The 2023/24 Serie A season continues, with Inter Milan taking the lead in the opening round of the 2024 New Year, beating Verona 2-1 at home to continue their lead in the standings. In the early hours of this morning, AC Milan, Juventus, and defending champion Napoli played together, and Mourinho led Roma to sit at home to usher in the key battle for the fourth.
Empoli 0-3 AC Milan
Empoli are winless in six consecutive league games and have fallen into the relegation zone. AC Milan have been trapped in the Champions League this season, and after exiting the Champions League group stage, Pioli has focused on the league, and AC Milan has also bottomed out and begun to make a strong comeback, unbeaten in five consecutive games in all competitions, and the Coppa Italia has also reached the quarter-finals, and Serie A is firmly in third place.
In the first half, Rafael Leao set up Loftus-Cheek's goal and Olivier Giroud doubled the lead from the penalty spot, while in the second half, Traore sealed the win with an assist from Christian Pulisic. Full time, Milan 3-0 Empoli. Milan remain third in the league with 39 points from 3 points, nine points from the top of the table.
Salernitana 2-1 Juventus
Salernitana sit bottom of Serie A after losing to Juventus in the Coppa Italia quarter-finals in midweek. Juventus have not had any injuries in Europe this season, and Allegri has put all his energy on Serie A, recently unbeaten in 13 consecutive league games, and has become the favorite to bite Inter Milan in the standings.
In the game, in the first half, Shauna assisted Maggiore to volley the goal, McKennie's header was dangerous, in the second half, Maggiore was sent off with two yellows and one red, Iling equalized, Vlahovic scored with a header, and finally Juve reversed the ten-man Salernitana 2-1 away from home and remained second in 14 rounds of unbeaten.
Torino 3-0 Napoli
Napoli won the Serie A championship after more than 30 years last season, but after winning the championship, the Napoli owner destroyed the Great Wall and kicked the meritorious coach Spalletti out of the team.
In the game, in the first half, Sanabria scored. In the second half, Mazzoki came off the bench and Vlasic scored from distance, and Buongiorno scored with a header. At full-time, Napoli 0-3 Torino. After this game, Napoli continued to accumulate 28 points, and Torino moved up to 10th place with 27 points.
Roma 1-1 Atalanta
Jose Mourinho ushered in the third season of Roma management, but the Roma hierarchy has no intention of renewing Mourinho's contract. Roma are in the Europa League, Serie A and Coppa Italia this season, with the Europa League reaching the round of 16 play-offs and the Coppa Italia reaching the quarterfinals. The home game against Atalanta is a six-point battle for the top four, and with Bologna dropping points due to a surprise defeat for Fiorentina, the main rivals in the round, Roma see a good opportunity to close the gap on the top four.
In the game, in the first half, Koopmeiners opened the scoring and Dybala equalized from the penalty spot. Roma drew 1-1 with Atalanta at half-time. Neither side was successful in the second half, with Jose Mourinho reddened in stoppage time. In the end, Roma drew 1-1 at home to Atalanta. At the end of this round, Roma has only one win in the last five rounds, ranking eighth in the standings, with a gap of 4 points from the top four.