Walid Cheddira took Frosinone closer to guaranteeing their Serie A status with victory away to Monza, their first away win in a year.

The hosts were stuttering towards the finish line after securing mid-table comfort and with Raffaele Palladino expected to leave this summer. Absentees included Patrick Ciurria, Jose Machin and Davide Bettella. The Canarini were tied with Empoli in the relegation zone and desperate, missing Luca Mazzitelli, Anthony Oyono, Stefano Turati and Sergio Kalaj.

See how the game unfolded on the Liveblog.

Milan Djuric nodded an Andrea Colpani cross over in the opening minutes, while Caleb Okoye turned wide from a corner at the other end.

Frosinone opened the scoring when Abdou Harroui got down the left and stood up a cross for the Walid Cheddira cushioned header at the back post.

Harroui fired wide moments later, then forced an outstretched boot save from Stefano Sorrentino when sent through by Emanuele Valeri.

Andrea Colpani thought he had equalised on the stroke of half-time, only to nod the Dany Mota Carvalho cross onto the base of the far post.

Cheddira slipped at the last moment to waste a counter-attack, but play was halted for several minutes when communication with the VAR hub in Lissone broke down. They resumed play at the 61^st minute still without VAR, needing both teams to agree to that and a statement read out in the stadium.

During this nine-minute blackout, Frosinone almost doubled their lead, as Matias Soule’s angled drive bounced off the base of the far post and Alessandro Sorrentino parried the Harroui follow-up too.

Nadir Zortea tested Sorrentino from distance and Valentin Carboni fired over from a tricky angle, but Gianluca Caprari should’ve done better drilling just wide in stoppages.

Monza 0-1 Frosinone

Cheddira 9 (F)

19-05-2024 14:00

MatchDay 37

Stadio Brianteo (U-Power Stadium)

Monza

Frosinone

0 - 1

Player statistic

1st half

		9'		Walid Cheddira (Assist: Abdou Harroui)
Warren Bondo		28'

2nd half

		47'		Matìas Soulé
		90+2'		Francesco Gelli

Match statistic

71

Possession %

29

14

Total shots

16

2

Shots on target

5

7

Shots off target

6

5

Blocked shots

5

3

Corners

4

14

Fouls

13

Monza

Frosinone

Starting lineups

23

Alessandro Sorrentino

Goalkeeper

4

Armando Izzo

Defender

46'

77

Georgios Kyriakopoulos

Defender

46'

22

Pablo Marí

Defender

19

Samuele Birindelli

Defender

79'

28

Andrea Colpani

Midfielder

32

Matteo Pessina

Midfielder

6

Roberto Gagliardini

Midfielder

38

Warren Bondo

Midfielder

46'

47

Dany Mota

Attacker

65'

11

Milan Djuric

Attacker

31

Michele Cerofolini

Goalkeeper

5

Caleb Okoli

Defender

32

Emanuele Valeri

Defender

19

Nadir Zortea

Defender

20

Pol Lirola

Defender

6

Simone Romagnoli

Defender

21

Abdou Harroui

Midfielder

72'

45

Enzo Barrenechea

Midfielder

86'

4

Marco Brescianini

Midfielder

18

Matìas Soulé

Attacker

90'

70

Walid Cheddira

Attacker

86'

Substitutes

8

Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro

Midfielder

9

Lorenzo Colombo

Attacker

2

Giulio Donati

Defender

5

Luca Caldirola

Defender

62

Andrea Mazza

Goalkeeper

80

Samuele Vignato

Midfielder

66

Stefano Gori

Goalkeeper

61

Andrea Ferraris

Attacker

33

Danilo D’Ambrosio

Defender

46'

20

Alessio Zerbin

Attacker

46'

21

Valentín Carboni

Midfielder

46'

10

Gianluca Caprari

Attacker

65'

13

Pedro Pereira

Midfielder

79'

3

Riccardo Marchizza

Defender

9

Kaio Jorge

Attacker

33

Kevin Bonifazi

Defender

16

Luca Garritano

Midfielder

37

Lorenzo Palmisani

Goalkeeper

30

Ilario Monterisi

Defender

36

Luca Mazzitelli

Midfielder

1

Pierluigi Frattali

Goalkeeper

27

Arijon Ibrahimovic

Attacker

47

Mateus Henrique Vanelli Lusuardi

Defender

29

Farès Ghedjemis

Attacker

14

Francesco Gelli

Midfielder

72'

12

Reinier

Midfielder

86'

11

Marvin Cuni

Attacker

86'

7

Jaime Báez

Attacker

90'

Check the official line-ups for this afternoon’s Serie A games with two big relegation dogfights, Udinese–Empoli and Monza-Frosinone.

They both kick off at 14.00 UK time (13.00 GMT).

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from all today’s five Serie A matches on the LIVEBLOG.

These are crucial fixtures for the battle against relegation, especially when Udinese and Empoli go head-to-head.

The situation is extremely tight near the bottom, as there are six teams in a five-point radius and two of them will go down along with Salernitana.

Serie A Week 37

Monza vs. Frosinone

Monza: Sorrentino; Birindelli, Izzo, Pablo Mari, Kyriakopoulos; Bondo, Pessina, Gagliardini; Colpani, Mota Carvalho; Djuric

Frosinone: Cerofolini; Lirola, Romagnoli, Okoli; Zortea, Barrenechea, Brescianini, Valeri; Soule, Harroui; Cheddira

Udinese vs. Empoli

Udinese: Okoye; Perez, Bijol, Kristensen; Ehizibue, Walace, Payero, Kamara; Success, Samardzic; Lucca

Empoli: Caprile; Bereszynski, Ismajli, Luperto; Gyasi, Bastoni, Grassi, Maleh, Pezzella; Cancellieri, Cerri

Midway through the penultimate round of Serie A fixtures for 2023-24, six teams still run the risk of being relegated to the second division, including Sassuolo, Empoli, Frosinone, Cagliari, Udinese and Hellas Verona.

Five of those teams are in action on Sunday, while Verona are due to play already-relegated Salernitana at 17.45 BST on Monday evening.

Excitingly, four of the teams at risk of relegation will play each other directly on Sunday, as Sassuolo host Cagliari at 11.30, with Udinese-Empoli following at 14.00.

It’s important to remember that if teams in 17th and 18th finish level on points, head-to-head and goal difference becomes irrelevant. The teams will instead contest a relegation play-off, as happened with Verona and Spezia in 2022-23.

This year onwards, though, the play-off will take place over two legs, rather than a one-off 90 minute match.

Here’s what the teams all need to avoid the drop to Serie B …

What Sassuolo need to stay in Serie A

As the lowest-ranked team who are still in with a shout of survival, Sassuolo certainly have their work cut out for them. They have 29 points with two games remaining and currently sit three points from safety.

They could technically be relegated by the end of Sunday. That would happen if Sassuolo lose or draw against Cagliari, and if Udinese (15th place) pick up at least one point against Empoli, and if Frosinone (17th) beat Monza.

If Sassuolo beat Cagliari, they can not be relegated on Sunday, and the standing will depend on results on the final day, next weekend.

What Empoli need

From 18th place upwards, it becomes more open as no other team can be mathematically relegated on Sunday. A win for Empoli against Udinese at 14.00 will massively boost their survival hopes, and will lift them out of the bottom three and likely drop Udinese into the relegation zone in their place, depending on the result in Monza-Frosinone.

What Frosinone need

As Frosinone sit level on points with Empoli in Serie A, it’s effectively the exact same situation as before. They will not be relegated, and can not confirm safety on Sunday either way, but a win against Monza will be massively valuable. Their final position will come down to the final day.

What Cagliari need

It’s a much clearer picture for Cagliari. A win today against Sassuolo will mathematically confirm Serie A safety.

A Cagliari will send them up to 36 points, which, in turn will relegate Sassuolo. Sky Sport Italia confirm that a win in either of their final two matches will be enough to keep Cagliari up.

What Udinese need

Similarly to Cagliari, a win against Empoli on Sunday will confirm Serie A safety for Udinese. A draw or loss means that it will come down to the final day, when they play Frosinone.

What Verona need

Verona need two points from their final two games of the season to avoid relegation. In fact, as they play on Monday, they could be confirmed as safe by the end of Sunday without having to play themselves, depending on results elsewhere.

A win against already-relegated Salernitana on Monday will mathematically confirm Serie A safety regardless of other results, but a single point may also be enough to do it depending on Sunday’s matches.

It is looking increasingly likely that relegation to Serie B might be decided by a play-off, as Udinese’s victory at Lecce saw them leap out of the drop zone.

Salernitana are already doomed to the drop, but the other two places are still to be decided with only two rounds left in the Serie A season.

Udinese earned a 2-0 win away to Lecce this evening, propelling them from 18^th place to 15^th, now equal with Cagliari on 33 points and one clear of both Frosinone and Empoli.

Verona are just one point above them, so while Sassuolo look isolated now in penultimate place on 29 points, the other five teams fighting to stay up are all crammed within a two-point radius.

Serie A fixtures include showdowns

The final Serie A 2023-24 fixtures funnily enough do provide some crucial head-to-head clashes, specifically Sassuolo-Cagliari and Udinese-Empoli this weekend, while Frosinone-Udinese is in the last round.

If two teams finish level in 18^th place, they will go to a play-off.

This already happened last season, but while Verona beat Spezia on neutral turf in a one-off match, this year it would be a home and away tie.

If three or four Serie A teams are level on points, then a table will be drawn up of their head-to-head records, with the bottom two going into the play-off.

Verona and Sassuolo fumbled leads to suffer defeats and now there are six teams crammed in a five-point radius, with two going down to Serie B.

The race is increasingly tight to avoid relegation from Serie A, although Lecce have guaranteed their safety on 37 points, even before tomorrow’s game with Udinese.

Verona would’ve been safe too with a win today and were leading against Torino at the Stadio Bentegodi before capitulating 2-1 this afternoon.

That leaves them on 34 points, only one clear of Cagliari and two ahead of both Frosinone and Empoli.

Serie A relegation race hots up

Udinese could take a huge leap forward tomorrow, as if they beat Lecce, then they’ll clamber from 18^th place to joint 15^th on 33 points, the same as Cagliari.

Sassuolo had the opportunity to catch up too, but remain in penultimate place on 29 points following a 2-1 defeat to Genoa, a match they had been leading at half-time.

Next week’s fixtures look as if they could be decisive, specifically Sassuolo-Cagliari and Udinese-Empoli, while Verona visit doomed Salernitana.

Frosinone coach Eusebio Di Francesco feels that the 5-0 defeat to Inter is a ‘false’ result and hopes it doesn’t damage them psychologically in the battle against relegation.

The Canarini threatened to score several times at the Stadio Stirpe this evening, hitting the woodwork, forcing numerous Yann Sommer saves and denied by two goal-line clearances.

“Inter had overall six shots on goal and scored five goals, they are a clinical team and we knew that,” said Di Francesco in his press conference.

“The result feels false, but we know our limitations. We need to rediscover that solidity. It might seem odd to analyse a game that ended 5-0 and say we had a good performance, but the circumstances did not go our way.”

Di Francesco saw spotlight on Inter

Inter had lost 1-0 to Sassuolo last week, a result that shook up the fight to avoid relegation and left Frosinone in danger, so this was a reaction to the criticism over that setback.

“All the talk during the week around Inter did not help us, because the spotlight was on them again and they gave 100 per cent. We’ll see what attitude the big clubs take against the other teams.”

