounce back out!

20:49 Lazio threaten

Castellanos through ball for Kamada, crucial Cabal sliding tackle!

20:47 2nd half kicks off: Lazio 0-0 Verona

No changes, Swiderski did a sort of fitness test at half-time.

20:31 Half-Time: Lazio 0-0 Verona

20:30 Into stoppages

Only the one minute.

20:26 Ouch

Cabal and Luis Alberto both dive in for the same ball, collide, but they are fine after a bit of magic spray.

20:23 Romagnoli booked

Romagnoli booked for clattering Swiderski from behind.

20:20 Guendouzi appeals

Guendouzi runs into the box, goes down under a nudge from Serdar… Ref waves play on and there really wasn’t much of a push. He should’ve just kept going, that was pretty weak.

20:19 Verona chance!

Mandas makes a horrible mess of trying to punch away a cross, is nowhere near it, he’s fortunate Swiderski scuffs the finish wide of an open goal!

20:18 Verona corner

Serdar effort deflected for a Hellas corner.

20:16 Verona respond

Swiderski header is over the bar on a cross from Mitrovic.

20:13 Lazio waste again

Luis Alberto free kick routine results in the Spaniard ballooning an effort into the sky.

20:10 Lazio wasteful

Verona corner breaks, Luis Alberto goes on the counter, ball off the outside of the boot for Isaksen, but it bounces a bit awkwardly and he can’t control it.

20:06 Lazio chance

Felipe Anderson dribbles forward, rides a tackle, but the curling finish is easy for Montipo’ to smother.

20:03 Save on Isaksen!

Lazio corner comes to Isaksen, he’s in acres of space and takes it first time, but Montipo’ parries off the line with his foot!

19:57 Kamada well over

Lazio corner cleared as far as Kamada, who smashes it into the sky.

19:56 Lazio pushing

Guendouzi long ball over the top, Luis Alberto knocks it down, Castellanos return pass charged down for a corner.

19:54 Lazio swarming

Lazio moving well, but Luis Alberto has two different shots charged down in the same approach.

19:49 Noslin wide

Verona respond, Noslin drills wide of the near post, low from the edge of the area.

19:48 Guendouzi strike

Guendouzi strike from distance, but it’s off target.

19:48 Special for Folorunsho

Verona player Michael Folorunsho, on loan from Napoli, is a self-confessed Lazio supporter.

19:45 We have kick-off in Lazio vs. Verona!

19:41 Out come the teams

Lazio: Mandas; Patric, Romagnoli, Casale; Isaksen, Guendouzi, Kamada, Marusic; Luis Alberto, Felipe Anderson; Castellanos

Verona: Montipò; Tchatchoua, Coppola, Magnani, Cabal; Folorunsho, Serdar; Noslin, Mitrovic, Lazovic; Swiderski

19:41 Max Allegri

 

19:21 Stefano Pioli

 

18:59 Lazio vs. Verona line-ups

Lazio: Mandas; Patric, Romagnoli, Casale; Isaksen, Guendouzi, Kamada, Marusic; Luis Alberto, Felipe Anderson; Castellanos

Verona: Montipò; Tchatchoua, Coppola, Magnani, Cabal; Folorunsho, Serdar; Noslin, Mitrovic, Lazovic; Swiderski

18:57 Match report

 

18:54 FT: Juventus 0-0 Milan

Szczesny slaps away the Milan corner and that’s it, third consecutive draw in Serie A for Juventus.

18:52 Miretti over

Miretti cuts inside from the left and fires over. Gatti annoyed, wanted a cross.

18:50 Juve pushing

Into 4 minutes of stoppages now, McKennie curler charged down by Bennacer.

18:45 What a chance for Juve!

General Chaos! McKennie looping header fumbled by Sportiello, Rabiot tries to prod it on the rebound, Thiaw clears off the line! Then on the resulting corner, Milik glancing header inches wide!

18:44 Chaotic corner

Juve corner, it sort of hit Zeroli, who had no idea what was going on, eventually Chiesa cross captured by Sportiello.

