Serie A

The road to the new Serie A season: everything on the opening game at San Siro.

Assisting him will be the two linesmen Bottegoni and Galetto and fourth official Gariglio; the VAR official will be Mazzoleni, aided by Brfesmes. The Rossoneri play from memory and will be supported by an army of seventy thousand people in the stands. For the coach, who is not only from Piedmont but also used to play for the bianconeri, it is his first managerial experience in the top flight after a successful year in Serie B with Ascoli. There have been some changes to the squad list over the summer, especially in defence: some of whom already turned out last weekend in the 2-1 win over Feralpisalò in the first round of the Coppa Italia. This match saw Udinese take to the field with Silvestri in goal; Pérez, Bijol, and Masina in defence; Soppy, Pereyra, Lovric, Makengo and Ebosse in midfield; with Success and Deulofeu up top and both on the scoresheet. Given the lack of players unavailable, there are many possibilities available for the coach: in the middle we could see the pairing of Krunić and Bennacer, Messias and Saelemaekers in the supporting midfield three with Díaz favourite as a Number Ten. "To see San Siro full on 13 August will be special, and we need to take energy from that. They are physical – much more than us – and organised, so we need to be shrewd and astute to take advantage of each situation.

The 2022-23 Serie A campaign starts today. Check out the promo video released by Lega Calcio with the stats you need to know about Round 1.

Serie A champions Milan kick-off the season at San Siro against Udinese at 17.30 today. The 2022-23 Serie A campaign starts today. Napoli will face Verona at the Stadio Bentegodi on Monday, while Juventus will host Sassuolo at the Allianz Stadium.

Festy Ebosele became the fourth Irishman to play in Serie A when he came off the bench during Udinese's opening-day defeat against defending champions AC ...

AC Milan began their Italian title defence with a 4-2 win over Udinese on Saturday as the new Serie A season got underway.

However the three points and four goals were the perfect way to kick-off what is likely to be a tight title tussle in Italy, with rivals Inter Milan starting their bid to reclaim the Scudetto at newly-promoted Lecce later on Saturday. The margin of defeat was harsh on Udinese who acquitted themselves well in front of a raucous home crowd at the San Siro and went in level at two apiece at half-time. The champions bounced back from going behind with less than two minutes on the clock to claim the three points thanks to two goals from Ante Rebic, a Theo Hernando penalty and a strike from Brahim Diaz.

Stadio del Mare in Lecce was home to an incredible night where Denzel Dumfries scored in the last second of the match to give Inter Milan the win in a tough ...

Sassuolo, 2:45 p.m. ET (Paramount+) Napoli, 12:30 p.m. ET (Paramount+) Empoli, 2:45 p.m. ET (Paramount+) Bologna, 12:30 p.m. ET (Paramount+) AS Roma, 2:45 p.m. ET (Paramount+) Cremonese, 12:30 p.m. ET (Paramount+) Atalanta won their opening match away against Sampdoria as Gian Piero Gasperini's side managed to put together solid performance. Get it all free for 1 month with promo code ITALY. Dumfries emerged out of a crowded area inside the box to get a body on the ball following a header from Lautaro Martinez. Romelu Lukaku wasted no time and needed only 81 seconds to make his triumphant return to Serie A for the Nerazzurri. The former Chelsea striker found the breakthrough goal on a header to get last season's runners-up going. Rebic has already matched his total Serie A goals for last season in one game while new signings Divock Origi and Charles De Ketelaere made their debut appearances in in the latter stages of the second half. Here are three things you need to know from opening day.

Defending champion AC Milan has beaten Udinese 4-2 with the help of a dubious penalty decision.

And it took the Belgium forward less than two minutes to reopen his Inter account. “Objectively though, a team like ours should have finished it off earlier, especially as we scored in the first minute. But Falcone was let down by his defenders in the fifth minute of stoppage time as they failed to mark Dumfries and he chested the ball in from point-blank range after Lautaro Martínez had nodded down a corner. Dumfries saw a header come off the post, while Lukaku had a goal ruled out for a foul in the buildup. Federico Dimarco floated in a cross from the left and Matteo Darmian nodded it back across goal for Lukaku to head in from close range. Inter brought back Lukaku on loan this offseason, a year after he left to join Chelsea shortly after firing the Nerazzurri to the Serie A title.

ROME, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- The 2022-23 Serie A season kicked off on Saturday with the Milanese clubs starting on the right foot, as defending champion AC ...

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Two goals by Croatia international Ante Rebic plus strikes by Theo Hernandez and Brahim Diaz helped the Rossoneri to recover from their early shock after ...

Lautaro, the club’s top scorer last season, had the chance to head home a clean cross from Alessandro Bastoni in the 70th minute but the header went just wide of the left post, to the Argentina international’s disappointment. Midfielder Barella tried to find Lukaku in the middle of the box with a long-range pass in the 36th minute but Lecce midfielder Alexis Blin rushed out to stop him. The ball bounced off Dumfries’s chest into the net in the fifth minute of added time after striker Lautaro Martinez had collected a Nicolo Barella corner.

Milan bounced back from going behind with less than two minutes on the clock to claim the three points thanks to two goals from Ante Rebic, a Theo Hernando ...

Diaz was at the heart of things again in the 68th minute, pressuring Roberto Pereyra in the Udinese area before stealing the ball and rolling back a low pass which Rebic stretched to push in the fourth which sealed the win. A hugely entertaining first half ended with the Milan fans again wondering what was going on thanks to Adam Masina, whose diving header in the fourth minute of added time levelled the scores in spectacular fashion. Milan bounced back from going behind with less than two minutes on the clock to claim the three points thanks to two goals from Ante Rebic, a Theo Hernando penalty and a strike from Brahim Diaz.

Milan conceded after 90 seconds, but the reigning champions came back to beat Udinese 4-2 with an Ante Rebic brace and sprightly Brahim Diaz.

Destiny Udogie was left out ahead of his transfer to Tottenham, while Tolgay Arslan was injured and Beto only ready for the bench. The second half was not even 60 seconds old when Milan equalised. A pair of defenders got into a tangle at the back post dealing with Theo Hernandez’s cross, so Brahim Diaz pounced on the loose ball.