ROME : Cristiano Ronaldo will kick his first ball in Serie A at troubled Chievo at the weekend of August 18/19 while new membership Juventus start their bid for a report eighth immediately league title.
The fixture listing for the 2018-19 season of the Italian championship was announced on Thursday with all eyes at the place the superstar attacker, signed for a hundred million euros from European champions Real Madrid previous this month, could start what he known as “a new adventure”.
Juventus are solid favourites to additional cement their home dominance following the Portuguese international’s arrival, with the league’s special huge hitters in a transition period.Napoli, who achieved 4 issues behind Juve closing year, can be a special prospect from the free-flowing purists of contemporary years after replacing new Chelsea train Maurizio Sarri with Carlo Ancelotti, a double winner with the Premier League membership in 2010.
Ancelotti starts his new activity with a difficult away experience to Lazio, who had been best scorers closing season with 89 aims and simply missed out on Champions League soccer at the closing day after a dramatic defeat by means of means of Inter Milan.
Three-time Champions League winner Ancelotti follows that up with the go to of AC Milan, themselves hoping to rebuild after being taken over by means of means of an American hedge fund previous this month.
Juventus will host Lazio within the moment week of the season on August 26, the primary genuine experiment for the reigning champions and 33-year-old Ronaldo in what ought to be his house debut.Roma, who start at Torino, have already introduced in 11 new avid gamers after finishing third and reaching the Champions League semi-finals closing season.
But doubts stay once they offered fan prevalent Radja Nainggolan to Inter and goalkeeper Alisson to Liverpool for a record-busting 72.5 million euros ($84.4 million).Boosted by means of means of their qualification for Europe’s best festival and the signing of Nainggolan, Inter are still no longer anticipated to problem all-conquering Juve’s price for the title.
However Massimiliano Allegri’s edge are unlikely to have all of it their very own way, after a draw that offers them journeys to equally Luciano Spalletti’s Inter and Roma within the closing five weeks of the season.
Juve’s opening-day opponents Chievo had been permit off from being deducted issues from closing season and relegated after a authorized technicality supposed fees that they deliberately inflated the figures of move dealings with now-bankrupt Serie B membership Cesena had been thrown out.
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