THE MIDWEEK FIXTURES FROM THE ITALIAN SERIE A AND FROM THE SPANISH LA LIGA.
ITALIAN SERIE A {Round 10}
JUVENTUS FELL SHORT AT HOME WHILE NAPOLI AND AC MILAN STAYED UNBEATEN BY PICKING UP MAXIMUM POINTS.
At the top of the Italian Serie A standing are Napoli and AC Milan with 9 wins.
The bottom end of the table is Cagliari with one win.
The top two teams have a 7 point lead. The serial winner [Juventus] and the reigning champions [Inter Milan] are losing their grip.
Lazio’s Ciro Immobile leads the scoring list with 8 goals, a goal ahead of Inter Milan’s Edin Dzeko.
LEAGUE STANDINGS
1. Napoli - 28 points 2. AC Milan - 28 points 3. Inter Milan - 21 points 4. Roma - 19 points 5. Atalanta - 18 points 6. Lazio - 17 points 7. Juventus - 15 points 8. Fiorentina - 15 points 9. Sassuolo - 14 points 10. Verona - 12 points 11. Empoli - 12 points 12. Bologna - 12 points 13. Torino - 11 points 14. Udinese - 11 points 15. Sampdoria - 9 points 16. Venezia - 8 points 17. Spezia - 8 points 18. Genoa - 7 points 19. Salernitana - 7 points 20. Cagliari - 6 points
ROUND RESULTS
October 26, 2021
Spezia 1-1 Genoa
Venezia 1-2 Salernitana
AC Milan 1-0 Torino
October 27, 2021
Juventus 1-2 Sassuolo
Sampdoria 1-3 Atalanta
Udinese 1-1 Hellas Verona
Cagliari 1-2 Roma
Empoli 0-2 Inter Milan
Lazio 1-0 Fiorentina
October 28, 2021
Napoli 3-0 Bologna
VENEZIA 1-2 SALERNITANA
Salernitana came from a goal down to win with a goal in the final minute of the additional minutes. The result was Salernitana’s second victory.
AC MILAN 1-0 TORINO
Olivier Giroud’s goal secured the three points for AC Milan
JUVENTUS 1-2 SASSUOLO
Juventus lost their first match in ten competitive matches.
After narrowly escaping defeat in the last round, Juventus suffered their first defeat in ten competitive matches.
The defeat to Sassuolo was Juventus’s third defeat of the season and the second one at home.
Maxime Lopez scored in the final minute of the final additional minute to restore Sassuolo’s lead after Weston Mckennie had leveled the score in the 76th minute.
CAGLIARI 1-2 ROMA
Lorenzo Pellegrini assisted the first and scored the winning goal for Roma came from behind to take the three points at Cagliari
LAZIO 1-0 FIORENTINA
Pedro Rodriguez scored the goal to Lazio the victory to move two points above Fiorentina.
NAPOLI 3-0 BOLOGNA
Lorenzo Insigne scored from the penalty spot on two occasions to add to Fabian’s wonder strike match opening goal.
SPANISH LA LIGA {Round 11}
THE TRADITIONAL TOP THREE COULD NOT FIND A VICTORY IN THIS ROUND; IT CAME AT A COST TO RONALD KOEMAN’S MANAGERIAL ROLE AT BARCELONA.
Atletico Madrid dropped from 4th to 6th and was replaced in the ‘top 4’ by Real Betis.
Rayo Vallecano moved up two spots to 5th.
Osasuna moved up a position to 6th.
All the teams at the bottom of the table at the start of the round added to their point tally.
The bottom two Levante and Getafe remained without a win but picked up a point from their games.
Alaves found a win to move out of the relegation zone.
Cadiz dropped into the relegation zone despite picking up a point.
Granada also dropped in position down to 17th despite adding a point.
LEAGUE STANDINGS
1. Real Sociedad - 24 points 2. Real Madrid - 21 points 3. Sevilla - 21 points 4. Real Betis - 21 points 5. Rayo Vallecano - 19 points 6. Atletico Madrid - 19 points 7. Osasuna - 19 points 8. Athletic Club - 17 points 9. Barcelona - 15 points 10. Espanyol - 14 points 11. Valencia - 13 points 12. Mallorca - 13 points 13. Villarreal - 12 points 14. Celta Vigo - 10 points 15. Elche - 10 points 16. Alaves - 9 points 17. Granada - 8 points 18. Cadiz - 8 points 19. Levante - 6 points 20. Getafe - 3 points
ROUND RESULTS
October 26, 2021
Alaves 1-0 Elche
Espanyol 1-1 Athletic Club
Villarreal 3-3 Cadiz
October 27, 2021
Mallorca 1-1 Sevilla
Rayo Vallecano 1-0 Barcelona
Real Betis 4-1 Valencia
Real Madrid 0-0 Osasuna
October 28, 2021
Celta Vigo 0-2 Real Sociedad
Granada 1-1 Getafe
Levante 2-2 Atletico Madrid
RAYO VALLECANO 1- 0 BARCELONA
Ronald Koeman get fired after Barcelona fall short against Rayo Vallecano.
Radamel Falcao scored the only goal of the match to get Rayo Vallecano a historic win against Barcelona.
REAL MADRID 0-0 OSASUNA
Osasuna took a valuable point after holding Real Madrid to a goalless draw.
REAL BETIS 4-1 VALENCIA
Borja Iglesias scored the open two goals of the match to get Real Betis on to big win against Valencia.
CELTA VIGO 0-2 REAL SOCIEDAD
Goals from Alexander Isak and Arita Lflustondo got Real Sociedad the goals to stay at the top of the standings.
GRANADA 1-1 GETAFE
Getafe was on the brink of securing their first win of the season until Jorge Molina scored in the seventh minute of the final additional minutes to get Granda a point.
LEVANTE 2- 2 ATLETICO MADRID
Enis Bardhi converted two penalty kicks into [equalizing] goals for Levante to deny Atletico Madrid a win.