Luca Mazzitelli went off with a thigh injury in the first half and Di Francesco warned it is unlikely he’ll be fit enough to face Monza next week.

“There must not be a psychological blowback, the objective from tomorrow is to cancel this result from our minds and rediscover the defensive solidity we lost today.

“It’s silly to concede a counter-attack when losing 4-0, we need to be more intelligent and understand when not to make certain mistakes.”

Frosinone had only a two-point lead over the relegation zone going into this weekend, so could find themselves in the bottom three.

“We proved over the course of the season that we deserve to be in Serie A and are supported by a fantastic crowd. We always showed courage, at times we make naïve mistakes, but I have always believed in this type of football.”

Inter coach Simone Inzaghi admits ‘the 5-0 result does not reflect the way the game went’ against unlucky Frosinone, but he received a ‘good response’ from his squad.

The Nerazzurri felt the need to send a message following their shock 1-0 defeat to Sassuolo, only the second loss of the entire season in Serie A.

That was affected by the hangover from their Scudetto open-top bus parade and it was shaken off with tonight’s 5-0 demolition of Frosinone at the Stadio Stirpe.

“The lads did really well, although we ran a few risks out of possession, for example when Walid Cheddira hit the post,” Inzaghi told DAZN.

“It was a good performance, but the 5-0 result really does not reflect the way the game went.”

Davide Frattesi scored one and assisted another for Marko Arnautovic, Tajon Buchanan scored the first ever Canadian goal in Serie A, Lautaro Martinez ended his recent drought and Marcus Thuram dinked in the fifth on the counter-attack.

However, Frosinone hit the woodwork, forced several big saves from Yann Sommer and were denied by two goal-line clearances.

Inzaghi admires Inter players

“We usually have Henrikh Mkhitaryan who works as a sort of double midfielder, while tonight we had Frattesi to run into space. Barella is someone who when given time to think, open up and occupy the spaces can be remarkable.

“I saw a good response from everyone tonight, not that I needed that, because Arnautovic and Buchanan work so hard in training during the week and it’s my fault they haven’t had the space they deserved this season,” continued Inzaghi.

“I am also happy for Stefano Sensi, who got an assist, as he worked all season trying to get a little bit of space.”

Buchanan arrived in January when Juan Cuadrado sustained a serious injury and this evening scored his first goal for the club.

“We have several alternatives on the wings and Carlos Augusto can also play on the left side of a three-man defence when Alessandro Bastoni needs rest.”

Lautaro Martinez consolidated his Capocannoniere status with the 23^rd Serie A goal of the season, but had not found the net since March 4 in all competition. Had Inzaghi discussed this drought?

“We talked about it, but he is our captain and we must not forget his goal at the 91^st minute allowed us to win the Supercoppa Italiana this season, as well as being top scorer on the way to the Scudetto.”

This win means Inter are still on track to reach 97 points this season, equalling the club record set by Roberto Mancini in 2006-07.

Meanwhile, it also took Inter to 4,600 all-time Serie A points, only the second club to reach this tally after Juventus.

Inzaghi had jumped when asked to by the Inter fans at San Siro last week, but there was a rather unusual reason he couldn’t do the same today.

“I felt a twinge in my calf during yesterday’s training session… There is a great rapport with the fans and the club, we dedicate all of this to our wonderful supporters who are always with us.”

Inter flattened Frosinone 5-0 including Lautaro Martinez ending his drought and Tajon Buchanan’s historic first ever Canadian Serie A goal.

The Nerazzurri were coming off their Scudetto parade hangover defeat to Sassuolo, but again rotated the squad for some new faces. The hosts had Enzo Barrenechea suspended, plus Stefano Turati, Simone Romagnoli, Mateus Lusuardi, Anthony Oyono and Sergio Kalaj injured.

See how the game unfolded on the LIVEBLOG.

Yann Sommer got down to fingertip a Luca Mazzitelli strike round the base of the near post, while he also then fumbled a Matias Soule snapshot.

However, Inter took the lead in chaotic fashion, as Frosinone lost the ball in midfield, Federico Dimarco sent Marcus Thuram down the left, his pull-back was deflected and Frattesi bundled it over the line with a combination of his knee and chest.

Sommer had to make a sensational save to prevent Marco Brescianini equalising five minutes later, as the curler was heading into the far top corner, while Stefan de Vrij crucially stopped Walid Cheddira getting the shot away when sent through by Soule.

Frosinone lost Mazzitelli to a right thigh issue, but they were also unlucky not to draw level when a Cheddira scorcher thumped the crossbar from just inside the box.

Cheddira went close again, stinging Sommer’s gloves, and Emanuele Valeri drilled just wide after robbing Juan Cuadrado, but Frattesi had to clear off the line when Sommer at full stretch only slowed down the Nadir Zortea strike on the counter-attack.

Inter then threatened too as the game opened up, Michele Cerofolini fingertipping a deflected cross off the feet of Thuram at the back post and on the resulting corner a Yann Bisseck header thumping the bar.

The Nerazzurri did double their lead moments later, as Nicolò Barella’s smart disguised pass sent Frattesi down the right, rolling across for Arnautovic to sweep home from six yards.

A double for the champions!

Marko Arnautović gets on the end of an exceptional move from Inter

@tntsports & @discoveryplusUK pic.twitter.com/yzoinz0Z4N

— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) May 10, 2024

Frosinone’s luck was not in, as they were denied by a second goal-line clearance, this time Brescianini kept out by Carlos Augusto who almost got on the end of the angled drive by accident.

Moments later, Inter added a third on the counter-attack, as Stefano Sensi sent Tajon Buchanan down the left and the strike bounced right in front of Cerofolini, where the goalkeeper really should’ve done better. It was still an historic goal, as no Canadian had ever scored in Serie A before.

What a brilliant finish that is!

Tajon Buchanan grabs his first Inter goal in style

@tntsports & @discoveryplusUK pic.twitter.com/Tje02b7uZ8

— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) May 10, 2024

Lautaro Martinez also broke his goal drought and consolidated his Capocannoniere status when gathering a poor clearance with his back to goal, spinning round and drilling low into the near bottom corner from 14 yards.

Lautaro Martínez take a bow

The Argentine doing what he does best! What a finish

@tntsports & @discoveryplusUK pic.twitter.com/t6eujFw3a7

— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) May 10, 2024

It wasn’t over, as Thuram then started the run from inside his own half on the counter-attack and beat Cerofolini with a delicate lob.

Marcus Thuram breaks through the middle and executes a CHEEKY finish

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— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) May 10, 2024

Frosinone now risk dropping into the relegation zone.

Frosinone 0-5 Inter

Frattesi 19 (I), Arnautovic 61 (I), Buchanan 77 (I), Lautaro Martinez 80 (I), Thuram 84 (I)

10-05-2024 19:45

MatchDay 36

Stadio Benito Stirpe

Frosinone

Inter

0 - 5

Player statistic

1st half

19'

Davide Frattesi

2nd half

		60'		Marko Arnautovic (Assist: Davide Frattesi)
		77'		Tajon Buchanan (Assist: Stefano Sensi)
		80'		Lautaro Martínez
		84'		Marcus Thuram (Assist: Lautaro Martínez)

Match statistic

41

Possession %

59

17

Total shots

14

8

Shots on target

5

7

Shots off target

6

2

Blocked shots

3

8

Corners

4

Offsides

1

4

Fouls

8

Frosinone

Inter

Starting lineups

31

Michele Cerofolini

Goalkeeper

5

Caleb Okoli

Defender

82'

32

Emanuele Valeri

Defender

33

Kevin Bonifazi

Defender

19

Nadir Zortea

Defender

20

Pol Lirola

Defender

71'

36

Luca Mazzitelli

Midfielder

38'

4

Marco Brescianini

Midfielder

12

Reinier

Midfielder

71'

18

Matìas Soulé

Attacker

70

Walid Cheddira

Attacker

82'

1

Yann Sommer

Goalkeeper

36

Matteo Darmian

Defender

46'

32

Federico Dimarco

Defender

72'

6

Stefan de Vrij

Defender

31

Yann Bisseck

Defender

30

Carlos Augusto

Midfielder

16

Davide Frattesi

Midfielder

64'

21

Kristjan Asllani

Midfielder

23

Nicolò Barella

Midfielder

75'

9

Marcus Thuram

Attacker

8

Marko Arnautovic

Attacker

64'

Substitutes

3

Riccardo Marchizza

Defender

8

Demba Seck

Attacker

16

Luca Garritano

Midfielder

37

Lorenzo Palmisani

Goalkeeper

7

Jaime Báez

Attacker

1

Pierluigi Frattali

Goalkeeper

17

Giorgi Kvernadze

Attacker

11

Marvin Cuni

Attacker

29

Farès Ghedjemis

Attacker

14

Francesco Gelli

Midfielder

38'

9

Kaio Jorge

Attacker

71'

21

Abdou Harroui

Midfielder

71'

30

Ilario Monterisi

Defender

82'

27

Arijon Ibrahimovic

Attacker

82'

22

Henrikh Mkhitaryan

Midfielder

77

Emil Audero

Goalkeeper

70

Alexis Sánchez

Attacker

20

Hakan Calhanoglu

Midfielder

95

Alessandro Bastoni

Defender

2

Denzel Dumfries

Midfielder

28

Benjamin Pavard

Defender

12

Raffaele Di Gennaro

Goalkeeper

7

Juan Cuadrado

Defender

46'

10

Lautaro Martínez

Attacker

64'

14

Davy Klaassen

Midfielder

64'

17

Tajon Buchanan

Attacker

72'

5

Stefano Sensi

Midfielder

75'

{end, 21:42, That’s all for the Liveblog}

Check the main site for more post-match coverage.

{live, 21:42, Match report}

#Frosinone 0-5 #Inter

Inter flattened Frosinone 5-0 including Lautaro Martinez ending his drought and Tajon Buchanan’s historic first ever Canadian Serie A goal https://t.co/tuy4AAXggH #FrosinoneInter #FCIM #SerieA #Calcio #SerieATIM

— Football Italia (@footballitalia) May 10, 2024

{live, 21:37, FT: Frosinone 0-5 Inter}

{live, 21:37, Como promoted to Serie A}

Como have been promoted to Serie A after 21 years along with Parma, as Venezia, Cremonese, Catanzaro, Palermo, Sampdoria and Brescia enter the play-offs https://t.co/cIc3ZmJ0dZ #SerieB #Como #Calcio #Parma #SerieATIM #SerieA

— Football Italia (@footballitalia) May 10, 2024

{live, 21:36, Bisseck over}

Bisseck snapshot over the bar.

{live, 21:30, Frosinone 0-5 Inter: Marcus Thuram!}

The defence has gone AWOL, so has the midfield, Thuram scores on the counter-attack from his own half with a delightful lob.

{live, 21:30, FT: Como 1-1 Cosenza}

Let the party begin!

{live, 21:26, Frosinone 0-4 Inter: Lautaro Martinez!}

The goal drought is over for the captain! Cuadrado cross cleared, but not very far, Lautaro gathers with his back to goal, turns and drills all in the same movement into the near bottom corner from 14 yards. He just knew where the goal was.

{live, 21:25, Poor Frosinone}

They keep shooting, curler just wide from the edge of the box.

{live, 21:23, Frosinone 0-3 Inter: Taron Buchanan!}

The Canadian’s first goal in the Inter jersey! The winger gets down the left, cuts inside and bends the finish, but Cerofolini really misjudged that as it bounced in front of him and into the far bottom corner.

