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24-05-2025
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Video: Napoli lift 2024-25 Serie A trophy
Watch as Napoli lift the Serie A trophy after beating Cagliari 2-0 in to beat Champions League finalists Inter to the 2024-25 Scudetto in their final game of the season on Friday night. Napoli are the new champions of Italy after beating Cagliari 2-0 at the Stadio Maradona thanks to goals from the newly-crowned MVP Scott McTominay and leading Partenopei goalscorer Romelu Lukaku. Advertisement So close was the fight for the 2024-25 title that there was still a possibility of a play-off to settle the title heading into the final weekend. In the end, it was Antonio Conte and Napoli who celebrated, as they finished one point above Inter to claim the club's fourth ever Serie A title and their second in three years. You can see how the action unfolded on the Football Italia Liveblog. Video: Napoli lift Serie A trophy epa12129581 Players of SSC Napoli celebrate with their coach Antonio Conte after winning the 2024/2025 Serie A title after the Italian Serie A soccer match between SSC Napoli and Cagliari Calcio, in Naples, Italy, 23 May 2025. SSC Napoli won their fourth league title. EPA-EFE/CIRO FUSCO There was a party atmosphere surrounding the Stadio Maradona throughout the day on Friday, which truly kicked off when McTominay sent Napoli 1-0 up against Cagliari shortly before half-time. Advertisement The second from Lukaku five minutes after the interval all but sealed the Scudetto. After a brief press conference for Antonio Conte immediately after the full-time whistle, the coach, who was suspended for the final game of the season, made his way back out onto the pitch to celebrate with the rest of his staff and players. The vast majority of the Partenopei squad had their hair temporarily dyed blue in time for the trophy lift on the pitch of the Maradona. Lukaku was the second-last of the players called out to receive his medal, followed immediately afterwards by Conte, who has now won Serie A titles with three different clubs (Juventus, Inter and Napoli). Only Fabio Capello has achieved this feat previously. Then came captain Giovanni Di Lorenzo to lift the trophy in front of a jubilant home crowd.
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23-05-2025
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Official: All 2024-25 Serie A MVP award winners revealed
The winners of the 2024-25 Serie A MVP awards have been announced following the conclusion of the fight for the league title on Friday night, with Napoli hero Scott McTominay claiming the flagship prize in his first season in Italy. Napoli have been crowned as the champions of Italy for 2024-25 after a 2-0 victory over Cagliari at the Stadio Maradona on Friday night. Though Inter beat Como 2-0 away from home at the same time, they finished the campaign one point short of the Partenopei. Advertisement You can see how the action from Friday night's Scudetto deciders unfolded on the Football Italia Liveblog. McTominay, Reijnders and Retegui among Serie A MVP winners NAPLES, ITALY – MAY 23: Scott McTominay of Napoli celebrates scoring his team's first goal during the Serie A match between Napoli and Cagliari at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on May 23, 2025 in Naples, Italy. (Photo by) Scotland international McTominay has been announced as the overall Serie A MVP after helping Napoli to their second Scudetto in just three years in his first season since joining from Manchester United. He chipped in with 12 goals and six assists in Serie A this season, and was presented with his trophy on the pitch at full-time after the 2-0 win over Cagliari on Friday night. 'I'm lost for words, it's incredible,' he said in a party atmosphere at the Stadio Maradona. Advertisement 'The sacrifice of every single player in this group is just incredible. The people deserve it, as they've been behind us from day one. For me to come here and experience this, it's just a dream.' Roma goalkeeper Mile Svilar has beaten David De Gea of Fiorentina and Torino's Vanja Milinkovic-Savic to claim the best goalkeeper award for 2024-25. ROME, ITALY – APRIL 13: Mile Svilar of AS Roma reacts as he gives instructions during the Serie A match between SS Lazio and AS Roma at Stadio Olimpico on April 13, 2025 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by) The best defender goes to Italy international Alessandro Bastoni, who saw off competition from compatriot and title-winner Alessandro Buongiorno and Lazio full-back Nuno Tavares. Despite finishing outside of the European positions in Serie A, Milan midfielder Tijjani Reijnders, who is in 'advanced talks' to join Manchester City this summer, has been named as the Serie A best midfielder. He beat McTominay and Inter's Nicolo Barella to the prize. Advertisement To clarify, the overall Serie A MVP cannot win one of the other position-specific awards, hence why McTominay did not win the best midfielder award, and why 2023-24 MVP winner Lautaro Martinez did not