Sarri Somehow - Serie A 2019-2020

[Kevin S]

Ashley Young's goal gives Inter the half time lead against Lazio.

[Kevin S]

Immobile pulls the home side level and they are pressing for a second now.

[Kevin S]

And Lazio lead! It had been coming.

[ursus arctos]

This match has been typical of their entire season. They don't give up and seem to revel in adversity.

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

except against celtic

[Kevin S]

Pesce grande...?

24° Giornata
The fortunes of the Roman clubs diverge further as the Giallorossi are beaten by Atalanta, putting a huge dent in their hopes of CL qualification, while Lazio come from behind to beat Inter and leapfrog them into second spot. Juventus continue to lead the table but they face the restart of the Champions League and still have to play both of their title rivals. Which means it remains their title to lose - but also a tough task.

Another city where the rival teams are somewhat closer to one another is Genoa. The Grifone secured back-to-back wins after comfortably seeing off Bologna. They are now unbeaten in four. Sampdoria, meanwhile, continue to slide and have joined their cohabitants in a relegation battle.

Risultati
Atalanta 2 - 1 Roma
Bologna 0 - 3 Genoa
Cagliari 0 - 1 Napoli
Juventus 2 - 0 Brescia
Lazio 2 - 1 Inter
Lecce 2 - 1 Spal
Milan 1 - 0 Torino
Sampdoria 1 - 5 Fiorentina
Sassuolo 0 - 1 Parma
Udinese 0 - 0 Verona

Classifica
57 Juventus
56 Lazio
54 Inter
45 Atalanta
39 Roma
35 Verona
35 Parma
35 Milan
33 Napoli
33 Bologna
32 Cagliari
29 Sassuolo
28 Fiorentina
27 Torino
26 Udinese
25 Lecce
23 Sampdoria
22 Genoa
16 Brescia
15 Spal

Highlights
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...S9Y4-eS62Xk8NM

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

poor lecce are the latest corncrake to meander in front of the Atalanta Combine harvester. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2xCYRgixV4] They nearly have 50% more goals than juventus [/url]

What is the catch with Atalanta? What is the dark secret that lurks within, because this is 2020 and we don't get to have nice things.

[ursus arctos]

Three goals in the last ten minutes in Rome

Roma holding on to a 4-3 lead.as.we enter six minutes of injury time

[Satchmo Distel]

Conspiracy theories from Inter fans about the Juventus match being postponed, which likely will benefit Juventus

https://www.theguardian.com/football...up-coronavirus

Must be a risk the season will not finish or be played out in empty stadia.

[Diable Rouge]

Ramsey scores one of the most important goals in his career.

[ursus arctos]

And then Dybala scores one of the prettiest.

That may well be the last match we see for a while. The Sports Minister, the President of the National Olympic Committee and the president of the players' union are now all on record as opposing Serie A playing when virtually all other sporting activities in the country have been halted.

[Satchmo Distel]

Serie A suspended until April 3rd. Inevitably. No news on European ties but I don't see how they can go ahead in Italy if the players are unwilling to take risks.

[ad hoc]

The Cop[pa Italia final was last night. I briefly watched a bit of it - they had some kind of fluttery seat covers to try and make the stands have some kind of life. I didn't watch until the end (Napoli beat Juventus on penalties after a 0-0 draw). Best bit was the socially distant medals ceremony in the video below

https://twitter.com/Emishor/status/1273396727907782656?s=20

[danielmak]

Roma win 2-1, defeating Samp. I think the win was deserved on the whole, but man, watching Roma is so frustrating most of the time. And it didn't help that 40% of the commentary was about the club's financial problems. Of course, you let someone buy Schick and Pastore and a variety of guys who are hurt so much that only the most dedicated fan even knows these guys were signed, and that is recipe for disaster.

[danielmak]

But I guess I posted my complaints about Roma's buys way too soon since I just heard the wonderful news on the Chelsea-City broadcast that Roma has purchased the young and fit Pedro for next season.

[danielmak]

I don't know if you guys believe in the ability of someone to see into the future, but I'm here to tell you that Jorge Valdano had those skills. When he was using the phrase "shit on a stick" to describe a football match, I know what he had in mind: AS Roma 2019-2020.

[Sporting]

I don't know if you guys believe in the ability of someone to see into the future, but I'm here to tell you that Jorge Valdano had those skills. When he was using the phrase "shit on a stick" to describe a football match, I know what he had in mind: AS Roma 2019-2020.

The story behind this quote:

What was published:

"Usted pone una mierda colgada de un palo en medio de Anfield y hay mucha gente dispuesta a decir que eso es una obra de arte. Pues no, es una mierda colgada de un palo"

Explanation in The Guardian:

He explained that he had originally started his article with the words: "Some shit hanging on a stick in a New York art gallery could come across as a work of art. A bad football match played at Anfield could come across as a decent match ..." and chuckling went on: "But the article had the problem of length, right? I had to write exactly 495 words and I had 600. I started trimming and ended up with 'shit on a stick at Anfield could pass for a decent match'.

"I'm not trying to justify myself. I'm not making excuses. It was what I wrote and obviously it can sound disrespectful, which is why I apologised a week later. But I still maintain the essence of the article: I think that the Liverpool v Chelsea match was unworthy of the level we're at ... it was a match where intensity won over precision.

[elguapo4]

Someone should tell Ronaldo that topknot's look stupid and they haven't been even remotely fashionable for years.

[Gangster Octopus]

Just as I was thinking that I could just about do one now...

[danielmak]

Because I had some investment in those Liverpool-Chelsea games, and they were not finals (i.e., we have higher expectations for a final), Valdano's assessment wasn't working for me at the time. But Roma's play week by week is painful. The loss to Napoli at least featured some fight by Roma. Dzeko is certainly likable but the the team just seems to have no identity with the sale of Florenzi breaking up the Totti > De Rossi > Florenzi Romanista line. Zaniolo should be excellent but he'll be purchased by Juve so he can sit on the bench.

Roma is basically prepared to play in MLS: some kids that are on their way to being mediocre, mediocre players at the age when very good players start to shine, and veterans whose best days are behind them.

Sorry, not the most cheerful post. But it's been a few years of underwhelming play. Bring back Spalletti.

[Sporting]

Because I had some investment in those Liverpool-Chelsea games

I personally immensely enjoyed the second leg for its unrelenting tension and atmosphere.

[blameless]

While Serie A was in hibernation, I somehow missed the fact that Gigi Simoni passed away in May.

Probably most famous for his UEFA Cup win with Inter in the late 90s, I'll always remember him for getting some teams promoted to the top flight that really had no business being there (Cremonese and Pisa in particular).

[Nocturnal Submission]

I personally immensely enjoyed the second leg for its unrelenting tension and atmosphere.

They almost killed me!

The second legs of the Chelsea-Liverpool CL games in 2008 and 2009 were terrific affairs (actually, the first legs were pretty good, too) but no-one seems to mention them.

[Jon]

Currently Milan 3 Juventus 2. All 5 goals coming in the second half. Milan were 2 down.

[Jon]

Now 4-2.