Italian Serie A result on Friday: Fiorentina v Torino (1130), Cagliari v Lecce, Parma v Venezia (1400), Verona v Lazio (1700), Inter Milan v Empoli (1945)

Verona have been acquired by American private equity firm Presidio Investors, the Serie A club and new owners said on Wednesday.

All the build-up and action as it happens from today’s four Serie A games, Genoa-Parma, Venezia-Inter, Bologna-Roma and Napoli-Verona.

Napoli has taken control of Serie A even without injured and unsettled star Khvicha Kvaratskhelia. Napoli coach Antonio Conte confirmed Saturday that Kvaratskhelia had asked to leave the club.

Milan, Italy: Genoa continued their revival under Patrick Vieira on Sunday with their first home win of the season, 1-0 over relegation rivals Parma, in front of new majority shareholder Dan Sucu.

Barely a month after celebrating that first Scudetto since Maradona’s last in 1990, Serie A’s Miglior difensore, Defender of the Year Kim Min-jae, departed for Bayern Munich. Barely a month after that, Mexico’s first Italian champion, Chucky Lozano, moved back to Holland, from where he’d come.

Paolo Zanetti will welcome back Suat Serdar and Jackson Tchatchoua, after they were suspended for Verona's trip to Naples, and young defender Daniele Ghilardi should recover from the knock that ruled him out last week. Once again, Martin Frese, Juan Cruz and Abdou Harroui are all unavailable due to injury.

Matchweek 21 of Italian Serie A football will start Friday, with the game between Roma and Genoa. The respective fixtures are as follows:

As the season begins to reach the business end, things are pretty tight at the top of the Serie A table! Make sure to catch all the action with GOtv, your best football friend. The Supa+ package promotion is still running,

AC Milan will host Inter Milan on February 2nd as they hope to record their third consecutive victory against Inter in the 242nd Derby della Madonnina.

Italian Serie A table after Friday's match (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points): Note: Top four qualify for the 2025/26 UEFA Champions League; fifth goes into Europa League; sixth goes into Conference League; bottom three relegated to Serie B

The team from Bergamo at the end of the first round of the championship somewhat slowed down. Atalanta's winless streak, which currently stands at four matches in all tournaments, started last year. On December 28, Bergamaski failed to cope with Lazio (1:1), and even got back almost under the final whistle.