win the best striker award last season. MILAN, ITALY – APRIL 02: Tijjani Reijnders of AC Milan is tackled by Nicolo Barella of FC Internazionale during the Coppa Italia Semi Final match between AC Milan and FC Internazionale at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on April 02, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by) Another Italy international in Mateo Retegui has claimed the best striker award, possessing a tally of 25 goals and seven assists from 25 outings in the league this season. He beat Fiorentina's Moise Kean and Riccardo Orsolini of Bologna in an all-Italian top three. Finally, Como talent Nico Paz has won the 2024-25 award for best U23 player, beating Sebastiano Esposito of Empoli and Kenan Yildiz of Juventus. Full list of Serie A MVP winners BERGAMO, ITALY – APRIL 13: Mateo Retegui of Atalanta celebrates scoring his team's first goal during the Serie A match between Atalanta and Bologna at Gewiss Stadium on April 13, 2025 in Bergamo, Italy. (Photo by Pier) Best overall: Scott McTominay (Napoli) Advertisement Best goalkeeper: Mile Svilar (Roma). Nominated: David De Gea (Fiorentina), Vanja Milinkovic-Savic (Torino). Best defender: Alessandro Bastoni (Inter). Nominated: Alessandro Buongiorno (Napoli), Nuno Tavares (Lazio). Best midfielder: Tijjani Reijnders (Milan). Nominated: Scott McTominay (Napoli), Nicolo Barella (Inter). Best striker: Mateo Retegui (Atalanta). Nominated: Moise Kean (Fiorentina), Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna). Best U23: Nico Paz (Como). Nominated: Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), Kenan Yildiz (Juventus).
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23-05-2025
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Official: Napoli crowned Serie A Champions for 2024-25
Napoli are the new champions of Italy after beating Cagliari 2-0 in the final round of the season to claim their second Serie A title in three years. Antonio Conte's side were pushed to the very end by Inter, who remained in the title race until the final game of the season. The Nerazzurri were one point behind the Partenopei heading into the final round, which left the title in Napoli's control. Advertisement The race for the Serie A title was so close that there was still potential for the championship to be decided by a play-off heading into the final round of the season. NAPLES, ITALY – MAY 23: Scott McTominay celebrates scoring his team's first goal during the Serie A match between Napoli and Cagliari at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on May 23, 2025 in Naples, Italy. (Photo by) In the end, it was Napoli who claimed the honours, winning the Serie A title with a total of 82 points from 38 matches, made up of 24 wins, 10 draws and four losses. You can see how the action from Napoli-Cagliari and Como-Inter unfolded on the Football Italia Liveblog. Official: Napoli crowned Serie A Champions NAPLES, ITALY – MAY 23: Fans release flares outside the stadium ahead of the Serie A match between Napoli and Cagliari at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on May 23, 2025 in Naples, Italy. (Photo by) The 2024-25 is the fourth in Napoli's history and their second in three years after Luciano Spalletti, Victor Osimhen, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and co. led the Partenopei to the top of the table in 2022-23. Advertisement Before then, Napoli had not won the Serie A title in over 30 years, dating back to the 1989-90 season when Diego Maradona was still leading the squad. Napoli's title win is a particularly special achievement for head coach Antonio Conte, who has now won the Serie A title with three different clubs (Napoli, Inter and Juventus), and has won a top-flight title in his first season with three different clubs as well (Napoli, Chelsea and Juventus). NAPLES, ITALY – APRIL 27: Antonio Conte looks on before the Serie A match against Torino at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on April 27, 2025 in Naples, Italy. (Photo by) Two of the club's summer signings – Romelu Lukaku and Scott McTominay had crucial roles to play in the title victory as well: The Belgian chipping in with 14 league goals and 10 assists, 12 goals and six assists for the former Manchester United midfielder. Advertisement Napoli also had to do without their star attacker in Khvicha Kvaratskhelia for the second half of the 2024-25 season after he was sold to Champions League finalists Paris Saint-Germain midway through the January transfer window. Despite losing Kvaratskhelia, barely reinvested any of the funds raised in January were reinvested. The Partenopei sanctioned the loan signings of goalkeeper Simone Scuffet and Phillip Billing from Bournemouth, a €500,000 investment on youngster Luis Hasa and another loan deal with Milan for Noah Okafor, the only attacking signing of the window, who has since appeared for just 36 minutes of Serie A action across four appearances. Still, Napoli were able to get the job done, despite being the lowest scoring team to win the Serie A title in the 20-team era.
