120 percent Regina

Denis ORLOV

Fiorentina - Empoli. Tuscan derby has a special article in calcho. The fighters come from different weight categories, but the intrigue does not fade. In a single match, Empoli always and in any state gives battle to the eldest neighbor. Moreover, this season the Empolians are extremely confident, and they liked the strongest in the quartet. Opponents escaped irreparable losses, which only increases interest in the game.

“Roma” - “Regina.” The spectacle gap separating the teams does not correspond to the difference in class. Return “Regina” 11 penalty points, and before your eyes a ready contender for European competition. “Roma” already burned about Calabrians in the first round and probably learned a lesson from the failed voyage to the south. The Romans are thinking about revenge, but there is no doubt: Regina will try to avoid defeat by any means. According to her mentor Walter Mazzarry, players will give 120 percent.

Forward “Sampdoria” Francesco Flaki on Wednesday was convicted of cocaine use. The test turned out to be positive, taken from the football player on January 28 after the match with Inter. The Genoese club reported that they would wait for the results of the second doping analysis. Meanwhile, in December, another banned drug (cortisone) was discovered in the body of Milan striker Marco Borriello. Before the season, he replenished the camp of the red-blacks, having crossed just from Sampdoria.

Flaki, 31, was born in Florence, but has been performing at Sampdoria for the past eight years and has become a true symbol of the team. The Genoese “ten” remains calm and assures that it will explain everything when the second test will be opened. If the result is confirmed, Francesco faces a two-year disqualification, but for now he is suspended from the games for an indefinite period.

“I want to hang a sign in front of the training field with a number showing the number of points we scored in the last thirteen matches. I'm not a pessimist, but it seems to me that Palermo will not return to the game that was at the beginning of the championship. There is not enough enthusiasm, what is more the fault of the players, not the coach. Francesco Gvidolin made many mistakes, but it was good. I just usually emphasize the shortcomings, it’s in my character. However, I know very well - there is no ideal coach. Palermo is working hard to build a structure that could be compared to Seville. It will help to take advantage of the mistakes of large clubs and hope for small gains in the next decade, "the president of Palermo, Maurizio Zamparini , opening the curtain on the future, is upset by the current failures of the Sicilian club.

10. It is with this round number that the match-opening tour is associated. It seems to be an unremarkable duel of the inhabitants of the basement marked by a mass meeting of old friends. Nowadays, 6 football players are gathered in Chievo, who in previous years played in Torino (Mandelli, Marqueze, Andrea Mantovani, Fabio Moro, Semioli and Pellissier), and 4 former Veronets (Barone, Lazetić, Ivan Franceschini and Martinelli now protect them) ) In many ways a unique situation. The previous time, the same big intersection of “ex-” occurred three years ago during the games “Sampdoria” and “Bologna”.

CHIEVO - TORINO

24 February. Marc Antonio Bentogody, 20.00.

Judge: Massimiliano Saccani (Mantova).

Injuries: F.Cossato, Sichignano / Coco, Conan.

Disqualifications: None / Chioffi, Komotto.

Chievo (Sport Today version): Squizzi - F. Moro, Mandelli, D'Anna, S. Lanna - Luciano, Sammarco, Marcolini, Semioli - Pellissier, V. Obinna.

“Torino” (version of “Sport today”): Abbyati - Bovo, O. Brevi, I. Franceschini - Pankaro, Barone, Ardito, Balestri - Rozina, Lazetić - Stellone.

Last matches: + - = - = / - - - - -

First round match: 0: 1 (Torino Comunale).

Quotes William Hill: victory “Chievo” - 2.1, draw - 2.87, victory “Torino” - 3.3.

24 February. "Athleti Azzurri di Italy", 22.30.

Judge: Roberto Rosetti (Turin).

Injuries: Vieri, C. Conte, Donati / Amauri, Korini, Barzagli, Zaccardo.

Disqualifications: Miliaccio / Corini, Di Michele.

Atalanta (Sport Today version): Calderoni - Rivalta, Talamonti, Loria, Bellini - Ferreira Pinto, Bernardini, Tissone, Ariatti - C.Doni - Zampanya.

"Palermo" (version of "Sport Today"): A. Fontana - Cassani, Dellafiore, Biava, M. Pisano - Diana, Guana, Charamitaro - Fabio Simplicio, Bresiano - Caracciolo.

