Coppa Italia lights up Thursday as leagues get set to resume
A Thursday with no completed games across the six competitions TransferBeat follows: the stage belongs to the Coppa Italia, whose second round decides the last-16 spots. Later tonight LaLiga and Ligue 1 return, and from tomorrow Serie A, the Premier League and the Bundesliga are back.
None of the matches in the six main competitions is recorded as finished today: the data show no final results for Thursday 3 September. The spotlight is on the Coppa Italia: Palermo-Mantova and Sassuolo-Frosinone were played in the afternoon, with Cagliari-Verona to follow in the evening (Calciomercato.com). In this round Udinese beat Venezia 2-1, Bayo adding the second goal, and reached the last 16, where they will meet Atalanta (Calciomercato.com); scores of ties still in progress are not in TransferBeat's official data and remain provisional.
Nothing changes in the tables, because with no games completed the standings are those from the last round. In Serie A, Roma lead with 6 points and 8 goals scored, on maximum points alongside Inter, Milan, Juventus, Atalanta and Lazio. In LaLiga, Barcelona and Real Madrid top the table on 9; in the Premier League, Manchester City and Arsenal lead on 6; in Ligue 1, Monaco are on a perfect 6; in the Bundesliga, after a single matchday, Bayern are on top.
Off the pitch, Napoli tied down Giovanni Di Lorenzo with a renewal until 2030 (Gianluca Di Marzio) and released their Champions League list, with Favasuli included and Marianucci and Giovane left out (napolicalcionews.it); Scott McTominay said he had agreed a break with the club over a physical problem (ANSA). At Inter, sporting director Piero Ausilio's exit is official with immediate effect, with Baccin stepping up in his place (Gianluca Di Marzio, ANSA); Lautaro Martinez admitted Barcelona's interest was real but that he chose to stay (Gianluca Di Marzio).
On cases and squad lists, UEFA opened proceedings against Guendouzi and Greenwood, while Roma, Napoli, Como and Juventus recorded exclusions from their European lists (Calciomercato.com); Lazio left Pellegrini and Patric off their Serie A list (Calciomercato.com). In the treatment room, Bologna lose Riccardo Orsolini for about three weeks (Calciomercato.com). For Serie A's third round the referee appointments give Inter-Napoli to Sozza and Juventus-Milan to Mariani (ANSA). Among the statements, Luka Modric called for a more ambitious Milan and promised his full commitment, while Cesc Fabregas said he is convinced Como can compete on every front (ANSA).
Tonight the leagues return with two openers: in LaLiga, Real Sociedad host Celta Vigo (21:00), and in Ligue 1, Toulouse face Lille (20:45); both, as of the last data update, were still to be played. The Coppa Italia day closes with Cagliari-Verona.
Tomorrow, Friday 4 September, it gets serious: Serie A opens its third round with Genoa-Como (20:45), the Premier League offers Ipswich-Liverpool (21:00), the Bundesliga lines up Stuttgart-Cologne (20:30), and Ligue 1 has Lyon-Auxerre (19:00) and the big match PSG-Monaco (21:05). Times are CET.
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