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Mon 15 May 2023 8:27 am - Jerusalem Time

Italian Championship: Monza drops champion Napoli, and Juventus consolidates its second position

Monza dropped Napoli, who was crowned Italian soccer champion 10 days ago for the first time since 1990, by beating it 2-0 on Sunday in the thirty-fifth stage.


Monza advanced with a goal by Danny Motta after 18 minutes, after a wonderful joint game, and Andrea Petagna, Napoli player last season, added the second goal against his former team (53), and finally settled the result in favor of his team.


Monza is in his first season in the league and is currently ranked ninth.


Napoli played the match with its backup squad for the most part, after securing the third title in its history, after an exceptional season in which Nigerian scorer Victor Osimhen and Georgian winger Khvica Kvaratskhelia starred.


On the other hand, Monza entered the match having only lost once in the last 11 league matches.


In the battle for the European seats, Roma wasted two valuable points by falling into a tie trap with its host, Bologna, and thus failed to take advantage of its fourth neighbor, Lazio, with Lecce, 2-2, on Friday at the opening of the stage, and the loss of Milan V in front of its host Spezia 0-2, and Atalanta in front of its host. Salernitana 0-1 Saturday.


Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho's men are preparing to face their German host Bayer Leverkusen, Thursday, in the second leg of the European League semi-finals (Europa League), noting that the Italian capital team advanced at home, Thursday, 1-0.


It is noteworthy that Roma did not win in its last five matches in the league (3 draws and two losses).


Juventus beat its penultimate guest, Cremonese, with two clean goals.


Juventus increased its score in second place with 69 points, 3 points ahead of Inter III, but the most important thing is that it also moved away by 8 points from fifth-place Milan.


Juventus is still at risk of withdrawing points from it due to illegal financial activity on May 22, which was suspended on April 20 for re-evaluation, according to what the Italian Federation reported in the middle of this week.


In January, the Court of Appeal of the local association of the game imposed a 15-point deduction penalty for Juventus, according to sports justice, for regularly recording exaggerated capital gains in its accounts when selling some players.


But the Sports Guarantee Board of the Italian Olympic Committee, which Juventus resorted to, temporarily returned these points to the Bianconeri in April by requesting a review of the sanctions imposed on the club.


Returning to the course of the match, Juventus advanced with a goal through Niccolo Faioli, taking advantage of a pass from Federico Chiesa (55), before Brazilian defender Bremer added the second in the 79th minute.

French Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba played his first major match for more than a year, specifically since his former team, Manchester United, lost to Liverpool 0-4 in April 2022, in a match he did not complete after leaving with a calf injury after about a quarter of an hour.


Pogba missed the first division of the league after returning to Juventus and missed the World Cup finals after undergoing knee surgery.


His return to the stadiums was intermittent, if he played some matches as a substitute in late February before he was injured again and was absent from the stadiums for an additional period.


However, Pogba did not enjoy much, because the injury returned to him when he hit a powerful ball after 23 minutes had passed before he lay on the field. Juventus doctors tried to treat him at the level of the thigh, before he came out with his face hidden in front of the old lady's applause.


It was not known how long Pogba would be absent from the stadiums again, but it is likely that he will be absent until the end of the current season.


Juventus drew 1-1 at home against Seville, Spain, in the first leg of the European League semi-finals (Europa League) on Thursday, after the team led them with a goal before equalizing in the seventh minute of stoppage time before the return match between them next Thursday.

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