{live, 21:22, Another goal-line clearance!}

Brescianini met a cross at the back post, it was going in through a sea of legs until it hit an Inter shin on the line!

{live, 21:21, Frosinone off target}

Harroui curls wide from the edge of the area.

Sensi replaces Barella.

{live, 21:17, Subs}

Kaio Jorge and Harroui on, Reinier and Lirola off for Frosinone.

Inter introduce Buchanan for Dimarco.

{live, 21:12, Lautaro strike}

Lautaro Martinez effort charged down by Okoli for a corner.

{live, 21:11, Arnautovic goal}

Davide Frattesi with a goal and an assist tonight for Inter pic.twitter.com/rbo1WH26de

— CBS Sports Golazo (@CBSSportsGolazo) May 10, 2024

{live, 21:09, Inter subs}

Lautaro Martinez and Klaassen on, Arnautovic and Frattesi off.

{live, 21:08, Serie B news}

Como 1-1 Cosenza, another step towards Serie A.

{live, 21:06, Frosinone 0-2 Inter: Marko Arnautovic!}

A well-worked move, inspired Barella pass to send Frattesi down the right, rolled across the six-yard box for the Arnautovic tap-in.

{live, 21:05, Bisseck off the bar!}

Another huge Inter opportunity on the resulting corner, Bisseck header thumps the crossbar!

{live, 21:04, Inter chance}

Cross from the left, Okoli acrobatically gets something on it and Cerofolini has to make sure fingertipping it off the feet of Thuram at the back post.

{live, 21:02, Frattesi goal-line clearance!}

Frosinone on the counter-attack, Sommer at full stretch makes the save on Zortea, then it has to be cleared off the line by Frattesi as it was looping backwards!

{live, 20:58, Valeri just wide}

Valeri catches Cuadrado napping, steals the ball and drills just wide!

{live, 20:57, Frosinone again}

Brescianini goes down in the box, no foul as he ran into Carlos Augusto, then Cheddira effort scuffed.

{live, 20:55, Sommer save}

Powerful Cheddira strike from the edge of the area, Sommer beats it away for a corner.

{live, 20:53, More Serie B news}

Spezia 2-1 up against Venezia now!

{live, 20:53, Serie B news}

Como still losing to Cosenza, but Spezia equalised with Venezia. As things stand, Como promoted.

{live, 20:51, 2nd half kicks off: Frosinone 0-1 Inter}

Cuadrado on, Darmian off.

{live, 20:34, Half-Time: Frosinone 0-1 Inter}

Frattesi with the only goal, but Cheddira off the bar.

{live, 20:32, Bisseck elbows Cheddira}

Bisseck, who is a Unit, shoves Cheddira aside with an elbow like he’s not even there. Referee gives free kick, Bisseck stunned.

{live, 20:26, Frosinone off the crossbar!}

Huge chance for Frosinone! Cheddira scorcher from just inside the area smashes against the bar! Sommer had no idea where that was.

{live, 20:24, Frosinone sub}

Gelli replaces Mazzitelli.

{live, 20:22, Problem for Frosinone}

Mazzitelli has gone down holding the back of his right thigh. He cannot continue.

{live, 20:19, Inter threaten}

Arnautovic tries to roll across from the left, blocked, so is the follow-up on the edge of the area.

{live, 20:14, Frosinone chance}

Soule through ball for Cheddira, but De Vrij makes a decisive interception when he was clear on goal.

{live, 20:13, Frattesi goal}

Marcus Thuram Davide Frattesi pic.twitter.com/21M83NfxSL

— CBS Sports Golazo (@CBSSportsGolazo) May 10, 2024

{live, 20:13, Inter chance}

Arnautovic this time rolls across for Frattesi, but he fires over.

{live, 20:12, Big save on Brescianini!}

Huge chance for Frosinone to equalise! Sensational Brescianini curler is going into the far top corner, Sommer flies and fingertips it out for a corner!

{live, 20:11, Thuram appeal}

Soule blocked by Carlos Augusto, sparking the Inter counter, Thuram near the corner flag goes down under pressure from Okoli, but not enough for a foul.

{live, 20:06, Goal confirmed}

VAR checked, it bounced off Frattesi’s knee and then his chest and then in. Basically, it was a chaotic goal, but it’s in the net.

{live, 20:05, Frosinone 0-1 Inter: Davide Frattesi!}

Frosinone lose the ball cheaply in midfield, Dimarco finds Thuram, pull across is deflected and it bounces in off Frattesi’s knee. Knee or arm?

{live, 20:04, Serie B shake-up}

In other news: as things stand, Venezia are going into Serie A rather than Como!

{live, 20:01, Oh dear}

Carlos Augusto and Frattesi decisive tackle on Soule on the edge of the area, ref waves play on, Inter counter and Barella cross is appalling.

{live, 19:58, Frosinone corners}

Run of Frosinone corners come to nothing, but the pressure is there.

{live, 19:55, Sommer fumbles}

Oh dear… Soule snapshot bounces right in front of Sommer, it takes him by surprise and he fumbles, but manages to get it back under control.

{live, 19:54, Asllani over}

Asllani blasts over from distance for Inter. It was a well-worked move until the finish.

{live, 19:50, Frosinone respond}

Mazzitelli low drive from the edge of the area, Sommer gets down to fingertip it round the near post.

{live, 19:48, Inter attack}

Frattesi rolls across from the right for Arnautovic, it’s put out for a corner by Okoli. On the corner, Frattesi nods over.

{live, 19:46, We have kick-off in Frosinone vs. Inter}

A very big game for the Canarini.

{live, 19:45, A minute’s silence}

A minute’s silence before all games this weekend for the 5 workers who tragically died on the job in Palermo.

{live, 19:44, Inter fans present}

Stadio Stirpe is sold out, at least 1,000 Inter fans present. Those were the official tickets available anyway, considerably more in the stands.

{live, 19:42, Out come the teams}

Frosinone: Cerofolini; Lirola, Okoli, Bonifazi; Zortea, Mazzitelli, Reinier, Valeri; Brescianini, Soulé; Cheddira

Inter: Sommer; Bisseck, De Vrij, Carlos Augusto; Darmian, Frattesi, Asllani, Barella, Dimarco; Thuram, Arnautovic

{live, 19:34, Simone Inzaghi (Inter)}

“We know the difficulties of this game, there are a few niggling injuries. I want to congratulate Fiorentina and Atalanta for deservedly reaching the Euro finals and also compliments to Roma, who almost managed to get that qualification back on track against Bayer Leverkusen.

“There is never a shortage of motivation. Our last match was not technically sharp, but we did create chances, we were all disappointed and want to do better tonight.”

{live, 19:30, In other news}

Tonight is the final round of the Serie B season to decide promotion, relegation, the play-offs and play-outs.

{live, 19:22, Turati will be torn}

Stefano Turati is injured, so has to watch from the stands, but he’ll still be torn, as the Frosinone goalkeeper is a lifelong Inter supporter.

{live, 18:49, Warm-ups}

You can watch the Frosinone vs. Inter warm-ups LIVE on the Lega Serie A YouTube Channel.

{live, 18:41, Team News}

#Frosinone vs. #Inter line-ups:

Inter give Marko Arnautovic and Marcus Thuram an opportunity for tonight’s trip to relegation-threatened Frosinone, as Matias Soule and Walid Cheddira lead the attack https://t.co/wX0K679ap1 #FrosinoneInter #FCIM #SerieA #Calcio #SerieATIM

— Football Italia (@footballitalia) May 10, 2024

{live, 18:38, Frosinone vs. Inter}

Frosinone: Cerofolini; Lirola, Okoli, Bonifazi; Zortea, Mazzitelli, Reinier, Valeri; Brescianini, Soulé; Cheddira

Inter: Sommer; Bisseck, De Vrij, Carlos Augusto; Darmian, Frattesi, Asllani, Barella, Dimarco; Thuram, Arnautovic

{live, 18:37, Inter XI}

Inter: Sommer; Bisseck, De Vrij, Carlos Augusto; Darmian, Frattesi, Asllani, Barella, Dimarco; Thuram, Arnautovic

Join us for all the build-up and action as it happens from Serie A, as Champions of Italy Inter visit relegation-threatened Frosinone and risk another upset.

It kicks off at the Stadio Stirpe at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT).

This is the opening fixture of Serie A Week 36 and the Nerazzurri are eager to avoid another shock after the loss to Sassuolo.

That result shook up the battle to avoid the drop and Frosinone are hoping to take advantage too, having caught Empoli just two points outside the bottom three.

Inter give Marko Arnautovic and Marcus Thuram an opportunity for tonight’s trip to relegation-threatened Frosinone, as Matias Soule and Walid Cheddira lead the attack.

It kicks off at the sold-out Stadio Stirpe at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT).

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens on the LIVEBLOG.

The Nerazzurri already won the Scudetto and had their celebration parade, but showed hangover symptoms when losing 1-0 to struggling Sassuolo.

Simone Inzaghi is eager to avoid a similar situation, but still rotates the squad with Lautaro Martinez rested and Francesco Acerbi injured.

Thuram therefore partners Arnautovic, with Nicolò Barella and Federico Dimarco returning to the side.

Frosinone are two points clear of the relegation zone and coach Eusebio Di Francesco is forced into changes, as Enzo Barrenechea is suspended, with Stefano Turati, Simone Romagnoli, Mateus Lusuardi, Anthony Oyono and Sergio Kalaj injured.

Their star man is Juventus-owned Matias Soule, who has 11 goals and three assists in Serie A this season, but he scored only one in his last 11 games.

The Canarini have lost all five previous Serie A meetings with Inter, scoring one goal and conceding 13.

Frosinone vs. Inter line-ups

Frosinone: Cerofolini; Lirola, Okoli, Bonifazi; Zortea, Mazzitelli, Reinier, Valeri; Brescianini, Soulé; Cheddira

Inter: Sommer; Bisseck, De Vrij, Carlos Augusto; Darmian, Frattesi, Asllani, Barella, Dimarco; Thuram, Arnautovic

10-05-2024 19:45

MatchDay 36

Stadio Benito Stirpe

Frosinone

Inter

0 - 5

Player statistic

1st half

19'

Davide Frattesi

2nd half

		60'		Marko Arnautovic (Assist: Davide Frattesi)
		77'		Tajon Buchanan (Assist: Stefano Sensi)
		80'		Lautaro Martínez
		84'		Marcus Thuram (Assist: Lautaro Martínez)

Match statistic

41

Possession %

59

17

Total shots

14

8

Shots on target

5

7

Shots off target

6

2

Blocked shots

3

8

Corners

4

Offsides

1

4

Fouls

8

Frosinone

Inter

Starting lineups

31

Michele Cerofolini

Goalkeeper

5

Caleb Okoli

Defender

82'

32

Emanuele Valeri

Defender

33

Kevin Bonifazi

Defender

19

Nadir Zortea

Defender

20

Pol Lirola

Defender

71'

36

Luca Mazzitelli

Midfielder

38'

4

Marco Brescianini

Midfielder

12

Reinier

Midfielder

71'

18

Matìas Soulé

Attacker

70

Walid Cheddira

Attacker

82'

1

Yann Sommer

Goalkeeper

36

Matteo Darmian

Defender

46'

32

Federico Dimarco

Defender

72'

6

Stefan de Vrij

Defender

31

Yann Bisseck

Defender

30

Carlos Augusto

Midfielder

16

Davide Frattesi

Midfielder

64'

21

Kristjan Asllani

Midfielder

23

Nicolò Barella

Midfielder

75'

9

Marcus Thuram

Attacker

8

Marko Arnautovic

Attacker

64'

Substitutes

3

Riccardo Marchizza

Defender

8

Demba Seck

Attacker

16

Luca Garritano

Midfielder

37

Lorenzo Palmisani

Goalkeeper

7

Jaime Báez

Attacker

1

Pierluigi Frattali

Goalkeeper

17

Giorgi Kvernadze

Attacker

11

Marvin Cuni

Attacker

29

Farès Ghedjemis

Attacker

14

Francesco Gelli

Midfielder

38'

9

Kaio Jorge

Attacker

71'

21

Abdou Harroui

Midfielder

71'

30

Ilario Monterisi

Defender

82'

27

Arijon Ibrahimovic

Attacker

82'

22

Henrikh Mkhitaryan

Midfielder

77

Emil Audero

Goalkeeper

70

Alexis Sánchez

Attacker

20

Hakan Calhanoglu

Midfielder

95

Alessandro Bastoni

Defender

2

Denzel Dumfries

Midfielder

28

Benjamin Pavard

Defender

12

Raffaele Di Gennaro

Goalkeeper

7

Juan Cuadrado

Defender

46'

10

Lautaro Martínez

Attacker

64'

14

Davy Klaassen

Midfielder

64'

17

Tajon Buchanan

Attacker

72'

5

Stefano Sensi

Midfielder

75'

The Lega Serie A have confirmed the dates and kick-off times for Week 37 fixtures and also announced Atalanta–Fiorentina will be on June 2 – after the season has ended.

