Napoli started the season impressively, demolishing Verona 5:2, and then brought in two strikers. After Giovanni Simeone, Giacomo Raspadori arrived at the club. This 22-year-old Italian international came on loan with a mandatory buyout from Sassuolo. The loan costs 5 million euros, and the mandatory buyout is 25 million, but the club from Reggio Emilia could earn another 5 million euros in bonuses. Raspadori is the eighth addition to Luciano Spaletti’s team this summer, and he is expected to feature in today’s game against Monza. Napoli have announced the signings of Simeone, Raspadori and Ndombele within the last 48 hours. 🔵🔥What a mercato it’s been for them – and Navas could be coming soon too 👀 pic.twitter.com/pyxE3LronM— Italian Football TV (@IFTVofficial) August 20, 2022 Raspadori had a pretty well last season in Serie A, scoring 10 goals in 36 appearances. He made his debut in the Sassuolo jersey in May 2019 and to date has made 81 competitive appearances (76 in the championship) and scored 18 goals. Since last year, he has been a senior member of the Italian national team, and has made 13 appearances and scored three goals. He was part of Roberto Mancini’s selection that climbed to the top of Europe.Lukaku and Lautaro, like Batman and Robin! Best buddies combine to give Inter the winThe real treat in today’s Serie A matches will be a Milan – Atalanta duel. In the previous season, Milan launched and then confirmed their championship ambitions with victories against Atalanta. Tonight at the Gevis Stadium, the Rossoneri have the task of keeping up pace with Inter so as not to turn the first derby of the season at the beginning of September into a big drama. On the other hand, Pioli’s colleague Gasperini needs to show that he has not forgotten how to win against the big teams in Serie A. Sandro Tonali returns to the Rossoneri team and he and Benaser will form a rampart in the middle of the field in front of the defence that was too porous in the first match against Udinese. AC Milan haven’t lost a Serie A game since a 1-2 loss to Spezia in January.🤝 0-0✅ 1-2✅ 1-0🤝 2-2🤝 1-1✅ 0-1✅ 1-0✅ 0-1🤝 0-0🤝 0-0✅ 2-0✅ 1-2✅ 1-0✅ 1-3✅ 2-0✅ 0-3✅ 4-2They go for 18 in a row vs Atalanta this weekend. 🇮🇹 pic.twitter.com/KlJQOBbx1T— Squawka News (@SquawkaNews) August 19, 2022 There will be no other changes in the Italian champions team, all the starters, except for the injured Krunic (not a regular anyway), will be confirmed, including Anto Rebić and Brahim Diaz. The Croat and the Spaniard were the protagonists of the victory in the first round, but their places are the most threatened, because Giroud and Origi are waiting for a chance to be in the team, and Charles De Ketelaere and Adli are in an offensive direction. The main weapons of Pioli in tonight’s duel are Teo Hernandez and Leao, Throughout the week, Gasperini carefully prepared the team for the clash with the Rossoneri. Atalanta cannot count on the new addition of Ederson, whom everyone expects to make a new qualitative leap after a great six months in the Salernitana jersey, Zapacosta and Ilicic, who still wants to move to Bologna, are also on the injured list.last time Milan played Atalanta 😉 pic.twitter.com/s3rtvIScyV— CHAMPIONS OF ITALY (@_InsideMilan) August 21, 2022 After five seasons in which the Rossoneri did not know a victory against Atalanta, they have strung together three consecutive victories. In the previous two championships, with Pioli on the bench, Milan always achieved two victories at the start of the championship. On the other hand, Gasperini only once managed to register six points in the first two rounds of the championship since he was on the bench of the team from Bergamo.