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05-05-2025
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Serie A: Genoa vs. Milan – Probable line-ups and where to watch on TV
Serie A: Genoa vs. Milan – Probable line-ups and where to watch on TV Milan will look to Christian Pulisic and Rafael Leao for Monday night's Serie A match away against Patrick Vieira's Genoa, but there are some doubts about Sergio Conceicao's selection at centre-forward. The ninth-placed Rossoneri travel to Genoa, currently 13th in the table on Monday evening, kicking off at 19.45 BST. Both teams will still be in the same positions at the end of the night: Neither can improve on their current league positions tonight, nor can they be overtaken. Advertisement Genoa are looking to bounce back after a 1-0 loss away against Como last weekend, and could be poised to make a handful of changes for the Milan clash on Monday night. Sky Sport Italia suggests that Alessandro Zanoli, Junior Messias and Andrea Pinamonti could be set to return to the starting XI, possibly in place of Lior Kasa, Morten Thorsby and Jeff Ekhator. Milan, meanwhile, have settled into their 3-4-2-1 system and are not expected to make any major change to their starting line-up after a 2-0 win away against Venezia last time out. BOLOGNA, ITALY – FEBRUARY 27: Sergio Conceicao head coach of AC Milan during the Serie A match between Bologna and AC Milan at Stadio Renato Dall'Ara on February 27, 2025 in Bologna, Italy. (Photo by) In fact, the only position that could be changed is at centre-forward with minor pre-match concerns over Luka Jovic's fitness. Advertisement The Serbian has four goals in his last five matches across all competitions, but could be replaced by January signing Santiago Gimenez if he is declared not fit enough to start against Genoa. Genoa vs. Milan: Probable line-ups UDINE, ITALY – APRIL 11: Rafael Leao of AC Milan celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the Serie A match between Udinese and AC Milan at Stadio Friuli on April 11, 2025 in Udine, Italy. (Photo by) Genoa (4-2-3-1): Leali; Sabelli, De Winter, Vasquez, Martin; Frendrup, Masini; Zanoli, Messias, Ahanor; Pinamonti. Milan (3-4-2-1): Maignan; Tomori, Gabbia, Pavlovic; Jimenez, Fofana, Reijnders, Pulisic, Leao; Jovic. Where to watch Genoa vs. Milan Tonight's game will be available to watch live in the UK through OneFootball. Supporters in the USA are able to watch through Paramount+. The game will be shown on FuboTV in Canada and on BeIN sports in Australia. Join us for all the pre-match build-up, in-game coverage and post-match reactions on the Football Italia Liveblog.
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30-04-2025
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Watch: Dumfries overhead kick doubles Inter's advantage against Barcelona
Denzel Dumfries doubled Inter's advantage with an acrobatic to put the Nerazzurri 2-0 up in their Champions League semi-final tie against Barcelona, following Marcus Thuram's early, improvised opener. You can follow the action from Barcelona-Inter on the Football Italia Liveblog. Dumfries overhead kick puts Inter 2-0 up in Barcelona Thuram sent the travelling Nerazzurri supporters into a frenzy with his opening goal after just 30 seconds, making a phenomenal return after a three-game injury absence. For reference, Simone Inzaghi's side had lost all three of those matches without the Frenchman. Advertisement Then, less than 20 minutes later, Inter were 2-0 up thanks to another great finish from another injury returnee, Denzel Dumfries. An outswinging Federico Dimarco corner was met by the head of Francesco Acerbi, and played into the path of Dumfries, who was able to pull out an overhead kick in a congested Barcelona penalty area to send the Nerazzurri 2-0 up. INTER LEAD 2-0 WITHIN 21 MINUTES! It's another outrageous finish, this time coming from Denzel Dumfries 🤯 📺 @tntsports & @discoveryplusUK — Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) April 30, 2025 The celebrations did not last for long, however, as Lamine Yamal, who had been an injury doubt minutes before kick-off, halved the deficit and then hit the frame of the goal shortly afterwards.