18:43 Lazio vs. Verona line-ups

 

18:41 Subs

Miretti on, Yildiz off.

Zeroli, Bartesaghi and Chukwueze on, Loftus-Cheek, Pulisic and Musah off. RLC straight into the tunnel, seemed to have a knock.

18:38 Leao chance

RLC tackle on Rabiot, Juve wanted a foul, ref let play continue and Leao shot charged down for a corner.

18:38 Milan scramble

Milan free kick into the box, Leao and Loftus-Cheek with a scramble, but nobody can get a shot away.

18:36 Another Juve corner

Chiesa cross to Milik is low, Gabbia does well to block him off.

18:35 Juve corner

Gatti header charged down by Musah.

18:33 Save on Milik!

Another good Juventus chance, Chiesa cross from the left, Milik glancing header smothered on the line by Sportiello!

18:31 Lazio XI

 

18:30 Juve sub

McKennie on, Weah off.

18:30 Milan sub

Giroud off, Okafor on.

18:29 Ouch

Knee on knee, Giroud in pain.

18:26 Yildiz turn

Cambiaso through ball for Yildiz, he tries a ‘Veronica’ turn and it doesn’t quite work.

18:25 Loftus-Cheek chance

Loftus-Cheek blasts one from distance, it bounces on the ground and spins inches wide!

18:23 Brave Sportiello

Milik cross-field pass for Chiesa, he rolls it low across and Sportiello throws himself in the way, getting a knock for his trouble. Before that, Gatti had intercepted a pass for Leao.

18:22 Subs

Milik and Chiesa on for Juventus, Kostic and a visibly annoyed Vlahovic off…

Bennacer replaces Adli.

18:20 Milan swarming

Long spell of pressure, but Reijnders and Loftus-Cheek shots are charged down.

18:18 Yildiz wide

Juve cross from the left, Yildiz was trying to nod it down for Vlahovic, but his teammate didn’t entirely understand that.

18:17 What a mess

Milan corner flicked on, Adli to Musah, who slips, Kenan Yildiz off on the counter, but then he hesitates and Loftus-Cheek robs him.

18:15 Long ball for Leao

Ball over the top for Leao, one against two, manages to shrug one off, but not Rabiot, who sticks to him like glue.

18:14 Milan free kick

Florenzi floats a free kick to the back post for Gabbia, but Gatti prevents him getting contact.

18:12 Milan respond

Adli cross acrobatically cleared by Locatelli, then Leao low cross intercepted with rather more ease.

18:09 Double Sportiello save!

How did Juventus not score there?! Kostic looks like he is going to cross, instead hits it very hard at the near post, Sportiello parries, then incredibly he also turns the Danilo rebound onto the upright from point-blank range.

18:07 Thiaw doing well

Thiaw again refuses to let Vlahovic turn. Milan play out from the back with Musah, who runs all the way to the other penalty area, and then completely misplaces the pass for Giroud.

18:05 2nd half kicks off: Juventus 0-0 Milan

No changes. We hope the general tempo of the game changes, otherwise we are going to need more coffee.

17:58 Coming up

 

17:57 Juve civil war continues

 

17:48 Half-Time: Juventus 0-0 Milan

17:48 Sportiello save

Offside flag was up anyway after that corner, but Sportiello had punched it off the head of Gatti.

17:47 Save on Vlahovic!

Vlahovic free kick bounces off the ground and Sportiello has to get down to fingertip it round the base of the far post!

17:46 Musah booked

Musah had risked that earlier, but Juve got the advantage. This time he just wrestled Vlahovic to the ground and the card was inevitable, so he will be suspended.

17:45 Cambiaso frustrated

Rabiot pass to Cambiaso is over-hit, he slips trying to keep it in.

17:43 Milan more of the ball

Milan have 57% possession, but not doing much with it. Cross from the right for Juve, but just beyond Yildiz into the arms of Sportiello.