This will be the penultimate full round of the tournament and it could not be set in stone until today because they had to work around several issues.

These include the participation of Atalanta in the Europa League Final against Bayer Leverkusen and of Fiorentina in the Conference League Final with Olympiacos.

The Lega Serie A also confirmed the match between Atalanta and Fiorentina, originally scheduled for March 17, will be played in Bergamo on Sunday June 2 at 17.00 UK time (16.00 GMT).

It was called off when Fiorentina director Joe Barone collapsed in the team hotel, dying two days later in hospital.

Serie A Week 37

Friday May 17

Fiorentina-Napoli (19.45 UK)

Saturday May 18

Lecce-Atalanta (17.00 UK)

Torino–Milan (19.45 UK)

Sunday May 19

Sassuolo–Cagliari (11.30 UK)

Monza-Frosinone (14.00 UK)

Udinese–Empoli (14.00 UK)

Inter–Lazio (17.00 UK)

Roma–Genoa (19.45 UK)

Monday May 20

Salernitana–Verona (17.30 UK)

Bologna–Juventus (19.45 UK)

Inter will look to Marcus Thuram and Marko Arnautovic in a Serie A game against Frosinone who are desperate for points in the race for survival.

It kicks off at 19:45 UK time (GMT+1) at the Stadio Stirpe in Frosinone.

The hosts are still involved in the race for survival being just two points above 18th-placed Udinese in the Serie A table.

Several players are not available, including regular starters Simone Romagnoli and Stefano Turati who are injured and the suspended Enzo Barrenechea.

Francesco Acerbi is the only unavailable player for Inter as the Italy international is still recovering from groin problems.

The Nerazzurri have already been crowned Serie A champions, so Simone Inzaghi is expected to rotate, leaving Hakan Calhanoglu, Alessandro Bastoni, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Lautaro Martinez on the bench.

Arnautovic and Thuram will start in attack, Yann Sommer will return between the sticks, while Nicolò Barella and Davide Frattesi are expected to start in central midfield alongside Kristjan Asllani.

Frosinone vs Inter – probable line-ups

Frosinone (3-4-2-1): Cerofolini; Lirola, Okoli, Bonifazi; Zortea, Brescianini, Mazzitelli, Reinier, Valeri; Soulé, Cheddira.

Inter (3-5-2): Sommer; Bisseck, de Vrij, Carlos Augusto; Darmian, Frattesi, Asllani, Barella, Dimarco; Thuram, Arnautovic.

{end, 21:42, That’s all for the Liveblog}

#ASRoma 1-1 #Juventus

Gleison Bremer cancelled out the Romelu Lukaku opener in a spectacular match with numerous chances at both ends, but Juventus will feel happier with a point than Roma https://t.co/AY1ywiIbp9 #RomaJuve #SerieA #RomaJuventus #SerieATIM #Calcio

— Football Italia (@footballitalia) May 5, 2024

{live, 21:41, Serie A table}

Milan 71

Juventus 66

Bologna 64

Roma 60

Atalanta 57**

Lazio 56

** 2 games in hand

{live, 21:39, FT: Roma 1-1 Juventus}

Allegri’s jacket is off, he storms away in a rage.

{live, 21:37, Roma chance!}

Abraham is going clear, he draws Szczesny out, but the goalkeeper manages to make the save anyway!

{live, 21:34, Comedy defending}

Roma cross, Danilo clears it onto Kostic’s face and the ricochet gives away a corner. Even Szczesny found that quite funny…

{live, 21:34, Stoppages}

5 minutes

{live, 21:32, Technique again}

Another fabulous first touch to stop a ball dead, this time from Milik, and shot charged down. Before that, Zalewski counter-attack stopped by Alcaraz sliding tackle.

{live, 21:31, SVILAR!}

Another ridiculous reaction save to push a Kean header over the bar from a corner!

{live, 21:28, Juve sub}

Alcaraz replaces Cambiaso.

{live, 21:27, Abraham booked}

Unintentional, but your classic ‘step on foot’ on Danilo that always gets a card in Italy.

{live, 21:22, What a save!}

Suddenly Juve break free of the siege, a loose ball bounces in the box, Locatelli slips while taking the volley, which gives it a weird loop and Svilar flies to fingertip it over the bar!

{live, 21:22, Roma sub}

Bove on for Pellegrini

{live, 21:21, Zalewski attempt}

Zalewski attempt charged down after handball appeals, but it definitely struck Cambiaso on the stomach and groin, not the arm.

{live, 21:19, Juve subs}

Milik and Kean on, Vlahovic and Chiesa off.

{live, 21:18, Roma corner}

It’s all Roma at the moment, not sure where they are getting this energy from, but they are pinning Juve back with a series of corners and free kicks.

{live, 21:17, Roma chance}

Pellegrini cross deflected just beyond the head of Abraham for another corner.

{live, 21:16, Danilo goal-line clearance}

Wojciech Szczęsny comes up HUGE for Juventus pic.twitter.com/KI1gD9vTKY

— CBS Sports Golazo (@CBSSportsGolazo) May 5, 2024

{live, 21:14, Rabiot booked}

Yellow card for the sliding tackle through the back of Kristensen.

{live, 21:13, Actually}

Szczesny did not get to that Kristensen effort, it was Danilo who cleared it off the line!

{live, 21:12, Incredible!}

This game has gone mad! Roma corner creates general chaos, pings back and forth until incredible Szczesny save on Kristensen!

{live, 21:11, Roma subs}

Abraham and Azmoun on, Lukaku and Baldanzi off.

{live, 21:10, Roma chance!}

Baldanzi squirms away down the right, gets away from two to pull back from the by-line, Pellegrini shot from 12 yards deflected inches wide by Bremer!

{live, 21:10, Juve pushing}

Gatti blasts over, then Vlahovic attempt easy for Svilar.

{live, 21:08, End to end!}

After a Roma attack falls apart, Chiesa counters, cuts inside and rolls across the six-yard box, Vlahovic can’t get there in time!

{live, 21:07, Svilar save}

The game has opened up, end to end now! McKennie intercepts a loose ball, then Rabiot scorcher beaten away by Svilar.

{live, 21:06, Roma attack}

Roma counter-attack, Pellegrini strike charged down and deflected into the path of Szczesny.

{live, 21:05, Save on Chiesa}

Chiesa cuts inside from the left and gets the shot away, Svilar palms it round the near post for a corner.

{live, 21:04, Juve sub}

Allegri knows that too and takes Weah off for his own good, introducing Kostic.

{live, 21:03, DAZN verdict}

DAZN refereeing expert Luca Marelli claims that wasn’t even a foul, as he got the ball first, then kept sliding and crashed into Paredes. But seeing as the referee did give a foul, you can certainly see why it would warrant a yellow…

{live, 21:01, Weah in trouble here}

Weah was booked in the opening minutes, he risks another for that challenge on Paredes in midfield. Referee decides a free kick will suffice. Roma enraged.

{live, 21:01, Roma corners}

Series of Roma corners come to nothing.

{live, 20:59, Juve chance}

Corner comes to Vlahovic, who anticipates Kristensen, but volleys it over from close range.

{live, 20:56, Roma pressure}

Series of Roma crosses cleared, eventually one is cushioned back to Szczesny.

{live, 20:53, Cambiaso blasts over}

Series of appeals from both teams, ref lets a lot go, it is helping the intensity of the game.

{live, 20:50, Chiesa off the post!}

What a goal that would’ve been! Chiesa surges forward, unleashes a stunner off the inside of the left boot and it smashes off the inside of the far post, bounces back out!

{live, 20:48, 2nd half kicks off: Roma 1-1 Juventus}

{live, 20:47, Roma sub}

Zalewski on, Dybala off. We have to assume that’s a fitness issue, especially with the Europa League coming up.

{live, 20:46, Zalewski coming on}

Not sure who for yet, but Zalewski is all ready and has a terrible new haircut – let’s call it The Rodrigo De Paul.

{live, 20:35, There’s a trend here}

pic.twitter.com/qqrz2d556A

— Serie A Out of Context (@CalcioNoContext) May 5, 2024

{live, 20:30, Half-Time: Roma 1-1 Juventus}

Bremer header cancels out the Lukaku opener.

{live, 20:29, Dybala over}

Dybala over again, after Juve put the entire team in the wall…

{live, 20:28, Baldanzi brought down}

Roma attack in waves, Baldanzi cuts inside and is brought down by Danilo just outside the area. Roma want a yellow card as well as a free kick.

{live, 20:27, Roma corner}

Technique is so important. Chiesa’s first touch to stop the ball going out for the goal, now Dybala’s take to win a corner. From which Ndicka nods over.

{live, 20:25, Juve chance}

McKennie gets down the right and stands up a cross, which Locatelli nods off target.

{live, 20:23, Dybala close}

Free kick just outside the area, it goes over the wall, but also inches over the bar.

{live, 20:21, Bremer goal}

A perfectly-weighted cross from Chiesa is headed home by Bremer!

@tntsports & @discoveryplusUK pic.twitter.com/LqCJywugdT

— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) May 5, 2024

{live, 20:15, Roma 1-1 Juventus: Gleison Bremer!}

After a Juve corner is not cleared effectively, Chiesa whips a ball into the box and Bremer leaps above the crowd to nod into the far top corner!

{live, 20:11, Roma chance}

Pellegrini looks up, everyone is marked, so he tries a curler and it is deflected for a corner.

{live, 20:08, Juve pressure}

Not really amounting to much, Weah cross into the arms of Svilar. But it’s a reaction. Allegri’s Juve knowing they need a goal do go into panic mode.

{live, 20:05, Lukaku goal}

𝐁𝐈𝐆 goal from Romelu Lukaku to open the scoring vs. Juventus!

@tntsports & @discoveryplusUK pic.twitter.com/FtMFWXvXe2

— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) May 5, 2024

{live, 20:02, Juve attack}

Well, Rabiot attacks, gets to the by-line and pulls back, but there’s no support and Svilar smothers.