Last matches: + + = = = / = - + - =

First round match: 3: 2 (“Renzo Barbera”).

Quotes William Hill: victory “Atalanta” - 2.3, draw - 2.8, victory “Palermo” - 3.

Cagliari - Lazio

25 February. Sant'Eliya, 5 p.m.

Judge: Domenico Messina (Bergamo).

Injuries: Chimenti, Mauro Esposito, Diego Lopez, A. D'Agostino / Mackinwa, Peruzzi, Mudingayi.

Disqualifications: no.

Cagliari (Sport Today version): Fortin - Ferry, Bead, Bianco, Agostini - Budel, Conti, Bondini, Capone - Suazo, Pepe.

Lazio (Sport Today version): Ballotta - Behrami, Siviglia, Cribari, Dzauri - Mutarelli, Ledesma, Mauri - Luis Antonio Jimenez - Rocky, Pandev.

Last matches: + + - = - / = = + = +

First round match : 0-0 (Olimpico).

Quotes William Hill: the victory of “Cagliari” - 2.75, the draw - 2.8, the victory of “Lazio” - 2.5.

25 February. "Dino Manuzzi" in Cesena, 17.00 (without spectators).

Judge: Paolo Bertini (Arezzo).

Injuries: Falsini, Silvestri / Andreolli, Recoba, Vieira.

Disqualifications: Minelli / Dakur.

“Catania” (version of “Sport Today”): Pantanelli - Lucenti, Sottil, Stovini, Juan Vargas - Bayocco, Edusei, Caserta - J. Colucci, Spinesi, Mascara.

Inter (Sport Today version): Julio Cesar - H.Zanetti, I.Cordoba, Walter Samuel, Grosso - Cambiasso, D.Stankovic, Solari - Figo - Julio Cruz, Ibrahimovic.

Last matches: + = - = - / + + + + +

First round match: 1: 2 (“Giuseppe Meazza”).

Quotes William Hill: victory “Catania” - 9, draw - 3.75, victory “Inter” - 1.33.

Broadcast: NTV-Plus Football, 17.00 (direct).

FIORENTINA - EMPOLES

25 February. "Artemio Franchi", 17.00.

Judge: Gianluca Paparest (Bari).

Injuries: Mario Santana, Gobbi, Donadel / Saudati.

Disqualifications: no / Tosto.

Fiorentina (Sport Today version): Frey - Uyfalushi, Gamberini, Dainelli, Pascual - Montolivo, Liverani, Blazi - Martin Jorgensen, Toni, Mutu.

Empoli (Sport Today version): Bally - Raji, Pratali, Luccini, Ascoli - Almiron, D. Moro - Bushe, Vannukki, Matteini - Pozzi.

Last matches: = - + + + / + - = + +

First round match: 2: 1 (Carlo Castellani).

Quotes William Hill: the victory of “Fiorentina” - 1.53, the draw - 3.3, the victory of “Empoli” - 6.

Broadcast: NTV-Plus Sport Online, 16.55 (direct).

25 February. "Armando Picchi", 17.00.

Judge: Oscar Girardi (San Dona di Piave).

Injuries: Knezhevich, Fanucci / J. Palyuca, M. Delvecchio, Di Biaggio, Lombardi, G. Fontana.

Disqualifications: no.

"Livorno" (version of "Sport Today"): Amelia - Grandoni, Rezaei, Galante, Pasquale - Balleri, Morrone, Passoni, A. Filippini - Fiore - C. Lucarelli.

Ascoli (Sport Today version): Eleftheropoulos - Vastola, M. Melara, Nastasa, Minieri - P. Zanetti, Budyansky, Pesce - Sonchin, Fini - Bjelanovich.

Last matches: - = - - + / - - + - =

First round match : 2-0 (“Chino and Lillo del Duca”).

Quotes William Hill: victory “Livorno” - 1.53, draw - 3.3, victory “Ascoli” - 6.

25 February. "Giovanni Celeste", 17.00.

Judge: Oberdan Pantana (Macerata).

Injuries: Juliano, Di Napoli / Sedlarge, Chiesa, Konko, Rinaudo.

Disqualifications: no.

“Messina” (version of “Sport today”): Kaloni - Lavecchia, Zoro, Dzanki, Parisi - Pestrin, D'Aversa, Candela - Floccari, Ivica Iliev - Rigano.