17:39 Juve react

First Kenan Yildiz cross nodded off the head of Vlahovic by Thiaw, then Rabiot dribbles into the box, looks up and forgets to bring the ball with him.

17:37 Milan taking initiative

Milan seeing more of the ball at the moment, Juve trying to defend and counter. Rossoneri also struggling to pass their way through the Bianconeri defence, which is what they’re trying to do.

17:35 Milan over

Musah first touch lets him down, then Loftus-Cheek header over – no corner.

17:34 Thiaw strong on Vlahovic

Pull-back from the by-line, Vlahovic tries to turn Thiaw, but the Milan defender’s not for turning.

17:31 Cambiaso over

Juve corner cleared to the edge of the area, Cambiaso chest, bounce and half-volley off target.

17:29 Milan corner

Gabbia header wide of the near post.

17:27 Musah chance

Musah shrugs off Rabiot, gets the shot away, deflected wide off Cambiaso, who he ends up crashing into.

17:25 Leao wide

Thiaw robs Vlahovic to spark a counter-attack, but Leao drills wide from outside the area.

17:22 Musah wobbly

Juve do put a cross in, which Musah does his level best to hand back to them with a shinned clearance, then Cambiaso scuffs it wide of the near post.

17:19 Rabiot well wide

Yildiz tripped by Gabbia, ref plays the advantage and Rabiot’s shot is almost as bad as the Kostic cross. Possibly worse.

17:18 Leao over-runs

Leao runs to the by-line, but goes beyond it…

17:16 Oh Kostic

How bad was that cross? It went for a throw-in. Gatti also collided with Florenzi, but both seem fine.

17:15 Gatti blasts over

Milan defence backs off and allows Gatti to push forward, he fires over. Vlahovic angry there wasn’t a pass.

17:13 Appeals

Reijnders appeals for a Juve handball, but it was outside the box regardless.

17:12 Tension

Gatti and Leao having words. Florenzi tries to calm everything down.

17:10 Juve aggressive

Kostic down the left tries to pull it back for Cambiaso, but intercepted.

17:08 Maignan update

 

17:08 Sportiello tested

Vlahovic solo run, snapshot straight at Sportiello.

17:05 Clash of heads

Gabbia and Gatti collide on that corner.

17:05 Juve corners

Run of early Juve corners.

17:00 We have kick-off in Juventus vs. Milan!

16:59 Maignan issue

Seems to be an adductor issue.

16:58 Updated line-ups

Juventus: Szczesny; Gatti, Bremer, Danilo; Weah, Cambiaso, Locatelli, Rabiot, Kostic; Yildiz, Vlahovic

Milan: Sportiello; Musah, Gabbia, Thiaw, Florenzi; Adli, Reijnders; Pulisic, Loftus-Cheek, Leao; Giroud

16:57 Max Allegri (Juventus)

 

16:56 ALERT: MAIGNAN INJURED

Mike Maignan out in the warm-up, Marco Sportiello starts.

16:48 Stefano Pioli (Milan)

 

16:38 Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus)

“It’s a very important match that push us on to end the season well and try to get second place, which is an objective. We all have our personal targets too that spur us on, but they are all based on helping the team.

“I get along with both Yildiz and Chiesa, the only important thing is that we win.”

16:33 Ibra in the house

 

16:32 Players reshuffled

Musah at right-back for Milan. Cambiaso as a central midfielder for Juve.

16:27 Alessandro Florenzi (Milan)

“The last two weeks have not been easy. When you fall down, you have to react and we’ve got to put all that onto the pitch today. Juventus will be fired up and ready for battle. It’s not going to be easy, but we’ll see what happens.”

16:25 Welcome to Turin

 

16:23 Team News

With Inter already winning the Scudetto last week in a Derby della Madonnina face-off, the tension got to the Rossoneri, who saw Theo Hernandez and Davide Calabria both sent off.