{live, 20:00, Roma 1-0 Juventus: Romelu Lukaku!}

That was a real General Chaos goal! Juve defending so deep they were practically off the pitch, Dybala pulls back, Cristante shot blocked by Gatti on the line, but only into the path of Lukaku to tap in!

{live, 19:57, Lukaku over}

Angelino cross finds Lukaku, but he nods it over the bar.

{live, 19:55, Roma hit the crossbar!}

A very long Roma passing move concludes with a cross for Rasmus Kristensen, whose header thumps the crossbar!

{live, 19:51, Vlahovic so close}

Big chance for Juventus! Chiesa dribbles through a crowd of players, manages to roll it across for Vlahovic, who then fires wide!

{live, 19:49, Weah booked}

Timothy Weah press a little too aggressive on Svilar, goes flying in and is booked for fouling the goalkeeper.

{live, 19:48, Juve chance}

Chiesa cuts inside from the left, right foot shot not far over the bar at all…

{live, 19:47, Frantic start}

So much for fatigue, the tempo is frantic from the start.

{live, 19:45, Daniele De Rossi}

Daniele De Rossi explains why he has changed tactics against Juventus and calls on Roma fans to help ‘fire us up’ when energy starts to flag https://t.co/qF99W2lpRm #ASRoma #Juventus #SerieA #RomaJuve #SerieATIM #RomaJuventus #Calcio

— Football Italia (@footballitalia) May 5, 2024

{live, 19:45, We have kick-off in Roma vs. Juventus!}

{live, 19:42, Out come the teams}

Roma: Svilar; Kristensen, Llorente, Ndicka, Angelino; Cristante, Paredes, Pellegrini; Dybala, Baldanzi; Lukaku

Juventus: Szczesny; Gatti, Bremer, Danilo; Weah, McKennie, Locatelli, Rabiot, Cambiaso; Vlahovic, Chiesa

{live, 19:39, Cristiano Giuntoli}

Juventus director Cristiano Giuntoli proved his ‘Bianconeri DNA’ with a special reminder ahead of the Roma match, but shrugged off all questions about the future https://t.co/VcTCsXg4KQ #Juventus #SerieA #RomaJuve #SerieATIM #RomaJuventus #Calcio

— Football Italia (@footballitalia) May 5, 2024

{live, 19:19, Timothy Weah (Juventus)}

“It is a difficult match today, it’s important to be concentrated, tactically focused, play all together with confidence. I feel good, I try to help the team as much as I can. I hope it all goes well. I need to attack today, not just defend!”

{live, 19:18, Diego Llorente (Roma)}

“After many matches, I think we have the opportunity to fight for a place in the Champions League and we need to win in front of our fans at the Olimpico. We worked really hard, prepared for the match and every game is different.”

{live, 19:14, CBS build-up}

"If there is any common sense within Juventus management, then it would mean that Max Allegri should not maintain as coach with Juventus." @IFTVMarco & @Bonetti back Thiago Motta as the next manager of The Old Lady pic.twitter.com/VeYQB10J7k

— CBS Sports Golazo (@CBSSportsGolazo) May 5, 2024

"I think the jury is very much still out on De Rossi." @MikeGrella10 is not sold on Daniele De Rossi at Roma pic.twitter.com/VcEfCBapH3

— CBS Sports Golazo (@CBSSportsGolazo) May 5, 2024

{live, 19:06, Miralem Pjanic on DAZN}

“We used to divide up the free kicks at Juventus, me and Paulo Dybala. Then Cristiano Ronaldo arrived and we just had to put the ball down for him. We stood nearby purely to get into the photograph!”

{live, 19:04, Roma vs. Juventus line-ups}

Roma: Svilar; Kristensen, Llorente, Ndicka, Angelino; Cristante, Paredes, Pellegrini; Dybala, Baldanzi; Lukaku

Juventus: Szczesny; Gatti, Bremer, Danilo; Weah, McKennie, Locatelli, Rabiot, Cambiaso; Vlahovic, Chiesa

{live, 18:59, Roma vs. Juventus warm-ups}

Watch the warm-ups LIVE on the Lega Serie A YouTube Channel.

{live, 18:56, Match report}

#ACMilan 3-3 #Genoa

There was a strange atmosphere in this 3-3 thriller with Genoa, as Milan fans sat in silence to protest their season, then walked out 10 minutes from time https://t.co/seXMtn85nG #MilanGenoa #SerieA #Calcio #SerieATIM

— Football Italia (@footballitalia) May 5, 2024

{live, 18:54, FT: Milan 3-3 Genoa}

Loud jeers from the Milan fans who remain…

{live, 18:53, Giroud over}

Adli free kick floated to the back post, Giroud cannot do much with the header.

{live, 18:52, Milan chance!}

What a goal that would’ve been, ball floated over the top, Theo Hernandez lets it fall over his shoulder and volleys just over!

{live, 18:50, Own goal}

Lega Serie A inspected the footage and gave that Genoa goal as a Thiaw og.

{live, 18:49, Reijnders chance}

Reijnders drills from the edge of the box, it goes wide and there was an earlier foul anyway. We enter 5 minutes of stoppages.

{live, 18:46, Milan 3-3 Genoa: Mateo Retegui!}

Slightly comical goal! Thorsby gets down the right, rolls across, it bounces off both Tomori and Thiaw until it ricochets over the line off Retegui!

{live, 18:45, Genoa subs}

Cittadini and Papadopoulos on, Vogliacco and Ekuban off.

{live, 18:41, Team News}

#ASRoma vs. #Juventus line-ups

This is a huge head-to-head for Champions League qualification, as Paulo Dybala and Romelu Lukaku lead Roma against Dusan Vlahovic and Federico Chiesa for Juventus https://t.co/JCn7jdEObk #RomaJuve #SerieA #RomaJuventus #SerieATIM #Calcio

— Football Italia (@footballitalia) May 5, 2024

{live, 18:40, Milan fans walk out}

Another part of the protest, entire Curva Sud walks out 10 minutes before the end.

{live, 18:39, Triple Milan sub}

Adli, Thiaw and Kalulu on, Florenzi, Chukwueze and Bennacer off.

{live, 18:38, Sportiello saves!}

Thorsby offside anyway, so irrelevant, but Sportiello didn’t know that and had to make a double reaction save on Thorsby and then Ekuban!

{live, 18:36, Roma vs. Juventus line-ups}

Roma: Svilar; Kristensen, Llorente, Ndicka, Angelino; Cristante, Paredes, Pellegrini; Dybala, Baldanzi; Lukaku

Juventus: Szczesny; Gatti, Bremer, Danilo; Weah, McKennie, Locatelli, Rabiot, Cambiaso; Vlahovic, Chiesa

{live, 18:33, Milan 3-2 Genoa: Olivier Giroud!}

What a turnaround! Pulisic gets down the right, stands up a cross, Giroud watches it come down and strikes on the volley with the left foot from a tricky angle!

{live, 18:32, Genoa subs}

Strootman and Haps on, Badelj and Martin off.

{live, 18:31, Milan 2-2 Genoa: Matteo Gabbia!}

Florenzi corner and towering header, bounces off the ground into the far bottom corner!

{live, 18:30, Coming up}

Stadio Olimpico. #ASRoma | #RomaJuventus pic.twitter.com/voVR63ZulC

— AS Roma English (@ASRomaEN) May 5, 2024

{live, 18:28, OH GIROUD!}

Oh dear oh dear oh dear…. Okafor did so well to sprint down the right and roll it across, Giroud alone against Martinez, dinks it WIDE of an open goal. Just… shocking.

{live, 18:26, Milan are trying}

Chukwueze pass for Reijnders intercepted by Martinez, then Florenzi balloons over.

Okafor replaces Rafael Leao, who does not look pleased.

{live, 18:25, Ekuban goal}

TOWERING CALEB EKUBAN PUTS GENOA AHEAD OF MILAN AGAIN pic.twitter.com/DhcC3NnbA3

— CBS Sports Golazo (@CBSSportsGolazo) May 5, 2024

{live, 18:23, Save on Theo Hernandez}

He had memories of that goal against Atalanta there, ran from his own half and went all the way, should’ve passed, but instead prodded the weak finish at Martinez.

{live, 18:22, Oh dear}

Rafael Leao loudly jeered after booting an effort into Row Z.

{live, 18:18, Three-way collision}

Chukwueze cross punched off the head of Giroud by Martinez, catching him on the way through, while Leao also goes down after a knock.

{live, 18:16, Milan try}

Reijnders pulls back from the by-line, but Badelj makes a decisive interception.

{live, 18:13, Ekuban hobbles off}

Seemed to cross paths with Tomori and accidentally get his heel trodden on. Not on purpose, but still sore. Needs treatment.

{live, 18:10, Milan goal disallowed!}

Chukwueze was too frantic there, made the run too early and was caught offside for the angled drive.

{live, 18:07, Milan 1-2 Genoa: Caleb Ekuban!}

That was just odd. Long goal kick from Martinez, Milan seem to just forget to track back en masse, they do manage to block the Frendrup strike, but then cross from the right by Vogliacco finds Ekuban to out-jump Gabbia!

{live, 18:04, 2nd half kicks off: Milan 1-1 Genoa}

{live, 18:00, A long wait}

728 – Alessandro #Florenzi has found the net in Serie A after 728 days without scoring: his previous goal was back on 8th of May 2022 vs Verona. However, he has scored in a Serie A home match for the first time since May 2019 vs Juventus (for AS Roma). Fierce.#MilanGenoa

— OptaPaolo (@OptaPaolo) May 5, 2024

{live, 17:52, Florenzi goal}

A chance that Alessandro Florenzi just couldn't miss!

AC Milan are back level just before half-time

@tntsports & @discoveryplusUK pic.twitter.com/XMVQfLqbFU

— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) May 5, 2024

{live, 17:48, Half-Time: Milan 1-1 Genoa}

Talk about on the stroke of half-time.

{live, 17:46, Milan 1-1 Genoa: Alessandro Florenzi!}

Chukwueze cross from the right finds Florenzi for a free header from four yards! He had been up there for an earlier free kick and so nobody was really marking him. It’s a Florenzi header – of course nobody was marking him!

{live, 17:42, Odd atmosphere}

It is weird being at San Siro seeing Milan keep the ball for long periods with loud jeers from the crowd, as the Genoa supporters are the only ones making noise. Reijnders is booked, more for the protest than the foul itself. Pulisic earlier had wanted a penalty, but De Winter’s arm was quite low.

{live, 17:40, Another big save!}

Corner kick finds the Theo Hernandez header, Martinez palms it off the line and Vogliacco clears for another corner. On that one, Gabbia nods over.

{live, 17:39, Martinez save!}

Better from Milan, Pulisic surges forward and his scorcher is fingertipped out from the far top corner!

{live, 17:38, Leao attack}

Leao pounces on a De Winter error, cuts inside from the left, but the scuffed finish is deflected to Martinez.

{live, 17:36, Milan misunderstanding}

Cross into the box, Giroud shapes up to volley, but Chukwueze gets something on it instead, leading his teammate to knee it into the arms of the goalkeeper.

{live, 17:34, Milan complain}

First a shove on Florenzi, then Chukwueze goes down under a nudge, referee lets it all go. Neither looked like fouls, to be fair.

{live, 17:31, That Pulisic effort}

CHRISTIAN PULISIC OFF THE POST FOR MILAN pic.twitter.com/4Ou13zsOgb

— CBS Sports Golazo (@CBSSportsGolazo) May 5, 2024

{live, 17:29, Genoa opportunity}

Ekuban holds up the ball for Frendrup, who sweeps it first-time from outside the box, just wide of the far post!