"Siena" (version of "Sport Today"): Manninger - Bertotto, Portanova, Gastaldello, Molinaro - Antonini, Codri, Vergassol - Cozza - Corvia, Maccarone.

Last matches: = - - = - / = + - = -

First round match: 1: 3 (“Artemio Franchi”).

Quotes William Hill: the victory of “Messina” - 2.4, the draw - 2.8, the victory of “Siena” - 2.87.

ROMA - REGINA

25 February. Olimpico, 5 p.m.

Judge: Paolo Tagliavento (Terni).

Injuries: Gilberto Martinez, Mexès, Chivu / Gazzi.

Disqualifications: no / Landzaro, N. Amoruzo.

“Roma” (version of “Sport Today”): A. Doni - Cassetti, Panucci, M. Ferrari, Tonetto - De Rossi, D. Pizarro - Taddei, Perrotta, Tavano - Totti.

Regina (Sport Today version): Campagnolo - Jose, A. Lucarelli, Aronika - Place, Tognozzi, Giacomo Tedesco, F. Modesto - Vmjani, Foggia - R. Bianchi.

Last matches: = = + + - / - = + + =

First round match: 0: 1 (Orestes Granillo).

Quotes William Hill: the victory of “Roma” - 1.3, the draw - 4.2, the victory of “Regina” - 8.5.

25 February. Friuli, 5 p.m.

Judge: Tiziano Pieri (Lucca).

Injuries: D. Zenoni, Di Natale / Cardone, Morfeo.

Disqualifications: Zapata / Fernando Coutu.

Udinese (Sport Today version): De Sanctis - Koda, Natalie, Felipe - M. Motta, Pinzi, Obodo, Muntari, Lukovic - Yakvint, Paulo Barreto.

Parma (Sport Today version): Bucci - Coli, Pern, Paci - Pisanu, Cigarini, Grella, Bolano, P. Castellini - J. Rossi, Budan.

Last matches: - + + - = / - + - - -

First round match : 3-0 (Ennio Tardini).

Quotes William Hill: the victory of “Udinese” - 1.57, the draw - 3.3, the victory of “Parma” - 5.5.

25 February. "Giuseppe Meazza", 22.30.

Judge: Nicola Airoldi (Molfetta).

Injuries: Serginho, Nesta, Dida, C. Seedorf / D. Delveccio, Terlizzi, D. Franceschini.

Disqualifications: Borriello, Brocci / Flaki, D. Delvecchio.

“Milan” (version of “Sport Today"): Story - Oddo, Bonera, Maldini, Yankulovsky - Gattuso, Pirlo, Ambrosini - Kaka - Ricardo Oliveira, Ronaldo.

"Sampdoria" (version of "Sport Today"): L. Castellazzi - C. Zenoni, Falcone, Accardi, Bastrini - Maggio, Palombo, Volpi, Ziegler - Cuagliarella, Badzani.

Last matches: + = + + + / = - - + +

First round match: 1: 1 (“Luigi Ferraris”).

Quotes William Hill: victory of “Milan” - 1.33, draw - 3.75, victory of “Sampdoria” - 9.

Broadcast: NTV-Plus Football, 22.30 (direct).

NOTE: match start time is Moscow time.

TOURNAMENT TABLE

NOTES. 1. The indicators of “Milan”, “Lazio”, “Regina” and “Fiorentina” take into account the fines imposed on the basis of “mujigate”. Lazio has 3 points in liabilities, Milan - 8, Regina - 11 and Fiorentina - 15. 2. Siena is fined one point for delaying tax payments on players' salaries.

SNIPERS: Totti (Roma) - 14, R. Bianchi (Regina), Tony (Fiorentina) - 12 each, Spinesi (Catania) - 11, Mutu (Fiorentina), C. Doni (Atalanta), Ibrahimovic (Inter), Cuagliarella ( Sampdoria), Yakvinta (Udinese), C. Lucarelli (Livorno) - 10 each, Rigano (Messina), Rocky (Lazio) - 9 each.

26th TOUR. 02/28. Empoli - Messina, Torino - Cagliari, Sampdoria - Atalanta, Lazio - Catania, Regina - Fiorentina, Siena - Livorno, Ascoli - Parma, Chievo - Roma, Inter - Udinese, Palermo - Milan.