They are therefore suspended along with Fikayo Tomori, plus Simon Kjaer, Pierre Kalulu, Mattia Caldara and striker Luka Jovic injured, so Stefano Pioli has to reinvent his defence.

He scraps the experiment of Rafael Leao as a False 9, as Olivier Giroud returns to the starting XI with Christian Pulisic and Ruben Loftus-Cheek.

Juventus lost 2-1 on Tuesday to Lazio, but still scraped through to the Coppa Italia Final 3-2 on aggregate.

Moise Kean is injured, but Federico Chiesa drops to the bench in favour of teenage Turkish sensation Kenan Yildiz as support for Vlahovic.

The Bianconeri have been in dire form recently, winning just three of their last 14 competitive games, in Serie A struggling with back-to-back stalemates against Torino and Cagliari.

16:13 Warm-up

You can watch the Juventus vs. Milan warm-ups live on the Lega Serie A YouTube Channel.

16:12 Warming up

 

16:06 POLL

 

16:05 POLL

 

16:04 Team News

 

16:03 Match report

 

15:59 FT: Lecce 1-1 Monza

That was more dramatic than we expected up until the 91st minute…

15:57 Lecce 1-1 Monza: Matteo Pessina penalty!

Cool as ice, delicate run-up, delicate finish, Falcone sent the wrong way.

15:55 Penalty for Monza!

Oh the drama! It’s not over yet, Venuti made a total mess of his header, waved a flailing arm up and hit the ball!

15:55 Juventus vs. Milan line-ups

Juventus: Szczesny; Gatti, Bremer, Danilo; Weah, Cambiaso, Locatelli, Rabiot, Kostic; Yildiz, Vlahovic

Milan: Maignan; Musah, Gabbia, Thiaw, Florenzi; Adli, Reijnders; Pulisic, Loftus-Cheek, Leao; Giroud

15:53 Lecce 1-0 Monza: Nikola Krstovic!

At the 92nd minute! Looooooong Falcone ball, nodded down, Krstovic lets it bounce and SMASHES on the half-volley from the edge of the area into the far top corner!

15:51 Stoppages

Into 4 minutes of stoppages in Lecce. Djuric error, Bondo robbed, but the finish goes wide.

15:50 Colpani wide

A very good run from Bondo, he’s eventually blocked, the deflection turns into an assist for Colpani to shin the volley wide!

15:49 Gallo chance

Gallo breaks down the left, turns Colpani inside out twice, but by that point the angle is too narrow and his finish is straight at Di Gregorio.

15:47 Juventus arrive

 

15:43 Milan team bus arrives

 

15:43 Lecce subs

Pierotti and Venuti on, Oudin and Gendrey off.

15:42 Monza sub

D’Ambrosio replaces Izzo after a very long time for Monza to get help to him. Lecce fans not happy with that.

15:40 Krstovic, no

Free kick flicked on to the back post, Krstovic on the volley smashes it well over. Armando Izzo then goes down with a thigh problem.

15:39 Gagliardini suspended

Gagliardini booked for pulling back Gendrey, he will be suspended against Lazio.

15:38 Lecce cross

Gallo cross, but both strikers had gone for the near post, they didn’t communicate properly.

15:36 Monza danger

Maldini gets to the by-line, lovely flick over Blin who comes sliding in, pull-back for Djuric intercepted.

15:35 Coming up

 

15:31 Yellow cards

Izzo and Krstovic booked for some mutual tussling.

15:29 Subs

Maldini and Gagliardini on, Akpa Akpro and Zerbin off

Almqvist on, Dorgu off.

15:26 Oudin audacious

Oudin sees Di Gregorio off his line and attempts a lob, but off target.

15:21 Lecce subs

Gonzalez and Sansone on, Rafia and Piccoli off.

15:21 Krstovic wide

Krstovic is the Lecce striker who slips in a promising position while taking the shot this time.

15:19 Monza subs

Djuric and Colpani on, Colombo and Valentin Carboni off.

15:13 Piccoli slips

Cross for Piccoli, who anticipates his defender to get the volley, but only because he’s leaning back so much that it goes well over.