{live, 17:26, Milan chance}

Giroud disguised pass sends Chukwueze through, Vasquez makes a decisive tackle! Corner.

{live, 17:24, Reijnders wide}

Leao back-heel flick sets up Tijjani Reijnders, but he blasts it wide from distance.

{live, 17:20, Milan swarming}

The penalty woke them up, anyway. Leao curler charged down, but it’s all Milan now.

{live, 17:17, Poor}

Pulisic free kick into the wall.

{live, 17:15, Oof}

Vasquez brings down Chukwueze, good spot for a Milan free kick.

{live, 17:14, Pulisic off the post!}

Pulisic down the left, right-foot curler smacks against the far post!

{live, 17:12, Milan try}

Cross knocked down, but Leao isn’t ready for it.

{live, 17:11, Retegui goal}

MATEO RETEGUI GIVES GENOA THE EARLY LEAD AT THE SAN SIRO pic.twitter.com/l02Y35EyCx

— CBS Sports Golazo (@CBSSportsGolazo) May 5, 2024

{live, 17:08, Pulisic effort}

Pulisic cuts inside, shot deflected into the arms of Martinez.

{live, 17:05, Milan 0-1 Genoa: Mateo Retegui penalty!}

Gudmundsson usually takes the penalties, but Retegui sent Sportiello the wrong way and scored after a 70-day drought!

{live, 17:04, Penalty for Genoa!}

Not the ideal start for Milan! Vogliacco into the box, Tomori is clumsy and late – not for the first time this season.

{live, 17:00, We have kick-off in Milan vs. Genoa!}

{live, 16:57, Out come the teams}

Ultras stay silent here too.

Milan: Sportiello; Florenzi, Gabbia, Tomori, Theo Hernandez; Reijnders, Bennacer; Chukwueze, Pulisic, Leao; Giroud

Genoa: Martinez; Vogliacco, De Winter, Vasquez; Spence, Frendrup, Badelj, Thorsby, Martin; Ekuban, Retegui

{live, 16:55, Stefano Pioli}

Stefano Pioli explains how Genoa change without Albert Gudmundsson and is sure Milan fans will suspend their protest when ‘they see the right attitude’ from players https://t.co/o8bgsBFo1L #ACMilan #SerieA #MilanGenoa #SerieATIM #Calcio

— Football Italia (@footballitalia) May 5, 2024

{live, 16:44, Milan fans in silent protest}

Essentially, they are sulking. Sitting in silence, no banners, no flags.

{live, 16:43, Alberto Gilardino (Genoa)}

“We had been talking for a while, there is now a verbal agreement and over the next few weeks we’ll sit down to formalise the contract, but I am very happy to give some consistency to this work,” Gilardino told DAZN.

“It is always emotional for me to return to San Siro, I spent three years at this club and won a great deal. Returning as coach of Genoa is truly extraordinary. We tried to prepare in the best way against a talented opponent with a lot of quality. Inter have been on another level to everyone else, but Milan’s statistics remain very impressive too.”

{live, 16:32, Watch the Milan-Genoa warm-ups}

Watch live on the Lega Serie A YouTube Channel.

{live, 16:25, POLL}

POLL: Who wins #ACMilan vs. #Genoa ?

Liveblog https://t.co/1eLmmq89ST#MilanGenoa #SerieA #Calcio #SerieATIM

— Football Italia (@footballitalia) May 5, 2024

{live, 16:13, Milan vs. Genoa line-ups}

Milan: Sportiello; Florenzi, Gabbia, Tomori, Theo Hernandez; Reijnders, Bennacer; Chukwueze, Pulisic, Leao; Giroud

Genoa: Martinez; Vogliacco, De Winter, Vasquez; Spence, Frendrup, Badelj, Thorsby, Martin; Ekuban, Retegui

{live, 16:05, In Serie B news}

Como are not promoted today, as they only drew 0-0 with Modena, while Venezia beat Feralpisalo’ 2-1 in stoppages.

{live, 16:01, Match report}

#Empoli 0-0 #Frosinone

Empoli saw their goal ruled offside, while Frosinone forced several saves, but the 0-0 draw does little for either team https://t.co/Z3eBZ1peEY #EmpoliFrosinone #SerieA #Calcio #SerieATIM

— Football Italia (@footballitalia) May 5, 2024

{live, 16:00, Serie A table}

Lecce 37

Verona 34

Cagliari 33

Frosinone 32

Empoli 32

Udinese 29*

Sassuolo 29

Salernitana 15*

*game in hand

{live, 15:57, Match report}

#HellasVerona 2-1 #Fiorentina

Verona took a giant leap towards Serie A safety by pouncing on Fiorentina defensive errors with Darko Lazovic and Tijjani Noslin goals https://t.co/A8cXwqU4qI #VeronaFiorentina #SerieA #Calcio #SerieATIM

— Football Italia (@footballitalia) May 5, 2024

{live, 15:56, FT: Verona 2-1 Fiorentina}

Wild celebrations at the Bentegodi!

{live, 15:54, FT: Empoli 0-0 Frosinone}

A point that does frankly little for either side.

{live, 15:51, VAR checking}

If that wasn’t offside… But it looks like it was.

{live, 15:50, Belotti chance!}

Fiorentina try to equalise, Kouame knocks down a long ball for Belotti, he turns in the box and might be caught, but is offside regardless.

{live, 15:48, Stoppages}

6 minutes in Verona.

{live, 15:47, Empoli off the post!}

Offside flag went up eventually, but Caputo had hit the woodwork anyway…

{live, 15:46, Frosinone attempt}

Soule effort from distance, but easy pickings for the goalkeeper.

{live, 15:45, Team news}

#ACMilan vs. #Genoa line-ups:

Samuel Chukwueze gets a rare start with Rafael Leao and Olivier Giroud, as Milan try to lock down second place against a Genoa side missing Albert Gudmundsson https://t.co/kBPDhu66aV #MilanGenoa #SerieA #Calcio #SerieATIM

— Football Italia (@footballitalia) May 5, 2024

{live, 15:44, Milan vs. Genoa line-ups}

Milan: Sportiello; Florenzi, Gabbia, Tomori, Theo Hernandez; Reijnders, Bennacer; Chukwueze, Pulisic, Leao; Giroud

Genoa: Martinez; Vogliacco, De Winter, Vasquez; Spence, Frendrup, Badelj, Thorsby, Martin; Ekuban, Retegui

{live, 15:41, Oh Nzola!}

Fiorentina have to score those! Corner flicked on, falls so kindly for him and he volleys over from 12 yards!

{live, 15:39, Milan arrive at San Siro}

Pullman a San Siro: avanti tutta!

L’accoglienza dei tifosi

Federico Parolo per https://t.co/jlTDBgF49e#milangenoa #milanpress pic.twitter.com/ImDE0yPevE

— MilanPress.it (@MilanPress_it) May 5, 2024

{live, 15:34, Tension in Empoli}

Barrenechea head-to-head with Zurkowski, both of them are booked.

{live, 15:32, Fiorentina respond}

Bonaventura dribbles forward, shot charged down.

{live, 15:29, Verona chance}

Fiorentina again make a total mess of a clearance, but Lazovic and Swiderski both go for the same loose ball and collide.

{live, 15:27, Fiorentina throwing on strikers}

Beltran, Kouame, Bonaventura and Mandragora all on.

{live, 15:23, Frosinone chance}

Bit of chaos there, Brescianini stepovers, rolls across from the right, Cheddira back-heel flick blocked by Bereszynski from six yards. Appeals for handball, but he was falling onto it and blocked it with the leg first.

{live, 15:23, Empoli threaten}

Cambiaghi should do better there, but fires wide of the far post. Still 0-0.

{live, 15:20, VAR says all-clear}

Fiorentina furious, but VAR unable to find conclusive evidence that Lazovic definitely touched the ball. As we said, he tried his best.

{live, 15:18, Potential handball}

Trouble here, because Milenkovic complained that Lazovic touched the cross with his flailing arm. However, VAR is unable to confirm it did touch his arm. He certainly tried…

{live, 15:16, Verona 2-1 Fiorentina: Tijjani Noslin!}

He nearly broke the net! Chaotic move, Cross from the right beyond Lazovic, cleared by Milenkovic but not very far and Noslin smashes the rebound in off Christensen’s face!

{live, 15:14, Empoli subs}

Caputo and Maleh on, Niang and Grassi off.

{live, 15:13, Frosinone attempt}

Soule finds Cheddira with his back to goal, turns, but the scuffed finish is easy for Caprile.

{live, 15:12, Verona attack}

Swiderski cross-shot smothered by Christensen.

{live, 15:08, Not reassuring}

Frosinone goalkeeper Cerofolini not the most reassuring punch from a corner…

{live, 15:07, Empoli chance}

Marin gets down the left, cuts inside and drills just wide of the near post.

{live, 15:05, 2nd half kicks off: Empoli 0-0 Frosinone}

{live, 15:02, 2nd half kicks off: Verona 1-1 Fiorentina}

Swiderski replaces Bonazzoli.

{live, 15:00, Castrovilli is back}

His last goal was on May 14, 2023 against Udinese.

{live, 14:47, Half-Time: Empoli 0-0 Frosinone}

Gyasi had scored for the hosts, but it was ruled offside.

{live, 14:46, Half-Time: Verona 1-1 Fiorentina}

Lazovic penalty wiped out by Castrovilli.

{live, 14:43, Frosinone again}

Cheddira again, this is a much tougher save from Caprile on his powerful curler!

{live, 14:41, Verona 1-1 Fiorentina: Gaetano Castrovilli!}

A great goal for the man who was out for the best part of a year with several knee operations! Nzola rolls it across, Castrovilli rides a tackle to go down the left and smashes a left-foot angled drive into the net!

{live, 14:41, Frosinone effort}

Cheddira cuts inside and shoots, well smothered.

{live, 14:36, Verona chance}

Well-worked down the right, pulled back by Lazovic, but Bonazzoli side-foots it straight into the arms of Christensen.

{live, 14:34, Ikone threatens}

Ikone pace causing a few problems for Verona, Montipo’ has to come rushing out.

{live, 14:28, Fiorentina off the woodwork!}

Castrovilli with a lovely bit of footwork to get the space and then bends a low strike from distance that thumps the base of the upright!

{live, 14:26, Fiorentina tradition}

The classic Viola tradition of keeping the ball for long periods without really doing much.

{live, 14:22, DISALLOWED}

Gyasi was offside when the shot was parried into his path.

{live, 14:20, Empoli 1-0 Frosinone: Emmanuel Gyasi!}

That’s a big goal! Free kick from Marin hits the wall, his second attempt is charged down too, Marin floats it over the top, general chaos, shot parried into the path of Gyasi. But…

{live, 14:16, Empoli push}

Save on Niang, but the offside flag was up eventually.

{live, 14:16, Fiorentina react}

Ikone dribbles to the by-line, pulls back and Barak can’t get control of that.

{live, 14:14, Almost 2-0!}

Chance for Verona to double their lead, counter-attack and cross from the right, Bonazzoli comes sliding in and turns wide!

{live, 14:13, Verona 1-0 Fiorentina: Darko Lazovic pen!}

Smashed into the roof of the net!

