Author: Zeenize Sports

After a 1-1 home draw with Nantes, Paris suffered a second successive home defeat, this time away, as the Ligue 1 leaders were held to a 0-0 draw away to Auxerre for matchday 14 in Ligue 1 1.

Luis Enrique opted to leave both Dembele and Mouani on the bench and his side’s first-half form didn’t do him justice (0.06-0.34 xgoals in that period), with the Spanish coach dropping both players in the match in the 62nd minute (instead of Ramos and Barcola) and the champions to turn up the pace but miss the goal.

Auxerre keeper Leon played a big role in this, making several saves, with the finale of the match finding Paris with 25 finals, 5 big chances and 1.80 xgoals but not putting the ball in the net and leaving a fatal two points in “Abbe-Dessab”.

• OSER: Leon, Oso, Jubal, Akpa, Hoover (84′ Jolly), Danois, Owusu, Mensah, Peren (77′ Onaigou), Traore, Shinayoko (83′ Bair)
• PARIS: Donnarumma, Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pazzo, Mendes, Zaire-Emery, Vitinia, Ruith (79′ Asensio), Kang-In (67′ Due), Ramos (62′ Moani), Barkola (62′ Dembele)

The program of the 14th matchday

• Lille – Brest 3-1 (7′ pen. 69′ David, 44′ Haraldsson / 48′ Azork)
• Auxerre – Paris 0-0
• 7/12 18:00 Monaco – Toulouse
• 7/12 20:00 Nice – Havre
• 7/12 22:00 Angers – Lyon
• 8/12 16:00 Lance – Montpellier
• 8/12 18:00 Nantes – Rennes
• 8/12 18:00 Strasbourg – Rennes
• 8/12 21:45 Saint Etienne – Marseille

Τα highlights

Lille – Brest 3-1

The next matchday

• 13/12 21:45 Toulouse – St Etienne
• 14/12 18:00 Marseille – Lille
• 14/12 20:00 Auxerre-Lances
• 14/12 22:00 Reims – Monaco
• 15/12 16:00 Montpellier – Nice
• 15/12 18:00 Brest – Nantes
• 15/12 18:00 Rennes – Angers
• 15/12 18:00 Havre – Strasbourg
• 15/12 21:45 Paris – Lyon

Winning the Europa League last season whetted Atalanta’s appetite and this year shows its wild disposition in Italy. The latest proof came on Friday night (6/12), with Gasperini’s side beating AC Milan 2-1 in Bergamo on Matchday 15 of Serie A and celebrating their ninth straight league win, which brought them at the top with +2 and more matches against Napoli.

The first match was fairly even and had a very fast pace, with both teams being equally threatening and both finding their way to the net. The Bergamaskis were the first to do it in the 12th minute with De Quetelare’s header from the height of the small area (from a free kick by captain De Roon) with which he hurt his former team (1-0), with the Rossoneri’s response coming in the 22nd minute with the nearby Morata from a wonderful shot by Leao.

In the second half, it was the hosts who were more in pursuit of the second goal against the Rossoneri who were more focused on preserving the draw, with Atalanta’s vindication coming just before the final.

Specifically in the 87th minute through a corner kick, with Kolasinac getting the header at the first post and Lukman receiving it at the second, to get another header from the height of the small area and beat Menian for the final 2-1 .

A result that lifted Atalanta alone to the top of the table and at the same time kept Milan in 7th place, with the Rossoneri six points away from 4th place that leads to the League Phase of the new Champions League.

It is noted that with this success, Atalanta equaled the record of nine consecutive victories in their history in Serie A, an achievement they achieved again in the 2019-20 season, from February to July 2020.

• ATALANTA: Karneseki, Tzimsiti (76′ Kosunu), Hien, Kolasinac, Bellanova, Anderson, De Roon, Ruggeri (90+2′ Scalvini), Pasalic (76′ Samardzic), Lookman (90′ Brescianini), De Ketelare (76′ Reteghi)
• MILAN: Menian, Emerson, Tiao, Gambia, Hernandez, Fofana, Raiders, Pulisic (38′ Loftus-Cheek), Moussa (90′ Chukwueze), Leao, Morata (78′ Abraham)

The program of the 15th matchday

• Inter – Parma 3-1 (40′ Dimarco, 53′ Barela, 66′ Turam / 81′ aut. Darmian)
• Atalanta – Milan 2-1 (12′ De Ketelare, 87′ Luqman / 22′ Morata)
• 7/12 16:00 Genoa – Turin
• 7/12 19:00 Juventus – Bologna
• 7/12 21:45 Roma – Lecce
• 8/12 13:30 Fiorentina – Cagliari
• 8/12 16:00 Verona – Empoli
• 8/12 16:00 Venice – Como
• 8/12 21:45 Napoli – Lazio
• 9/12 21:45 Monza – Udinese

Τα highlights

Inter – Parma 3-1

The next matchday

• 13/12 21:45 Empoli – Torino
• 14/12 16:00 Cagliari – Atalanta
• 14/12 19:00 Udinese – Napoli
• 14/12 21:45 Juventus – Venice
• 15/12 13:30 Lecce – Monza
• 15/12 16:00 Bologna – Fiorentina
• 15/12 16:00 Parma – Verona
• 15/12 19:00 Como – Rome
• 15/12 21:45 Milan – Genoa
• 16/12 21:45 Lazio – Inter

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