15:12 Monza attack

Zerbin cuts inside from the left, dribbles past two, is tripped by Rafia, but advantage given and Birindelli fires over.

15:10 So close!

Monza playing out from the back, Rafia robs Pessina, but then Krstovic SKIMS the far post!

15:06 2nd half kicks off: Lecce 0-0 Monza

Lecce players were out on the pitch a long time before Monza. Or the referees.

14:48 Half-Time: Lecce 0-0 Monza

14:46 General Chaos

Lecce pull-back from the by-line with Gallo is followed by just chaos, as at least three shots are charged down by a sea of legs!

14:44 Colombo error

Monza that was a chance! Colombo gathers a slide-rule pass from Pessina, the first touch was good, but then he insisted on taking a second to move it over to the other foot and allowed the defender to cut him off.

14:40 Monza corner cleared

Piccoli very nearly goes on the counter from his own half, Birindelli has to rush to get the block in.

14:36 Monza settled

Monza have settled rather, which in turn slowed the tempo down.

14:26 Oudin booked

Oudin a bit late on Akpa Akpro in midfield.

14:23 Gallo effort

Lecce full-back surges forward, but goes for goal and that’s far too easy for Di Gregorio.

14:22 Monza again

Kyriakopoulos strike from the edge of the area, just wide of the near post.

14:21 Bondo attempt

Monza hit back, Bondo cuts inside and his curler is deflected for a corner.

14:18 Lecce chance

Piccoli has handball appeals, absolutely not, then pulls it back across the face of goal where two different Lecce players fail to make contact.

14:17 Colombo booked

Colombo booked for going in late on Blin.

14:11 Lecce attempt

Alexis Blin scorcher from distance, but it flies off target.

14:08 Monza corner

Good work from Pessina, surges through the centre, through ball for Zerbin, pull-back blocked for a corner.

14:06 Piccoli nutmeg

Piccoli nutmegs Pablo Mari at the by-line, but there’s no pitch left to take advantage of it.

14:01 We have kick-off in Lecce vs. Monza!

Lecce: Falcone; Gendrey, Pongracic, Baschirotto, Gallo; Rafia, Blin, Dorgu; Oudin, Krstovic, Piccoli

Monza: Di Gregorio; Birindelli, Izzo, Pablo Marì, Kyriakopoulos; Bondo, Akpa Akpro; V Carboni, Pessina, Zerbin; Colombo

13:58 Out come the teams

Gorgeous spring day in Lecce. By the sea. We’re not jealous.

13:45 Team news

The Salentini surged up the standings with back-to-back victories over Empoli and Sassuolo, but the season is already over for Lameck Banda, Mohamed Kaba and Kastriot Dermaku, plus Ylber Ramadani is not fully fit either. Pontus Almqvist and Monza’s Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro return from suspension, with Jose Machin and Dany Mota Carvalho injured.

13:30 Welcome to Lecce

 

13:02 Lecce vs. Monza line-ups

Lecce: Falcone; Gendrey, Pongracic, Baschirotto, Gallo; Rafia, Blin, Dorgu; Oudin, Krstovic, Piccoli

Monza: Di Gregorio; Birindelli, Izzo, Pablo Marì, Kyriakopoulos; Bondo, Akpa Akpro; V Carboni, Pessina, Zerbin; Colombo

Join us for all the build-up and action as it happens from today’s three Serie A games, as Lecce host Monza, there’s a showdown for second in Juventus-Milan and Lazio take on Verona.

We begin at 14.00 UK time (13.00 GMT) with Lecce hoping to definitively break free of the danger zone against mid-table Monza.

All eyes on Turin at 17.00 UK time (16.00 GMT) for the head-to-head between Juventus and Milan, as second place is at stake for two coaches under severe pressure.

And Lazio try to keep up with the European race against relegation-threatened Verona at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT).

We already have the first relegated team this season, as Salernitana lost 3-0 to Frosinone last night.

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