{live, 14:11, Penalty for Verona!}

What a MESS. Long ball, Christensen and Ranieri both assume the other has got it under control, neither of them do, the goalkeeper then brings down Noslin. That was Christensen’s fault…

{live, 14:10, Fiorentina chance}

Nzola flagged offside eventually, but had seen his shot saved one-on-one by Montipo’ anyway.

{live, 14:06, Frosinone chance!}

Ball cleared to the edge of the area, Mazzitelli scorcher fingertipped over the bar by Caprile!

{live, 14:00, We have kick-off!}

{live, 13:37, Verona vs. Fiorentina line-ups}

Verona: Montipò; Centonze, Magnani, Coppola, Vinagre; Folorunsho, Serdar, Duda, Lazovic; Bonazzoli, Noslin

Fiorentina: Christensen; Faraoni, Milenkovic, Ranieri, Parisi; Maxime Lopez, Duncan; Ikone, Barak, Castrovilli; Nzola

{live, 13:37, Empoli vs. Frosinone line-ups}

Empoli: Caprile; Bereszynski, Ismajli, Luperto; Gyasi, Martin, Grassi, Pezzella; Fazzini, Cambiaghi; Niang

Frosinone: Cerofolini; Lirola, Romagnoli, Okoli; Zortea, Mazzitelli, Barrenechea, Valeri; Soule, Brescianini; Cheddira

{live, 13:28, Serie A Table}

Lecce 37

Cagliari 33

Verona 31*

Frosinone 31*

Empoli 31*

Udinese 29*

Sassuolo 29

Salernitana 15*

*game in hand

{live, 13:27, Match report}

#Cagliari 1-1 #Lecce

Lecce finally wore down 10-man Cagliari with Nikola Krstovic cancelling out the Yerry Mina opener in this potentially decisive relegation dogfight https://t.co/69e2igJziT #CagliariLecce #SerieA #Calcio #SerieATIM

— Football Italia (@footballitalia) May 5, 2024

{live, 13:25, FT: Cagliari 1-1 Lecce}

The Salentini are almost safe now, but Cagliari are back in real trouble…

{live, 13:19, Stoppages}

At least 6 minutes. Meanwhile, Obert replaces Nandez.

{live, 13:17, SIEGE}

Scuffet has to make a double save, first on the Blin scorcher, then the Gendrey follow-up!

{live, 13:16, Lecce hit the post again!}

The 10 men of Cagliari are hanging on for dear life here! Sansone this time with a header off the far post!

{live, 13:14, Lecce off the woodwork!}

It’s not over yet, folks! Lecce denied by the frame of the goal as a Baschirotto header thumps the upright!

{live, 13:13, That could be a huge goal}

Lecce are on the verge of securing Serie A safety, while Cagliari could be right back in danger. But it’s not over, Lecce are pushing and earn a corner.

{live, 13:12, Cagliari 1-1 Lecce: Nikola Krstovic!}

Almqvist gets down the right, flashes it across the face of goal and Krstovic reacts quicker than his marker to tap in at the back post! He got in front of Nandez.

{live, 13:05, Cagliari sub}

Azzi on for Augello. Yerry Mina keeps going down with cramp that he suspiciously recovers from very quickly.

{live, 13:04, Empoli vs. Frosinone line-ups}

Empoli: Caprile; Bereszynski, Ismajli, Luperto; Gyasi, Martin, Grassi, Pezzella; Fazzini, Cambiaghi; Niang

Frosinone: Cerofolini; Lirola, Romagnoli, Okoli; Zortea, Mazzitelli, Barrenechea, Valeri; Soule, Brescianini; Cheddira

{live, 13:02, Scuffle breaking out}

Cagliari put it out for a corner, some tension on the touchline, Baschirotto and Nandez booked for the consequent scuffle.

{live, 13:01, Verona vs. Fiorentina line-ups}

Verona: Montipò; Centonze, Magnani, Coppola, Vinagre; Folorunsho, Serdar, Duda, Lazovic; Bonazzoli, Noslin

Fiorentina: Christensen; Faraoni, Milenkovic, Ranieri, Parisi; Maxime Lopez, Duncan; Ikone, Barak, Castrovilli; Nzola

{live, 12:59, Lecce subs}

Rafia and Almqvist on, Ramadani and Oudin off.

{live, 12:55, Cagliari sub}

Shomurodov on, Luvumbo off.

{live, 12:53, Save on Pierotti}

Scuffet has to push a Pierotti header out from under the bar following the Gallo cross.

{live, 12:51, Lecce chance!}

Oh that was close! After a corner, Oudin thumps it so well on the volley, but it flashes across the face of goal and beyond his teammates! Scuffet booked for time-wasting. It’s the 63rd minute.

{live, 12:47, Lecce sub}

Pierotti on, Dorgu off

{live, 12:45, Cagliari chance}

Dossena header from a corner straight at Falcone.

{live, 12:44, Yellows}

Ramadani and Sansone booked, earning sarcastic cheers from the Cagliari fans.

{live, 12:41, Yerry Mina things}

Yerry Mina was talking to the ball boys earlier, clearly telling them to slow down putting it back into play. Then he goes down for no reason clutching his stomach, calls for help, then gets annoyed when the medical staff come on and he needs to go off. This game is his wheelhouse.

{live, 12:40, Siege mode}

Cagliari camped out in their own final third, except for Luvumbo, who runs onto a long ball and goes down too easily under a Pongracic nudge.

{live, 12:32, 2nd half kicks off: Cagliari 1-0 Lecce}

Lots of changes.

Wieteska and Sulemana on for Cagliari, Lapadula and Zappa off.

Sansone on, Piccoli off for Lecce.

{live, 12:18, Half-Time: Cagliari 1-0 Lecce}

Everyone needs a cold shower and to calm down a bit.

{live, 12:15, Tension escalating}

Ramadani foul, the crowd calls for a yellow, then the referee sends off someone from the Cagliari bench, a member of Ranieri’s staff. During the VAR review, Ranieri was also booked.

{live, 12:13, RED CARD}

Gianluca Gaetano yellow card switched for a red! It was pretty high… Cagliari are leading 1-0, but down to 10 men.

{live, 12:12, VAR!}

Trouble for Gaetano! It was indeed high and it was indeed studs-up. But was the leg fully flexed? Marcenaro is viewing it.

{live, 12:11, Yellow card}

Gaetano booked for going in late and studs up on Ramadani.

{live, 12:06, Speaking of risky}

Piccoli, already booked for a foul on Mina, catches the defender again and complains vocally. Bet on him getting substituted at half-time.

{live, 12:04, Risky}

Oudin free kick deflected over by Deiola, risking an own goal. Following corner was terrible…

{live, 12:03, Hmm….}

Free kick awarded for foul on Gendrey, right on the outside edge of the area. That was awfully close to the line. A few centimetres and that was a penalty.

{live, 12:02, Lecce trying}

Lecce trying to find a way through the middle, but are struggling to get crosses in.

{live, 11:55, Cagliari 1-0 Lecce: Yerry Mina!}

That one has to count! Corner kick cleared as far as Gaetano outside the box, his shot is wayward, but turns into an accidental assist for Mina to side-foot in from close range! He’s oddly surrounded by 6 Lecce players, but none of them react… Mina goes to the touchline to hug Ranieri.

{live, 11:53, Oof}

Scuffet comes screaming out of his area and uses his chest to clear a long ball, until Piccoli crashes into him.

{live, 11:49, Explained}

When making that tackle on the edge of the area, Deiola had his hand on the ground and the ball struck it, therefore remaining near his foot.

{live, 11:47, DISALLOWED}

Disallowed for handball!

{live, 11:46, Cagliari 1-0 Lecce: Alessandro Deiola!}

Lecce ought to get it clear, but Deiola wins it back from Pongracic and his shot from the edge of the box takes a big deflection to wrong-foot Falcone! But who was it deflected off?

{live, 11:43, Piccoli booked}

Lecce striker late into the back of Yerry Mina, so he will be suspended against Udinese.

{live, 11:43, Lecce over}

Oudin corner nodded over the bar.

{live, 11:39, Lapadula acrobatic}

Luvumbo on the counter, whips in a cross, Lapadula attempts an acrobatic overhead kick and that would’ve been spectacular… He got it on target, but straight at the goalkeeper.

{live, 11:32, That Cagliari jersey}

Special edition marking the revolt of April 1794.

In occasione di “Sa die de sa Sardigna” il Cagliari Calcio ricorda gli avvenimenti della “Sarda Rivolutzione” presentando la Maglia Gara Special Edition realizzata dallo sponsor tecnico @EyeSportWear.

Clicca sul link per tutti i dettagli https://t.co/sG6O7DxvzI pic.twitter.com/YUchcakdNG

— Cagliari Calcio (@CagliariCalcio) April 28, 2024

{live, 11:30, We have kick-off in Cagliari vs. Lecce!}

Cagliari: Scuffet; Zappa, Mina, Dossena, Augello; Makoumbou, Deiola, Nandez; Gaetano, Luvumbo; Lapadula

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

{live, 11:26, Out come the teams in Sardinia}

Beautiful day!

{live, 11:23, Team news for Milan-Genoa}

Albert Gudmundsson is out with flu symptoms.

{live, 11:13, Luca Gotti (Lecce)}

“It’s a 4-4-2 in our own way, suited to the players we have on the field and their characteristics. We know these are two teams who started in August with the ambition of securing safety and both are looking for important, potentially decisive points. We filled the away section with our fans, despite logistical problems and frankly expense to get here, so it’s wonderful to underline their commitment.”

{live, 11:09, Claudio Ranieri (Cagliari)}

“Genoa deserved their victory, we tipped our hats to them. Lecce are on the verge of safety, I think 36-37 points will be enough for safety, but we need to battle and win. Yerry Mina and Dossena are not at 100 per cent, but we need them and they will have a good game. I expect the usual determined, solid, gritty Lecce and we will try to do our best.”

{live, 10:59, Warming up}

In campo per il riscaldamento #CagliariLecce pic.twitter.com/NhHV30ZVSW

— Cagliari Calcio (@CagliariCalcio) May 5, 2024

{live, 10:48, Serie A table}

Lecce 36*

Cagliari 32*

Verona 31*

Frosinone 31*

Empoli 31*

Udinese 29*

Sassuolo 29

Salernitana 15*

*game in hand

{live, 10:44, Team news}

Nicolas Viola, Leonardo Pavoletti, Jakub Jankto and Marco Mancosu miss out, but Yerry Mina and Alberto Dossena return.

The visitors are without Lameck Banda, Mohamed Kaba and Kastriot Dermaku, but Ylber Ramadani is back.

{live, 10:22, Cagliari vs. Lecce line-ups}

Cagliari: Scuffet; Zappa, Mina, Dossena, Augello; Makoumbou, Deiola, Nandez; Gaetano, Luvumbo; Lapadula

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

Serie A Super Sunday

Join us for all the build-up and action from today’s five Serie A games, Cagliari-Lecce, Empoli-Frosinone, Verona-Fiorentina, Milan-Genoa and a massive Roma-Juventus.

Sassuolo’s 1-0 win over Inter really shook up the fight to stay in the top flight.

We begin at 11.30 UK time (10.30 GMT) with a relegation dogfight, as Cagliari and Lecce hope to break away from the drop zone.

At 14.00 UK time (13.00 GMT), Empoli-Frosinone is another crucial tussle, while Verona host Fiorentina.

Milan take on already safe Genoa at San Siro amid fan protests at 17.00 UK time (16.00 GMT).

Finally, a win at the Olimpico at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT) would guarantee Champions League football for Juventus, but Roma can close up on Bologna and the Bianconeri instead.

