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  • Vialli urged to ‘keep fighting’ as Serie A great battles cancer in hospital

    Gianluca Vialli has been urged to “stay strong and keep fighting” in his cancer battle after it emerged the Serie A great is being treated in hospital.

    The 58-year-old former Italy striker has been visited at a London clinic by his mother and a brother, the Italian news agency ANSA reported.

    Concern in Italy about Vialli’s health is shared in England, where former Chelsea defender John Terry sent a message of support.

    Terry was given his Blues debut by player-manager Vialli in 1998 and went on to be a long-standing club captain.

    He wrote on Twitter: “Stay strong and keep fighting Luca. We are all thinking of you. We are sending our love, strength and prayers.”

    Vialli began his career at Cremonese, his hometown club, before going on to star in Serie A for Sampdoria and Juventus, later ending his playing career at Chelsea before going into management and coaching.

    Cremonese posted a picture of a young Vialli on Tuesday, adding the message: “Always by your side.”

    He scored 16 goals in 59 appearances for Italy and featured in the Azzurri’s 1986 and 1990 World Cup squads.

    It was announced last week Vialli would be stepping away from his role as delegation chief with the Italy team to focus on his battle with pancreatic cancer.

    He has been reunited of late in the Italy set-up with head coach Roberto Mancini, his former Sampdoria strike partner, and Vialli is hoping to recover in order to resume his national team role.

    Vialli announced he had undergone radiotherapy and chemotherapy in November 2018, having been diagnosed with cancer one year earlier.

    He was initially given the all-clear in April 2020, but he announced he was fighting the disease again in December 2021.

    Explaining his decision to suspend his Italy involvement, Vialli said on December 14: “The goal is to use all my psycho-physical energies to help my body overcome this phase of the disease, in order to be able to face new adventures as soon as possible and share them with all of you.”

    Source: Livescore

     

  • Sampdoria sack Giampaolo after Monza defeat

    Sampdoria have parted ways with head coach Marco Giampaolo after Sunday’s 3-0 home defeat to Monza.

    It brings an end to Giampaolo’s second spell at the club, having also been in charge between 2016 and 2019, but after recording just two points from their first eight games of the Serie A season, the 55-year-old has departed again.

    After returning in January to replace Roberto D’Aversa, Giampaolo took charge of 24 Serie A games, winning five, drawing three and losing 16.

    The former Milan and Torino coach was finally relieved of his duties after goals from Matteo Pessina, Gianluca Caprari and Stefano Sensi condemned Samp to a hefty loss to newly-promoted Monza at the Luigi Ferraris Stadium.

    A statement on the club’s website read: “U.C. Sampdoria have announced that they have relieved coach Marco Giampaolo of his duties.

    “The club would like to thank Marco and his staff for the dedication and professionalism they showed while working for Sampdoria.”

    Sampdoria travel to Bologna on Saturday.


    Source: Livescore

     

     

  • AC Milan maintain unbeaten start in game against Sampdoria despite red card

    AC Milan withstood Rafael Leao’s red card early in the second half to beat Sampdoria 2-1 and maintain their unbeaten start to the Serie A season.

    Stefano Pioli’s champions were dominant in the first half at Stadio Luigi Ferraris and went in at the break a goal up thanks to Junior Messias’ early strike his first of the season.

    However, Leao received a second yellow card two minutes after half-time for a high foot, giving Samp the impetus to level through Filip Djuricic shortly before the hour mark.

    Rather than concede again, though, Milan snatched all three points in the 67th minute when Olivier Giroud slammed in from the penalty spot after Gonzalo Villar had handled in the area.

    The Rossoneri went ahead in the sixth minute when Messias finished from 12 yards following a flowing move involving Giroud and Leao, although goalkeeper Emil Audero will feel he should have done more.

    Djuricic whipped against the crossbar from 20 yards soon after, before Charles de Ketelaere was denied a first Milan goal when his bundled effort was ruled out for offside after a lengthy VAR review.

    Milan were dealt a blow immediately after the break when Leao received a second booking after he struck Alex Ferrari in the face when attempting an overhead kick.

    And Samp capitalised on their numerical advantage in the 57th minute when Djuricic headed home Tommaso Augello’s cross inside the six-yard box.

    But Milan had the final word as Giroud hit the roof of the net from 12 yards after the VAR had spotted a handball by Villar, prompting a pitchside review from referee Michael Fabbri.

    Samp still came agonisingly close to rescuing a point in a late scramble as Mike Maignan twice denied Manolo Gabbiadini either side of a Fabio Quagliarella effort that struck the post.

    Instead, a frustrating defeat ended with coach Marco Giampaolo sent off for remonstrating with Fabbri.

    Source: Livescore

     

  • Focus on Atlanta Vs Milan live updates

    * Atalanta have lost each of their last three Serie A games against Milan, having been unbeaten in 10 of the previous 11 (W4 D6). The Bergamo side could collect four defeats in a row against the Rossoneri in the top-flight for the first time since 1993-1996.

    * Atalanta will play their home seasonal debut in Serie A hosting AC Milan for the first time since 1955/56: on that occasion, the Nerazzurri won 4-3 and among the matches played in Bergamo, only on 24th December 1950 has seen more goals in this fixture (11, 7-4 win for Milan).

    * With Stefano Pioli on the bench, Milan have always won their first two games of a Serie A championship: 2020/21 against Bologna and Crotone and 2021/22 against Sampdoria and Cagliari.

    * Atalanta, who won in Genova against Sampdoria in the first matchday of this term, have won both of their first two games of a Serie A championship only four times in their history: in 1949/50, 1964/65, 2008/09 and 2020/21.

    * AC Milan have won their last seven Serie A games: the last time they had a longer streak in the competition was in 2006, under the management of Carlo Ancelotti (nine).

    * AC Milan conceded two headed goals on Matchday 1 of this Serie A season against Udinese, half of the total (four) they conceded in the entire 2021/22 Serie A campaign.

    * Atalanta have conceded the fewest shots on target (one of 11 total shots) in the first matchday, while only Napoli (six) have faced fewer total shots than Milan (nine) in general.

    * Duván Zapata has scored just one goal in his last 13 Serie A games: this is his joint-worst run since the beginning of his time with Atalanta in the top-flight (in that case a goal in the first 13 appearances of the 2018/19 season).

    * Ante Rebic scored twice in the first match against Udinese: no player in the history of Milan has ever started the Serie A season by scoring at least two goals in each of the first two games played by the Rossoneri.

    * Atalanta are the only side that Rafael Leao scored against in two different games in Serie A in 2021/22.

    Source: legaseriea.it

  • Alfred Duncan dreams of winning titles and qualifying for Europe with Fiorentina

    Ghana midfielder Alfred Duncan has revealed his dreams winning trophies and qualifying for Europe with Fiorentina.

    The Inter Milan academy product joined La Viola in the January transfer window but made his first appearance for the club in February against Sampdoria. A game they won 5-1.

    The 26-year old also featured in the 1-1 draw against AC Milan before another stalemate with Udinese.

    “Being a Fiorentina player fills me with pride. I dream of winning and of being able to step on the international stage again,” he told Calciomercato.com.

    The serie A was one of the league earliest affected by the coronavirus which led to the suspension of football on March 9.

    The return of the topflight is unknown but ex-Sassuolo star wants to win trophies and help the club qualify for Europe.

    “I dream of being able to win something, one day, and of being able to tread the European stage again. I also hope that the daily routine can be returned to everyone by defeating the Coronavirus,” says the versatile midfielder.

    Source: GHANAsoccernet.com