Lecce and Verona took big steps towards Serie A safety today, but Sassuolo’s 1-0 win over Inter brings Cagliari, Empoli and Frosinone back into danger.

There are three more rounds to play after this weekend is completed and the fight to avoid dropping into Serie B is hotting up all the time.

Lecce were already feeling confident, but the 1-1 draw away to 10-man Cagliari helped consolidate their advantage over the chasing pack.

The biggest result was Verona seeing off Fiorentina 2-1 at the Stadio Bentegodi with a Darko Lazovic penalty and Tijjani Noslin strike.

That propelled them ahead of Cagliari on 34 points into 14^th place, leaving the Sardinians behind on 33.

Empoli and Frosinone shared the spoils in a goalless draw and therefore remain locked together on 32 points in 16^th and 17^th place respectively.

Sassuolo had looked doomed, but Saturday’s surprise 1-0 win over Champions of Italy Inter has seen them catch Udinese on 29 points.

If Udinese manage to beat struggling Napoli at the Bluenergy Stadium on Monday evening, then they will climb up to 32 points, level with Empoli and Frosinone.

Serie A relegation run-in

The Serie A run-ins are tough too, as next week there is Frosinone-Inter, Milan-Cagliari, Lazio-Empoli, Genoa-Sassuolo, Verona-Torino and Lecce-Udinese.

In Serie A Week 37 there’s Lecce-Atalanta, Monza-Frosinone, Salernitana-Verona, Sassuolo-Cagliari and a massive Udinese-Empoli.

The final round has Cagliari-Fiorentina, Empoli-Roma, Frosinone-Udinese, Verona-Inter, Lazio-Sassuolo and Napoli-Lecce.

Empoli saw their goal ruled offside, while Frosinone forced several saves, but the 0-0 draw does little for either team.

This was a massive fixture, as both teams were locked together on 31 points along with Verona, just two clear of the drop zone. The hosts missed Sebastian Walukiewicz, Alberto Cerri, Tyronne Ebuehi and Etrit Berisha. The Canarini were without Stefano Turati, Anthony Oyono, Mateus Lusuardi and Sergio Kalaj, plus Caleb Okoli struggling with a knee problem.

See how the games unfolded on the Liveblog.

Elia Caprile fingertipped a Luca Mazzitelli scorcher over the bar in the opening minutes, while Empoli had the ball in the net on 20 minutes when Emmanuel Gyasi fired in the rebound from a parried Alberto Grassi shot, but he was in an offside position.

Walid Cheddira twice tested Caprile from the edge of the area, one with a low drive, a tougher save on his powerful curler.

Razvan Marin drilled just wide of the near post with a deflection, while Bartosz Bereszynski made a decisive block on Cheddira’s back-heel flick from six yards, set up by Marco Brescianini.

Ciccio Caputo fired onto the frame of the goal from close range in the final minutes, but his blushes were spared by the offside flag.

Empoli 0-0 Frosinone

05-05-2024 14:00

MatchDay 35

Stadio Comunale Carlo Castellani

Empoli

Frosinone

0 - 0

Player statistic

1st half

18'

Caleb Okoli

2nd half

		60'		Emanuele Valeri
Youssef Maleh		68'
Szymon Zurkowski		74'
		74'		Enzo Barrenechea

Match statistic

47

Possession %

53

7

Total shots

17

1

Shots on target

5

2

Shots off target

8

4

Blocked shots

4

3

Corners

8

5

Offsides

1

15

Fouls

11

Empoli

Frosinone

Starting lineups

25

Elia Caprile

Goalkeeper

34

Ardian Ismajli

Defender

19

Bartosz Bereszynski

Defender

3

Giuseppe Pezzella

Defender

84'

33

Sebastiano Luperto

Defender

5

Alberto Grassi

Midfielder

55'

21

Jacopo Fazzini

Midfielder

71'

18

Razvan Marin

Midfielder

11

Emmanuel Gyasi

Attacker

10

M’Baye Niang

Attacker

55'

28

Nicolò Cambiaghi

Attacker

71'

31

Michele Cerofolini

Goalkeeper

5

Caleb Okoli

Defender

32

Emanuele Valeri

Defender

19

Nadir Zortea

Defender

20

Pol Lirola

Defender

6

Simone Romagnoli

Defender

73'

45

Enzo Barrenechea

Midfielder

36

Luca Mazzitelli

Midfielder

4

Marco Brescianini

Midfielder

85'

18

Matìas Soulé

Attacker

90'

70

Walid Cheddira

Attacker

73'

Substitutes

23

Mattia Destro

Attacker

8

Viktor Kovalenko

Midfielder

30

Simone Bastoni

Midfielder

1

Samuele Perisan

Goalkeeper

7

Stiven Shpendi

Attacker

2

Saba Goglichidze

Defender

40

Filippo Vertua

Goalkeeper

29

Youssef Maleh

Midfielder

55'

9

Francesco Caputo

Attacker

55'

27

Szymon Zurkowski

Midfielder

71'

20

Matteo Cancellieri

Attacker

71'

13

Liberato Cacace

Defender

84'

3

Riccardo Marchizza

Defender

8

Demba Seck

Attacker

9

Kaio Jorge

Attacker

21

Abdou Harroui

Midfielder

16

Luca Garritano

Midfielder

7

Jaime Báez

Attacker

10

Giuseppe Caso

Attacker

26

Soufiane Bidaoui

Attacker

1

Pierluigi Frattali

Goalkeeper

12

Reinier

Midfielder

13

Matjaz Kamensek-Pahic

Defender

17

Giorgi Kvernadze

Attacker

33

Kevin Bonifazi

Defender

73'

11

Marvin Cuni

Attacker

73'

14

Francesco Gelli

Midfielder

85'

27

Arijon Ibrahimovic

Attacker

90'

Check the official line-ups for this afternoon’s Serie A games, as Empoli-Frosinone is a massive relegation dogfight and Verona host Conference League semi-finalists Fiorentina.

They both kick off at 14.00 UK time (13.00 GMT).

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from all five of today’s Serie A matches in the LIVEBLOG.

Empoli, Frosinone and Verona all go into the weekend stuck together on 31 points, just two clear of the relegation zone.

Empoli-Frosinone

Empoli: Caprile; Bereszynski, Ismajli, Luperto; Gyasi, Martin, Grassi, Pezzella; Fazzini, Cambiaghi; Niang

Frosinone: Cerofolini; Lirola, Romagnoli, Okoli; Zortea, Mazzitelli, Barrenechea, Valeri; Soule, Brescianini; Cheddira

Verona-Fiorentina

Verona: Montipò; Centonze, Magnani, Coppola, Vinagre; Folorunsho, Serdar, Duda, Lazovic; Bonazzoli, Noslin

Fiorentina: Christensen; Faraoni, Milenkovic, Ranieri, Parisi; Maxime Lopez, Duncan; Ikone, Barak, Castrovilli; Nzola

Check out the probable line-ups for Sunday’s Serie A fixtures, including Fiorentina’s trip to Verona and Milan’s visit from Genoa.

The day’s action begins with Claudio Ranieri’s Cagliari, who will host Lecce at 11.30 BST, before Empoli-Frosinone and Verona-Fiorentina at 14.00. Milan will host Genoa at 17.00, and then comes the headline fixture between Roma and Juventus at 19.45

Serie A probable line-ups

Cagliari vs. Lecce (11.30 BST)

Cagliari (4-3-3): Scuffet; Nandez, Hatzidiakos, Dossena, Augello; Gaetano, Makoumbou, Sulemana, Luvumbo, Lapadula, Shomurodov.

Lecce (4-2-2): Falcone; Gendrey, Baschirotto, Pongracic, Gallo; Oudin, Ramadani, Blin, Dorgu; Piccolo, Krstovic.

Empoli vs. Frosinone (14.00)

Empoli (3-4-2-1): Caprile; Bereszynski, Luperto, Pezzella; Gyasi, Grassi, Maleh, Cacace; Fazzini, Cambiaghi; Niang.

Frosinone (3-5-2): Cerofolini; Lirola, Romagnoli, Okoli; Zortea, Mazzitelli, Barrenechea, Brescianini, Valerie; Soule, Cheddira.

Hellas Verona vs. Fiorentina (14.00)

Verona (4-3-3): Montipo; Tchatchoua, Coppola, Magnani, Vinagre; Serdar, Duda, Folorunsho; Noslin, Bonazzoli, Lazovic.

Fiorentina (4-2-3-1): Christensen; Faraoni, Milenkovic, Martinez Quatra, Parisi; Duncan, Lopez; Ikone, Barak, Kouame; Belotti.

Milan vs. Genoa (17.00)

Milan (4-2-3-1): Sportiello; Florenzi, Thiaw, Gambia, Theo Hernandez; Bennacer, Reijnders; Chukwueze, Pulisic, Leao; Giroud.

Genoa (3-4-1-2): Martinez; Vogliacco, De Winter, Vasquez, Sabelli, Frendrup, Bedalj, Thorsby Martin; Gudmundsson, Retegui.

Aston Villa reportedly have no intention of buying Italy international Nicolò Zaniolo from Galatasaray, but are looking at Juventus-owned Matias Soulé instead.

The Premier League side brought in Zaniolo last summer on loan from Galatasaray at a cost of €5m, with an option to buy for €22.5m plus another €15.5m in bonuses.

However, after just three goals in 38 competitive appearances for Aston Villa, and somehow 12 yellow cards, Zaniolo failed to do enough to warrant that expense.

Tuttomercatoweb suggest this evening that while Villa have decided against activating the release clause for Zaniolo, they are still turning towards Serie A for his replacement.

Aston Villa go from Zaniolo to Soule

They are interested in Juventus-owned Argentine talent Soulé, who has impressed so far this season on loan at Frosinone.

His valuation is believed to be around €30m and he already turned down some lucrative proposals from the Saudi Pro League in January.

As for Zaniolo, he could well return to Italy too, as Milan and Fiorentina are interested in a new loan deal with Galatasaray.

There are now seven teams battling to avoid being the other two relegated to Serie B along with Salernitana, so we look at their remaining four fixtures.

The Week 34 results shook up the race to stay in Serie A, as Genoa mathematically guaranteed another campaign in the top flight on 42 points.

Lecce are almost there too on 36 following a 1-1 draw with Monza, but Cagliari’s 3-0 loss to Genoa saw their cushion from the relegation zone reduced from four points to just three.

It’s a huge tussle for position with Verona, Frosinone and Empoli all crammed together on 31 points apiece, one behind Cagliari.

The relegation zone begins with Udinese on 29 points, then Sassuolo are in real trouble on 26 and have a very difficult run-in.

Salernitana are rock bottom on 15 and already doomed to the drop.

There are four rounds left to play and Sassuolo have arguably the toughest run-in, but there are still several head-to-head clashes that could prove decisive.

Serie A relegation run-ins

Lecce

Cagliari (A)

Udinese (H)

Atalanta (H)

Napoli (A)

Cagliari

Lecce (H)

Milan (A)

Sassuolo (A)

Fiorentina (H)

Verona

Fiorentina (H)

Torino (H)

Salernitana (A)

Inter (H)

Frosinone

Empoli (A)

Inter (H)

Monza (A)

Udinese (H)

Empoli

Frosinone (H)

Lazio (A)

Udinese (A)

Roma (H)

Udinese

Napoli (H)

Lecce (A)

Empoli (H)

Frosinone (A)

Sassuolo

Inter (H)

Genoa (A)

Cagliari (H)

Lazio (A)